Charleston is burning!
Subtitle: two centuries of fire and flames
By: Daniel J. Crooks Jr.
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781596296350
Subjects: Charleston (S.C.). -- Fire Dept. -- History; Fires -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 18th century; Fires -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century; Fire extinction -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 18th century; Fire extinction -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century; Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 18th century; Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Charles Town's first fire; title: The fire of 1740; title: The fire of 1778; title: After the Revolution; title: The early volunteer fire companies; title: The fires of 1810, 1819 and 1826; title: The Market Fire of 1833; title: The disasters of 1835; title: Improving the department; title: The destruction of Ansonborough, 1838; title: An improved department and the fire of 1849; title: Disunion and destruction; title: The Civil War and the advent of the steam fire engine; title: Providence and the Great Fire of 1861; title: Peace; title: and desolation; title: Reconstruction and the status quo; title: The Charleston Fire Department is formed; title: Epilogue.