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Historic fires of Fall River / Stefani Koorey, Ph D.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Koorey, Stefani, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fires--Massachusetts--Fall River--History.
- Fires.
- Fall River (Mass.)--History.
- Fall River (Mass.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (144 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Fall River's textile boom in the nineteenth century brought with it a series of fiery disasters. The Big Fire of 1843 left more than one thousand people homeless and destroyed two hundred buildings, as well as twenty-some acres of land. After the Steiger Store Fire of 1916, mill owners pushed the city to replace horse-drawn brigades with fire engines. The intense heat from the Kerr Mill Thread Fire of 1987 melted hoses as first responders battled the blaze. Author Stefani Koorey chronicles the historic infernos of the Spindle City and celebrates the community's resilience in the face of adversity.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781625856654
- 1625856652
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