2048:: Stereoviews: =RARE= 1872 by C.F. Hovey of The Summer Street FIRE of the US Treasury in BOSTON Massachusetts

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2048:: =RARE= 1872 Stereoview by C.F. Hovey of The Summer Street FIRE of the US Treasury in BOSTON Massachusetts
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RE Wikipedia: The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was Boston’s largest fire, and still ranks as one of the most costly fire-related property losses in American history. The conflagration began at 7:20 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, 1872, in the basement of a commercial warehouse at 83–87 Summer Street. The fire was finally contained 12 hours later, after it had consumed about 65 acres of Boston’s downtown, 776 buildings and much of the financial district, and caused $73.5 million in damage (equivalent to $1.436 billion in 2019). The destruction to the buildings was valued at $13.5 million and the personal property loss was valued at $60 million. Despite these devastations, only thirteen people died in the inferno, including two Boston firemen.

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