The Great Fire of New York was a devastating fire that burned through the night of September 21 , 1776 , on the West Side of what then constituted New York City at the southern end of the island of Manhattan .
The Great Fire of New York was a large fire in New York City . It burned through the night of September 21 , 1776 on the west side of the former boundaries of New York City at the southern end of the island of Manhattan .