| The Great New York Fire | |
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| United States of America | Jan 4 2010, 04:22 PM Post #1 |
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An Empire for Liberty
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![]() January 1, 1836 Two weeks after the great conflagration that consumed much of Lower Manhattan, including 674 structures and almost everything south of Wall Street, life in New York City has begun the slow process of returning to normal. The incident has left the urban landscape scarred and its citizens shaken; some have likened it to the great London fire of 1666. So intense was the inferno, the New York fire department could not contain the flames short of calling in Marines equipped with gunpowder from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to blow up buildings in the fire's path. An inquiry is set to convene within the next few days and a board of commissioners will look into the cause of the fire and any failures on the part of the volunteer fire department, with an eye toward learning from the disaster and improving future firefighting methods. |
Embassy of the United States of America ![]() "For more than half a century, during which kingdoms and empires have fallen, this Union has stood unshaken. The patriots who formed it have long since descended to the grave; yet still it remains, the proudest monument to their memory." - Zachary Taylor | |
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