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"Dissertion on Boston and the Fire of 1872"
by Diane Rudnick



Other Online Books:

Brayley, Arthur. History of the Boston Fire Department.
      Boston: John P. Dale & Co, 1889.

Coffin, Charles. The Story of the Great Fire.
      Boston: Shepard & Gill, 1872.

Conwell, Russell. A Great Fire in Boston.
      Boston: B.B. Russell, 1873.

City of Boston. Report of the Commissioners to Investigate the Fire.
      Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1873.

Murdock, Harold. 1872: Letters Describing the Great Fire.
      Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1909.

Rudnick, Diane. Dissertion on Boston and the Fire of 1872.
      Boston: Boston University, 1971.

Sampson, Davenport & Co. Boston City Directory of 1870.
      Boston: Rand, Avery, & Frye, 1870.

Sampson, Davenport & Co. Boston City Directory of 1872.
      Boston: Rand, Avery, & Frye, 1872.

Vahey, John P. The Epizootic Fire.
      Boston: 1973.


Table of Contents
Title Page 1
Preface 2
Table of Contents 8
List of Illustrations 10
Introduction 11
Chapter 1: The Building of Boston 16
Chapter 2: The Spirit of Boston 57
Chapter 3: The People and Government of Boston from 1822 to 1872 86
Table 1: Increase in the Population of Boston and Selected Cities 100
Chapter 4: Boston, the Frequent Pheonix 106
Chapter 5: Fire Protection in Ninteenth Century Boston 120
Chapter 6: It couldn't happen here 140
Chapter 7: The War-dance of the Fire Fiends 156
Chapter 8: First Responses 185
Chapter 9: Of Comparatively Small Importance 236
Chapter 10: Excercises in Futility: People and Politics 271
Chapter 11: Reorganization fo the Fire Department 309
Chapter 12: Building Codes and Related Matters 342
Chapter 13: Rebuilding the Burnt District: The Lost Opportunity 381
Chapter 14: Post Mortem: A Failure of Nerve 430
Appendix 1: Comparison of Fire Departments of Major U.S. Cities in 1872 463
Appendix 2: Comparison of Fire Departments of Three Major U.S. Cities 464
Appendix 3: Changes in the Distribution Pipe of the Water System in 1874 465
Appendix 4: Fire Loss Statistics of U.S. Cities of 500,000 Population 466
Appendix 5: Fire Losses of Large Cities in the U.S. from 1923 - 1927 467
Bibliography and Sources Consulted 468
Vita: About the Author 482