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"The Epizootic Fire"
by John P. Vahey


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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
Part One 3
Part Two: The Fire Department of 1872 7
Part Three: The Meeting of October 26, 1872 17
Part Four: Two Weeks of Special Regulations 21
Part Five: The Fire of November 9, 1872 24
Part Six: The Citizens Committee 39
Part Seven: Using Explosives 43
Part Eight: Casualties 53
Part Nine: Cause of the Fire 55
Part Ten: Reorganization of the Fire Department 58
Part Eleven: Fifty Years Later, A Warning from Chief Taber 61
Cities and Towns who attended the Great Fire of Boston of 1872 63