The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-11-13
Highest Of all in Leavenng Power-Lae U. S. Govt Report
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
led to exceed $26,OOO,OOO.

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In 1S45 Qucbec-under-the-Hill suf
ferred from conaagration in which
1850 dwellings were destryed, their
value being estimated at $3,75O,0OO.
In the same year most of the city
which remained was destroyed by a
second fire, which blotted out 1900
buildings that had escaped the pre-
vious fire.
st. Louis has suffered from three
very serious fires. The first came in
l849, when the loss exceeded So, ,OO0,-
900; the second was in 1751, when 9,
500 buildings were destroyed, the loss
exceeding $ll ,OOO,OO9; the third oc-
Cured in the same year, when over
800 buildings were destroyed, the val
lie being estimated to exceed $3,OO0,-
100000.
The "great fire" of London in 1866
destroyed property estimated to ex-
ceed $53,OOO,OOO in value. At that
time large portion of London consist
ed of frame buildings, or buildings
whose wall beams were filed in with
brick, and the structures went down
before the fire like houses of cards.
The course of the fire was only stayed
by tearing down buildings in the di-
rection taken by the flames.
In 1916 large part of Constant
lople was destroyed by fire; 10000
dwellings, besides warehouses and 9th
er structures, went down before the
flames. The value of property de-
stroyed on this occasion could not be
estimated, but was not so great as
would have been occasioned by a fire
of like proportions in other cities, the
greater part Of the dwellings and shops
in Constantinople being flimsy, wood
en- structures.
In 1922 Canton. China, was almost
obliterated by fire which swept over
three-fourths of the city. The houses
usually built by the Chinese are of
very fiimsy construction, being light
structures having walls of thin plank,
often only of mating, and roofs of
straw. The value of such houses is
very trifing, and though on this occa-
sion thousands of people were render
ed homeless, in less than month from
the time of the fire the city was rebuilt
with the same sort of houses, and quite
ready for ano-her confagration.
In 184l Smyrna was visited by
condagration which destroyed $4,000
houses. The buildings destroyed were
light wooden structures, and fire
once kindled in town of frame build
ings closely crowded together is almost
impossible to subdue.
In l845 the lower portion of Pitts
burg was blotted out by fire, which
speedily passed beyond the control of
the defective apparatus then employ
ed. On this location there were 100
buildings burned, whose value was
$lO,OOO,OOO.
In 1862 the prosperous city of Troy,
N. Y, was almost blotted out by fire.
In 1865 there was fire in Constan-
tinople which destroyed $500 build
ings, shops and bazaars.
The great fire of New York took
place in 1885. The value of property de-
stroyed on this occasion was SIS 5,OOO,-
900.
Albany, N. Y, was visited by a fire
IN 1848; $50 houses were destoyed,
their value being estimated at $4,000
900.
In 1888 Charleston, S. c., was swept
by fire. 1t is estimrted that l ,l58
buildings were destroyed, whose value
was $3,OOO,OOO.
In 1888 occurred the great fire at
Seattle, in Washington, in which prop
erty to the value of $4,000, 900 was
destroyed.