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Harold Murdock "1872: Letters Describing the Great Fire"

Table of Contents
Title Page	3
Preface	5
Table of Contents	6
The Boston of 1872	11
The Outbreak of the Great Fire of 1872	41
Photograph: Summer Street, Ruins of the Building First Burned	55
Lithograph: Cover of Harper's Weekly for November 30, 1872	65
Part II: Letters	69
Lithograph: Boston in Flames, view from Boston Harbor	71
Lithograph: Winthrop Square on Fire	78
Photograph: Looking Up Summer Street After the Fire	102
Lithograph: Protecting Old South Church from the Fire	111
Photograph: Washington Street After the Fire	124
Lithograph: Outbreak of the Fire on Summer Street	125
Photograph: Looking Down Summer Street After the Fire	128
Lithograph: Washington Street During the Fire	133
Lithograph: View of State Street in 1872	137
Photograph: Fire Steamer No. 10 Hosing Down Fire Ruins	145
Appendix	154
Biobliographical Note	155
The City Government of Boston in 1872	157
The Boston Fire Department	159
Origin of the Fire	163
Table I: Order of Alarms and Responders During the Fire	166
Table II: Arrival Times of Horse-Drawn Steamers vs. During the Fire	167
The Use of Powder	169
The Burning of Trinity Church	171
The Union Safe Deposit Vaults	173
The Freeman's Bank	174
Outside Help	175

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