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Wikipedia: The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was Boston's largest urban fire and still one of the most costly fire-related property losses in American history. The conflagration began at 7:20 p.m. on November 9, 1872, in the basement of a commercial warehouse at 83—87 Summer Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The fire was finally contained twelve hours later, after it had consumed about 65 acres (263,000 m²) of Boston's downtown, 776 buildings, and much of the financial district and caused $73.5 million in damage.
![[A picture of Great Boston Fire of 1872]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Summer_Street_2C_from_Robert_N_Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_12_s.jpg "A picture of Great Boston Fire of 1872")
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![[City ruins after the fire]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Boston_1872_fire_ruins_s.jpg "City ruins after the fire")
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![[A picture of Great Boston Fire of 1872]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/View_on_Federal_Street_2C_by_Kilburn_Brothers_s.jpg "A picture of Great Boston Fire of 1872")
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![[A picture of Great Boston Fire of 1872]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/From_new_P_O_building_2C_looking_down_Water_St_2C_by_Prescott_26_White_s.jpg "A picture of Great Boston Fire of 1872")
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![[A picture of Great Boston Fire of 1872]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/View_from_Sturgis_Street_2C_by_Kilburn_Brothers_s.jpg "A picture of Great Boston Fire of 1872")
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![[A picture of Great Boston Fire of 1872]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Corner_Washington_and_Summer_Streets_2C_by_Prescott_26_White_s.jpg "A picture of Great Boston Fire of 1872")
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![[A picture of Great Boston Fire of 1872]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/From_Milk_and_Devonshire_looking_toward_Bromfield_St_2C_from_Robert_N_Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_s.jpg "A picture of Great Boston Fire of 1872")
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![[The Great Fire at Boston, November 9th & 10th 1872]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1872_BostonFire_byHaskell_Allen_NMAH2003_24860_s.jpg "The Great Fire at Boston, November 9th & 10th 1872")
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![[Corner of Perkins and Pearl Streets, Looking to Broad Street.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1872_PearlSt_BroadSt_Boston_byJWBlack_Getty_s.jpg "Corner of Perkins and Pearl Streets, Looking to Broad Street.")
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![[Ruins left by the fire]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Great_boston_fire_downtown_s.jpg "Ruins left by the fire")
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