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Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 22,21 MB
Release : 2018-01-29
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780267093489
Book Description
Excerpt from History of the Great Conflagration, or Boston and Its Destruction: Embracing a Brief History of Its Early Settlement and Progress to Date; Together With a Full and Graphic Account of Its Destruction by Fire, on the 9th and 10th of November, 1872 The aim of this work is to give a connected and concise history of the great fire in Boston on the 9th and l0th days of November, 1872, by which, to use a vigorous expression, the very Vitals of the city were consumed. This great disaster has no parallel in modern history, save in the single instance of the destruction of Chicago. So rapid a spread of the fiery element, so immense a destruction of property, such universal and wide-spread, suffering, is rare, indeed, and for this, let us be thankful. In this work, we take up. The whole subject, and set it forth in graphic details, presenting an account of the origin of the fire, its spread, and final arrest, a careful resume of the losses, and of the effect upon the business com munity, the incidents accompanying the calamity, and such otherfacts as will interest and inform the general. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.