Hero at the Great Boston Fire of 1872
3,222 views · Published 6 May 2014 · 1:10:42 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education
Bruce Twickler, writer and director of the film Damrell's Fire, explains why Boston can credit its deliverance from Chicago's fate to John Damrell, its courageous fire chief. A spark in the basement of a building on Boston's Summer Street turned into a firestorm, reducing over 700 buildings to 65 acres of rubble. Tragically and miraculously, only 30 people were lost.
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