The Great Fire was one of a series of calamities which struck New York City in the 1830s, coming between a cholera epidemic and an enormous financial collapse, the Panic of 1837.. The Great Fire of London engulfed 13,000 houses, nearly 90 churches, and scores of public buildings. The Great Fire of London: how the ferocious blaze of 1666 destroyed the capital. New York City's 1835 Great Fire destroyed much of lower Manhattan. Big Blowup of 1910, devastating forest fire that torched 3 million acres (1.2 million hectares) in western Montana and northern Idaho during Aug. 20–23, 1910. The damage was so profound that few people believed the city could ever rise again. Of the fire’s 85 victims, 78 were firefighters. The fire behavior on August 20 was influenced a great deal by the drought conditions. The Great Fire was the most destructive event in Jacksonville’s history, wiping out 2,368 buildings while leaving nearly 10,000 people homeless and destroying the majority of Downtown Jacksonville (miraculously, only seven persons died). Getty Images. Discuss what a Fire Danger Pocket Card tells us (page 71 IRPG ) and where to get them. Infrastructure improvements, however, had lagged behind the pace of new development. The Great Fire of Pittsburgh in 1845 destroyed about a third of the city and led to a monumental rebuilding effort that transformed the city and its surrounding communities. The old St. Paul’s Cathedral was destroyed, as were many other historic landmarks. General Modern 6 of London theatre’s most notable historical scandals. On November 9, 1872, the Great Fire of Boston destroyed more than 1,000 businesses in Boston’s downtown area. The great fire of Rome was a fire that happened many years ago in 64 AD. After record low precipitation in April and May 1910, severe lightning storms in June Overnight, the flourshing city of Chicago was transformed into a smoldering wasteland. (TV Mini-Series 2014) An insight into what happened on the night of 2 September 1666, the Great fire of London. The overcrowded and disease ridden streets were destroyed and a new London emerged. The Great Fire is an extraordinary love story set in the immediate aftermath of the great conflagration of the Second World War. A small mistake started the fire that spread easily through blocks of tightly packed wooden buildings. After the Civil War, Boston's downtown grew rapidly, adding many new buildings and businesses. While the Great Fire caused tremendous damage, only two people were killed. The Great Fire. Tudor Accidental explosions: gunpowder in Tudor and Stuart London. The Great Fire of 1871 was one of most colossal disasters in American history. 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