Author: BOSTON
Title: Great Boston Fire. Map of the Burned District.
Description: New York: New York Herald, November 12th. 1872. Single sheet from the newspaper showing a map of the burned area, sheet size 590 x 420 mm. old creases and closed tears, partially mounted on old paper. The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was the one of the most costly fire related losses in American history and Boston's worst fire, consuming 65 acres, causing $73.5 million worth of damage and leading to between 13 and 20 deaths.

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