Talk:Great Boston Fire of 1872

message: The Great Fire was a big event in Boston history.  A few books have been written about it and there are lots of Google hits.  So there should be an article about it.
Yes, that's why it's linked to. Go ahead and write it. - Nunh-huh 04:03, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Need article

message: Which Oliver Wendell Holmes watched the fire? Bill52270 15:41, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oliver Wendell Holmes 

message: I removed the following paragraph:
"Mutual aid fire department from Stafford County (Engine 9 B-Watch) was credited for stopping the blaze. In the past Engine 9 has been known to have problems with their pumper. In fact, the pumper would probably best fit this time period since it was almost useless (it had problems such as engine not running correctly, not pumping right). During the fireground operations, the engine did break down and had to be hooked up to horses and be moved from fire to fire on each street. In turn, they needed to call on a special type of apperatus for help. This would be Quint 12 (C-Watch). Using the county's out dated radio system they called back in time and special request Quint 12 for assistance. In turn, the real heroes were Quint 12 (C-Watch). All in all, both crews truly did an excellent job."
The reference to Stafford County (not Massachusetts) and use of radio suggests that this paragraph is here by mistake.. . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs)  18:07, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed Paragraph 

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message: I have to throw a wet blanket on the idea that a citizens' brigade used wet blankets to help save the Old South Meeting House from the fire. I've removed that reference. There are numerous secondary sources from much later that state this, but I can find no contemporary references of the effort to save Old South that mention the use of wet blankets. There are accounts of using wet wool blankets to help save Hovey's Store a few blocks away on Summer Street. I suspect that this is where the story of their use on Old South originated.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brooklinehistory (talk • contribs) 12:54, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of Wet Blankets at Old South Meeting House 

message: Hi fellow editors!
I'm working on editing this page to reorganize it, add citations and more detailed information, and "convert to prose" as the banner suggests. I welcome any comments/suggestions/additional edits. Thanks! Kellyg320 (talk) 18:33, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editing/converting to prose 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: no consensus. No consensus after much extended discussion. (closed by non-admin page mover) Vpab15 (talk) 22:01, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Great Boston Fire of 1872 →  – All of the other Boston Fire Department articles do not capitalize the "F" in "fire". Jax 0677 (talk) 15:20, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 25 July 2021