List of historic fires
Before the 20th century, fires were a major hazard to urban areas and the cause of massive amounts of damage to cities. Following is a list of major historical fires:
- Great Fire of Rome[?] - 64
- Great Fire of London - 1666
- Great Chicago Fire - 1871
- Peshtigo, Wisconsin[?] - 1871 - the largest forest fire in United States history, overshadowed by the Chicago fire, which occurred on the same day
- San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906
- Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire - 1911
- Reichstag fire - 1933
- Cocoanut Grove fire - this fire in a Boston nightclub in 1942 killed 492 people and led to reform of the fire codes.
- King's Cross fire - 1987
Jane Clemens, in Keokuk, Iowa:
HARTFORD, Feb. 17, 1878
world; and yet I grow worse and worse all the time. My conscience
writing other folks.
Life has come to be a very serious matter with me. I have a badgered,
responsibilities and annoyances, and the persecution of kindly letters
in the biggest half of my time bothering over answers. There are other
the consequence is, I cannot write a book at home. This cuts my income
to some little corner of Europe and budge no more until I shall have
say nothing about this at present.
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However, we shall see. I will hope she can go.
Mr. Twichell has just come in, so I must go to him. We are all well, and
Affly,
He was writing few letters at this time, and doing but little work.
with his European plans and a diligent study of the German language,
enough. Howells wrote protesting against the European travel and
I should be glad I didn't, if it would keep you from going. You
a great blow to me to hear of that prospected sojourn. It's.
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