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Portland's greatest conflagration, the 1866 fire disaster, Don Whitney & Michael Daicy ; with the Portland Veteran Firemen's Association & the Portland Fire Museum

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Portland's greatest conflagration, the 1866 fire disaster, Don Whitney & Michael Daicy ; with the Portland Veteran Firemen's Association & the Portland Fire Museum
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Portland's greatest conflagration
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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Don Whitney & Michael Daicy ; with the Portland Veteran Firemen's Association & the Portland Fire Museum
Sub title
the 1866 fire disaster
Summary
On the Fourth of July in 1866, joy turned to tragedy in Portland, Maine. A boy threw a firecracker onto a pile of wood shavings and it erupted in a blaze as residents prepared to celebrate the 110th anniversary of American independence in the momentous time following the Civil War. The violent conflagration killed two people and destroyed all structures on nearly thirty streets. Authors Michael Daicy and Don Whitney, both firefighters, chronicle the day's catastrophic events, as well as the bravery of those who fought the ferocious fire, dispelling the myth that ill-trained firefighting contributed to the devastation
Target audience
adult

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