Bostons Fire Trail

Author : Boston Fire Historical Society
Publisher : History Press (SC)
ISBN 13 : 9781596293618
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boston's Fire Trail written by Boston Fire Historical Society and published by History Press (SC). This book was released on 2007 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. In Boston's Fire Trail, members of the Boston Fire Historical Society trace the history of fire in the Hub and create an intriguing retrospective of this compelling facet of the city's past. Daring rescues, conflagrations, arson, accidents and human courage--all are here, along with historic details of the circumstances and locations of more than forty-five fires and sites significant to the history of Boston's fire department. Follow the fire trail with one of the most renowned fire-fighting forces in the nation.

Author : Stephanie Schorow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781889833446
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boston on Fire written by Stephanie Schorow and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fires have shaped Boston since its founding on a narrow peninsula in 1630. Innovations by Bostonians have led to improvements in fire fighting and fire prevention across the land. In the first comprehensive history of Boston's major fires, Schorow tells the dramatic tales of seventeenth-century fires (which were viewed as signs of God's wrath), the 1834 Ursuline convent fire, the Great Fire of 1872, the Chelsea conflagrations of 1908 and 1973, the tragic Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire, the Vendome Hotel collapse that killed nine firefighters in 1972, and an arson ring that terrorized the city in the 1980s. Chapters are also devoted to two key Boston innovations: the Hunneman fire engine and the citywide fire alarm system (first in the nation) developed by William Francis Channing and Moses Farmer. You've heard of the Freedom Trail. Discover Boston's Fire Trail!

Author : Stephanie Schorow
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493054996
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Boston Fire written by Stephanie Schorow and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For two days in November, 1872, a massive fire swept through Boston, leaving the downtown in ruins and the population traumatized. Coming barely a year after the infamous Chicago fire, Boston’s inferno turned out to be one of the most expensive fires per acre in US history. Yet today few are aware of how close Boston came to destruction. Boston author Stephanie Schorow masterfully recounts the fire’s history from the foolish decisions that precipitated it to the heroics of firefighters who fought it. Lavishly illustrated with period artwork and photographs and published just before the fire’s 150th anniversary, The Great Boston Fire captures the drama of a life-and-death battle in the heart of the city.

Author : Anthony Mitchell Sammarco
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738538532
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Boston Fire of 1872 written by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few events can be said to have changed the face of Boston forever. Eventually destroying 775 buildings and causing millions of dollars in damage to the commercial section that we now know as Boston's business district, the Great Boston Fire of 1872 was a spectacular conflagration that destroyed "old Boston" and allowed a phoenix to arise from the ashes. This exciting new pictorial history brings to life the drama that began one Saturday evening in 1872 when a fire started in an empty hoop-skirt factory on the corner of Summer and Kingston Streets. At the time, Boston was in the throes of a epizootic disease that caused all horses in the area to be ill. This caused a virtual shutdown of transportation and city services and delayed the fire department's response to calls for help. By the time the breathless firemen arrived, the fire had already consumed the granite five-story factory and burst through the mansard roof, which acted as a flue and spread the fire. Within an hour, much of Summer Street was engulfed in flames and firemen from near and far were being summoned to combat the spread of the deadly blaze. By midnight, the fire had spread through Summer Street to Arch Street and was attacking Winthrop Square. Old Trinity Church, at the corner of Summer and Hawley Streets, had given itself up to the flames.

Author : Boston (Mass.). Commissioners to Investigate the Great Fire
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Investigate the Cause and Management of the Great Fire in Boston written by Boston (Mass.). Commissioners to Investigate the Great Fire and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Bahne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780961570538
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail written by Charles Bahne and published by . This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephanie Schorow
Publisher : Applewood Books
ISBN 13 : 1889833886
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cocoanut Grove Fire written by Stephanie Schorow and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Night of November 28, 1942, a fire raged through Boston's number one glitter spot, the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in the South End. The worst nightclub fire in American history was over within minutes as flames and fumes swept through the two-story building. Some escaped through luck, fate, or guile, but by midnight, more than five hundred people were dead, dying, or maimed for life. In her gripping narrative, journalist Stephanie Schorow tells the story of the tragic night that made the name "Cocoanut Grove" synonymous with horror and devastation. As Schorow writes, "The inferno reached deep into the city's social structure-its politics, medical care, law enforcement, and religious life-and touched nearly everyone in the Boston area that day, even those who had never set foot in the club." Book jacket.

Author : Boston (Mass ). Commissioners to Investi
Publisher : University of Michigan Library
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Investigate the Cause and Management of the Great Fire in Boston written by Boston (Mass ). Commissioners to Investi and published by University of Michigan Library. This book was released on 1873 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steve Gladstone
Publisher : Steven J Gladstone
ISBN 13 : 1479132144
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom Trail Boston - Ultimate Tour & History Guide - Tips, Secrets, & Tricks written by Steve Gladstone and published by Steven J Gladstone. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to touring the Freedom Trail in Boston, with explanatory material for the 'official' Freedom Trail stops, and includes suggestions for alternatives to touring the entire trail. Additional material and languages are available via smartphone apps and QR codes.

Author : Beverly Ford
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614233047
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boston Mob Guide written by Beverly Ford and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the backrooms and seedy hangouts throughout the real story of Boston’s gangster past in this true crime history guide. The capture of notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger closed an infamous chapter in Boston history, yet the city’s criminal underworld has a long and bloody rap sheet that stretches back to the beginning of the twentieth century. Journalists Ford and Schorow reveal the underbelly of Boston through profiles of ruthless gangsters like Charles “King” Solomon, the Angiulo brothers, Joseph “The Animal” Barboza, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi and many more who carried out deadly hits and lucrative heists.