Project Gutenberg 2010-06-06 Public domain in the USA. 59 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous Souvenir Book of the Great Chelsea Fire April 12, 1908 Containing Thirty-Four Views of the Burned District and Prominent Buildings Reading ease score: 66.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Bryan Ness and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Souvenir Book of the Great Chelsea Fire April 12, 1908" by Anonymous is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book commemorates a devastating fire that swept through Chelsea, Massachusetts, detailing its impact on the community and the subsequent relief efforts. It highlights the destruction caused by this disaster, focusing on the immense loss of property and the humanitarian response that followed. The book recounts the events of April 12, 1908, when a fire ignited at the Boston Blacking Company's works and rapidly spread due to high winds, engulfing numerous buildings and rendering thousands homeless. Key public and private structures were lost, including schools, churches, and banks, totaling around 1,500 buildings destroyed. In the aftermath, relief funds were mobilized from various communities, amassing significant contributions to assist those affected. The text also includes a descriptive sketch accompanied by thirty-four photographs documenting the ruins and the efforts of relief organizations, capturing the resilience of the community in the face of tragedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32714/32714-h/images/covertmb.jpg en Fires Fires -- Massachusetts -- Chelsea Chelsea (Mass.) -- Fire, 1908 Chelsea (Mass.) -- Pictorial works F001 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 40985 40756 2024-10-14T04:25:06.644357 2023-09-14T09:15:24.577811 text/html text/html 37096 2010-06-06T12:21:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 8142158 2010-06-06T12:24:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 8465914 2024-10-14T04:25:11.570325 application/epub+zip 8451305 2024-10-14T04:25:07.711358 application/epub+zip 62156 2024-10-14T04:25:06.976396 application/epub+zip 8461096 2024-10-14T04:25:14.741336 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8442906 2024-10-14T04:25:09.830449 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 83739 2022-09-15T05:59:07.419268 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 27851 27771 2024-10-14T04:25:06.219404 2023-09-14T09:15:24.160795 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 27732 2010-06-06T12:20:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 10030 2010-06-06T12:20:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20249 2024-10-14T04:25:14.893339 application/rdf+xml 13475 2024-10-14T04:25:07.046373 image/jpeg 2229 2024-10-14T04:25:07.012352 image/jpeg 8198536 2024-10-14T04:25:06.831369 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Unknown