Boston's Fire Trail

by Boston Fire Historical Society

• ISBN13: 9781596293618
• ISBN10: 1596293616
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-19
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

Even before the Great Fire of 1872, which destroyed almost eight hundred buildings in the heart of downtown, fire had already irrevocably altered the city of Boston's appearance, fortunes and psyche.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Boston's Fire History Trail	p. 7
How to Use This Book	p. 11
Charlestown/North End	p. 13
The Burning of Charlestown
Rutherford Avenue Conflagration
Potato Sheds Fire
Brink's Garage
The Molasses Disaster
Union Wharf Fire
North End Firehouses
The Paul Revere House
Merrimac Street Fire
South End	p. 31
The Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire
Chemical 2 Quarters
Pope Bicycle Building Fire
Roosevelt Hotel Fire
Briggs Place Fire
Arcadia Lodging House
Historic Boston Fire Headquarters, 1895-1951
Engine 22 Historic Firehouse
The Trumbull Street Fire
Back Bay/Fenway	p. 53
Arlington Street Fire
Statue of William Ellery Channing
First Church Fire
The Vendome Fire
Two Fires: Copley Plaza Hotel Fire and Sheraton Boston Hotel Fire
Red Coach Grill Fire
Prudential Center
Lenox Hotel Fire
Sherry Biltmore Hotel Fire
Boston Fire Alarm Headquarters
The Peterborough Street Fire
Fenway Park Fire
Downtown Crossing/Financial District	p. 77
The Old State House Museum
Old City Hall
Old South Meeting House
C. Crawford Hollidge Fire
The Great Boston Fire of 1872
Fire Alarm Box 52
Thanksgiving Day Fire
Paramount Hotel Fire
Chinatown Fire
Pickwick Club Collapse
Former Engine Company 7 Quarters
Sleeper Street Fire
Congress Street Fire Station
Blinstrub's Nightclub Fire
Off the Map. Other Boston Areas	p. 109
Firefighter Memorial
Luongo Restaurant Fire
Roxbury Conflagration
Plant Shoe Factory Fire
Bellflower Street Conflagration
About This Book	p. 123
About the Authors	p. 125
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