1760. Boston. A fire caused a loss estimated at £100,000.
1787. Boston. A fire consumed 100 buildings, February 20.
1794. Boston. 96 buildings were burned. Loss, £42,000.
1872. Boston. Great fire, November 9-10. By this fire the richest quarter of Boston was destroyed.
The fire commenced at the corner of Summer and Kingston streets. The area burned over was 65 acres. 776 buildings, comprising the largest granite and brick warehouses of the city, filled with merchandise, were burned. The loss was about £15,000,000. Before the end of the year 1876 the burned district had been rebuilt more substantially than ever.
1778. Charleston (S.C.). A fire caused the loss of £100,000.
1796. Charleston, 300 houses were burned.
1838. Charleston. One-half the city was burned on April 27. 1158 buildings destroyed. Loss, £600,000.
1802. Portsmouth (N.H.), 102 buildings destroyed.
1813. Portsmouth, 397 buildings destroyed.