Author: BOSTON
Title: Great Boston Fire. Map of the Burned District.
Description: New York: New York Herald, November 11th. 1872. Single sheet from the newspaper showing a map of the burned area, sheet size 550 x 410 mm. old creases and closed tears, some loss to the top and left hand edges. 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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