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Home Online Book: "1872: Letters Describing the Great Fire" by Harold Murdock 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 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