Fires, Great.
The following is a list of the most notable fires in the United States:
Theatre at Richmond, Va.; the governor and many leading citizens perishedDec. 26, 1811
New York City, 600 warehouses, etc.; loss, $20,000,000Dec. 16, 1835
Washington, D. C., destroying general post-office and patent-office, with 10,000 valuable models, drawings, etcDec. 15, 1836
Charleston, S. C., 1,158 buildings, covering 145 acresApril 27, 1838
New York City, 46 buildings; loss, $10,000,000Sept. 6, 1839
Pittsburg, Pa., 1,000 buildings; loss about $6,000,000April 10, 1845
New York City, 1,300 dwellings destroyedJune 28, 1845
New York City, 302 stores and dwellings, 4 lives, and $6,000,000 of propertyJuly 19, 1845
Albany, N. Y., 600 buildings, besides steamboats, piers, etc.; 24 acres burned over; loss, $3,000,000Sept. 9, 1848
St. Louis, Mo., 15 blocks of houses and 23 steamboats; loss estimated at $3,000,000May 17, 1849
San Francisco, Cal., nearly 2,500 buildings burned; estima