The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-26
WORLDS GREAT FIRES.
Disasters since London's Conassrs-
tion-UnItcd states Record.

tion-Unitcd states Record.
From the New York Post
q. G. Crosby. late president OF the Ma
tional Fire Protection Association. has
compiled a very interesting HIST OF tina
worlds great fires. In describing souns Of
che most important disasters. he says:
London was nearly destroyed by Ore IN
7ss again in ss2 1912 and 1866 The latter
nre Is known tn history az the Crest
Fire." Il burned over territory OF ~
acres. including 90 streets. 70 30 buildings.
and property value upward OF tSa.ooo.Go
was destroyed. Edinburgh was nearly de-
sroyed by nr0 Ia 100. Lisbon was burned
Ia 1901 Venice was destroyed by dre In
lio6. and sgain IN 1877. Berlin was de-
sttegaA IA ll6 Barne Ia 1884 and again
Ia 1850. Hamburg was nearly destroyed by
IRE Ia lSi2; AIS buildings we're burned.
and 100 people lost their lives: property
value destroyed. ts5.oooOoo. Copenhagen
as burned in IT'S. lao houses destroyed:
again Ia i795. and ll63 houses burned:
Stockholm in 1851. with 100 houses de-
stroyed. Moscow IN 1862. visited by large
Ore. iS.04 houses destroyed. Again In Igi3.
this time the hre set BY Russians In order
"a prevent che French occupation Of the
city. 5000 houses we're destroyed. and
over ila0,0oO.0C OF value
Conatantlnope has been the scene Of ma.
merous and costly nres. In IT'D a great
fire destroyed 1900 buildings ana nearly
5000 people. In i7B another great firs last
ed i've days again IN January. iTho. 1000
buildings destroyed In Aprfi. the sarns
year. another IRE. with ti5.o0Ooo Of pnop-
erty destroyed Again. later In the year
a hre destroyed 1000 houses. In i7N, IS
90 houses were destroyed and 100 iives
lost. In u.s.. 1000 houses we're burned: in
1871 between March ana July. eerious nres
destroyed 34.o0 houses. and nearly thu
same number were destroyed again In f7ss
Ia 1916 Zoo houses aud 2O1O shops were
destroyed Ia 1870 Pera. q suburb Of Con-
siantlnople. was nearly destroyed. 700
buildings ana over s2B00o.0O property
value being cOgsumed
Smyrna had tgrcat fires IN i7ss an4
istl. destroying from 2.001 10 i3o00 build
inss at each IRE. Great fres have oc.
CURED IN India, China. ana Japan: IN
many cases large cities we're entirely de-
stroyed. Quebec In 1876; 1880 building wers
destroyed. and thesame number IN May ana
juno foilowing and IN iS6S 2S0 buildings
and II churches were destroyed. 81 John.
a. b.. is37. nearly all the business portion
was destroyed. In ISL the "great nre."
over 20 acres burned and ten miles Of
street. about ti3ooo00o % property value.
ST. Johns Newfoundland, In 1915. was
nearly destroyed, ana 100000 Of PROP
crty value burned, again big hre IN
1896 Montreal. In 1850 had a great IRE:
- buildings destroyed. In 1872 about i.eoo
buildings we're destroyed. Various cities
IN South America and West Indies have
been destroyed by IRE; IN some cases
property values Of s5o00.000 ana upward
were destroyed. large loss OF life re-
suited also.
The United states has a record Of de-
struction Of property BY IRE no, equaiicd
bv any other country. Chariestown, Mas.
ln l7g5 8s0000. Ia 1855. LIS building. sa-
vannah. Ca. Ia 1880. 90 buildings and
100000 value. New York. In 1895, so
building. 50 acres burned over and sis.-
0o0000 Of property destroyed: IN 1885. 20
acres burned over. $4,000 value. Is lives
lost Plttsburg. Pa. In lsis. 100 buildings:
81 10000 property value. ~. Louis. Mo.
In 1879 Is buildings; 10000 value: IN
1851 400 buildings destroyed. Phiiadsi.
phia Pa. In 1850 30 buildings. San Fran.
cisco IN ISL. 25l0 buildings ana a num-
Der OF lives lost property value. Sioooo.
O0 Portland Me. IN 1888. over ona-haif
the city; 9o acres burned over and if1
buildings destroyed. Chicago. In 1871.
known as the Great Fire" 2tet scres.
nearly covered by buildings. entirely burn
"a over. including 1850 buildings: many
lives were lost and property value Of up
ward o. tiO5.Oo.ooo was destroye1. Bcs-
ton Mass w $50. IS acres Of mercantile
section burned. including IT'S hufidinxes
nearly oil OF brick and stone constrv~fions
proparty value. s7s.oooooo.