19th century List of fires

1 19th century

1.1 1800s
1.2 1810s
1.3 1820s
1.4 1830s
1.5 1840s
1.6 1850s
1.7 1860s
1.8 1870s
1.9 1880s
1.10 1890s

19th century
1800s

1805 – detroit

1810s

1811 – great fire of podil in kiev, russian empire. on 2,000 buildings, 12 churches , 3 abbeys destroyed; 30 deaths
1812 – moscow, deny shelter napoleon
1813 – buffalo, new york burned during war of 1812
1813 – portsmouth, new hampshire
1813 – york, upper canada burned during war of 1812
1814 – tirschenreuth. town totally destroyed apart parish church , 3 neighbouring buildings.
1814 – burning of washington during war of 1812
1817 – st. john s, newfoundland

1820s

1820 – ponce, puerto rico spanish settlement destroyed on february 27.
1820 – great savannah fire burned 500 structures, damages of $4 million.
1821 – paramaribo (suriname) on 400 houses destroyed
1821 – fayetteville great fire destroys 500 buildings in city
1827 – great fire of turku, finland
1829 – fire destroys hundreds of buildings in augusta, georgia

1830s

1835 – second great fire of new york city
1838 – charleston, south carolina, on 1,000 buildings damaged

1840s

1842 – hamburg fire, quarter of inner city destroyed, 51 killed, , estimated 20,000 homeless


views of pittsburgh day after 1845 great fire. detail william coventry wall print, great conflagration @ pittsburgh .



1845 – great new york city fire of 1845, 345 buildings destroyed
1845 – great fire of pittsburgh destroyed on 1000 buildings
1845 – la playa (de ponce), city port of ponce, puerto rico fire, wiped out of ponce vicinity.
1846 – st. john s, newfoundland
1847 – great fire of bucharest
1848 – fire in medina, ohio. destroyed entire business district
1849 – st. louis fire, first firefighter killed in line of duty
1849 – first great fire of toronto

1850s

1850 – kraków fire of 1850, poland, 10% of city area
1851 – san francisco fire of 1851, destroyed 2000 buildings, great part of city
1852 – vaasa, finland
1852 – great fire of 1852, montreal, 10,000 of city s 57,000 residents left homeless.
1854 – newcastle upon tyne , gateshead: spectacular explosion leads great fire of newcastle , gateshead, killing 53 , leveling substantial property in both towns.
1858 – auckland, new zealand: large fire destroyed 3 hotels, 20 shops, 17 houses, police station, theatre, post office , several other buildings in central town. auckland had population, then, of 1500.

1860s

1862 – troy, new york, 671 buildings destroyed
1864 – great fire of brisbane in brisbane, queensland, australia: on 4 city blocks burned on 50 houses razed , dozens of businesses; 0 deaths, 4 injured
1861–1865 – american civil war involved several major city fires:

1864 – atlanta, georgia, burned after time given evacuation of citizens order of william tecumseh sherman
1865 – columbia, south carolina, burned while being occupied troops commanded william tecumseh sherman
1865 – richmond, virginia, burned retreating confederates.


1866 – portland, maine, independence day fire, commercial district destroyed; 10,000 homeless
1868 – auerbach in der oberpfalz, bavaria. arson destroys 107 houses , 146 other buildings; 4 deaths.

1870s

1870 – fire in medina, ohio, started in wooden building barber shop , consumed 2 blocks of business district, wiping out entire town.
1871 – great chicago fire, destroyed downtown on october 8 , died out following night. 250 dead.
1871 – peshtigo, wisconsin, several towns destroyed in firestorm did reach michigan, 1500–2500 dead, same day chicago fire broke out.
1871 – port huron fire of 1871 killed on 200 people in port huron, michigan on october 8; 1 of fires collectively called great michigan fire.
1871 – urbana fire destroyed central urbana, illinois on october 9, while great chicago fire still raged.
1872 – great boston fire of 1872, destroyed 776 buildings , killed @ least 20 people.
1874 – chicago fire of 1874, july 14, in respects similar 1871 fire, stopped new-built fire-proof wall. destroyed 812 structures , killed 20 people.
1875 – great whiskey fire, dublin, 18 june, killed 13 people, , destroyed malt house, bonded warehouse, houses , tannery in mill street , chamber street.
1876 – december 5 brooklyn theatre fire
1877 – paris, texas fire of 1877, first of 3 fires destroyed of town.
1877 – saint john, new brunswick fire destroyed 1600 buildings
1878 – great fire of hong kong, destroyed 350 400 buildings across more 10 acres (40,000 m) of central hong kong.
1879 – hakodate fire, hakodate, hokkaidō, japan, 67 fatalities, 20,000 homeless.

1880s

1881 – thumb fire in michigan; 282 killed.
1881 – ringtheater fire in vienna, austria; @ least 384 dead
1886 – great vancouver fire, vancouver, british columbia
1889 – great seattle fire
1889 – great spokane fire of 1889
1889 – great bakersfield fire of 1889—destroyed 196 buildings , killed 1 person.
1889 – first great lynn conflagration—destroyed 100 buildings, costing on $160 million in damage in today s dollars.


city of st. john s after great fire of 1892


1890s

1892 – st. john s, newfoundland
1894 – great hinckley fire of minnesota: firestorm destroyed several towns; on 400 killed
1894 – great fire in shanghai; on 1,000 buildings destroyed
1896 – paris, texas fire of 1896, second of 3 fires destroyed of town.
1897 – great fire of windsor, nova scotia canada, destroyed 80% of town
1898 – great fire of new westminster, british columbia
1899 – el polvorin fire in ponce, puerto rico, occurred on january 25th. fire started @ u.s. munitions depot on lot occupied ponce high school building , grounds. heroes in fire, believed have saved city annihilation, remembered day monuments on tombs monument in main city square plaza las delicias.




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^ james c. massey, exec. vice pres., , shirley maxwell, associate, national preservation institute (national building museum) washington, d.c. , federal historic preservation office, u.s. department of treasury. (washington, d.c.) january 7, 1988. in national register of historic places registration form—u.s. custom house, ponce. united states department of interior. national park service. (washington, d.c.) section 8, page 3. listing reference number 88000073. february 10, 1988.
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