London, September 2-6, 1666

Eighty-nine churches, many public buildings and 13,200 houses destroyed; 400 streets laid waste; 200,000 persons homeless. The ruins covered 436 acres.

New York, December 16, 1835

600 buildings; loss, $20,000,000. September 6, 1839. - $10,000,000 worth of property.

Pittsburgh, April 10, 1845

1,000 buildings; loss, $6,000,000.

Philadelphia, July 9, 1850

350 buildings; loss, $1,500,000; 25 persons killed; 9 drowned; 120 wounded.

San Francisco, May 3-5, 1851

2,500 buildings; loss, $3,500,000; many lives lost. June 22, 1851. - 500 buildings; loss, $3,000,000.

Santiago (Spain), December 8, 1863

A fire in the church of the Campania, beginning amid combustible ornaments; 2,000 persons killed, mostly women.

Charleston, S. C, February 17, 1865. - Almost totally destroyed, with large quantities of naval and military stores.

Richmond, Va., April 2 and 3, 1865. - In great part destroyed by fire at time of Confederate evacuation.

Portland, Me., July 4, 1866. - Almost entirely destroyed; loss, $15,-000,000.

Chicago, October 8 And 9, 1871

31/2 square miles laid waste; 17,450 buildings destroyed; 200 persons killed; 98,500 made homeless. July 14, 1874. - Another great fire; loss, $4,000,000.

Great forest fires in Michigan and Wisconsin, October 8-14, 1871 - 2,000 lives lost.

Boston, November 9-11, 1872

800 buildings; loss, $73,000,000. 15 killed.

Fall River, Mass., September 19, 1874. - Great factory fires; 60 persons killed.

Brooklyn Theater Burned December 5, 1876

300 lives lost.

Seattle and Spokane, Wash., 1889. - About $10,000,000 each.