DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN THE UNITED STATES TO 1888.
Only Those the Monetary Loss of Which Equal and Exceed One Million Dollars Are Noted. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1848 . . . . . . . . . . $5,000,000
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 14, 1883 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
Baltimore, Md., 1904 80 blocks . . . . . . 50,000,000
" " June 13, 1906 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000,000
Boston, Mass., Aug. 8, 1879 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
" " Apr. 7, 1825 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000,000
" " Nov. 8-10, 1872 . . . . . . . . . . 75,000,000
Brooklyn, N. Y. Sept. 9, 1848 . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
Charleston, S. C. Apr. 27, 1838 . . . . . . . . . 2,500,000
" " Feb. 17, 1856 . . . . . . . . . . ¾ of city
Chicago, Ill., Jan. 20, 1868 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000,000
" " Oct. 8, 9, 1871 . . . . . . . . . . 206,000,000
" " May 26, 1886 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
Cleveland, O. Sept. 17, 1884 . . . . . . . . . . 2,000,000
Deadwood, Dak., Sept. 26, 1879 . . . . . . . . . 2,500,000
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 1, 1886 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500,000
Galveston, Tex., Nov. 13, 1885 . . . . . . . . . . 2,100,000 Kensington, Pa., Jan. 10, 1886 . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
Key West, Fla., May 30, 1886 . . . . . . . . . . 1,500,000
Mobile, Ala., Oct. 21, 1827 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
" " Oct. 7, 1837 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000,000
Nevada, Cal., Mar. 12, 1851 . . . . . . . . . . 1,300,000
New Orleans, La. Feb. 4, 5, 1854 . . . . . . . . 1,100,000
" " Aug. 5, 1854 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
New York, N. Y. Sept. 20, 21, 1776 . . . . . . . 1,500,000
" " Dec. 16, 1835 . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,000,000
" " Oct. 6, 1839 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
" " Jan. 30, 1840 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
" " July 19, 20, 1845 . . . . . . . . . . 6,000,000
" " Dec. 10, 1853 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100,000
Norfolk, Va. Jan. 1, 1776 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500,000
Oswego, N. Y. June 5, 1853 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500,000
Paterson, N. J. 1902 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000,000
Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 5, 1839 . . . . . . . . . 2,000,000
" " July 9, 1850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
" " May 1, 1856 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
" " Nov. 18, 1883 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
" " Feb. 24, 1884 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
" " Feb. 19, 1885 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000,000
Pittsburg, Pa., Apr. 10, 1845 . . . . . . . . . 12,000,000
" " Oct. 3, 1883 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
Portland, Me. July 4, 1866 . . . . . . . . . . 10,000,000
Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 10, 1852 . . . . . . . . 12,000,000
St. Louis, Mo., May 18, 1842 . . . . . . . . . 7,000,000
Salisbury, Md., Oct. 17, 1886 . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
San Francisco, Cal. Dec. 24, 1849 . . . . . . . 1,500,000
" " May 4, 1850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000,000
" " June 14, 1850 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000,000
" " May 4, 1851 . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,000,000
" " June 22, 1851 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000,000
" " Aug. 21, 1886 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 10, 1820 . . . . . . . . . 8,000,000
Stockton, Cal. May 14, 1856 . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1856 . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
Wilmington, N. C. Feb. 21, 1886 . . . . . . . . 1 500,000
Wisconsin Oct. 8, 9, 1871 (forest fires) . . . 4,000,000