Old New York yesterday & today . THE GREAT FiRE of ? iiimMiiny ?? k£JlB,&B„1?55. jTitiiii (Lhs OirEat JFute of 1S35 *\ very rare and interesting picture of tlie Great Fire of 1835, in which the main business portion of the cirv- east ot Broadway and southof Willi Street was practicallv destroved with a loss of over thirty millions of dollars. In less than a year, however, the_ burnt district wasentirely rebuilt. The fisxires in the forearound were of eminent merchants of the day who were among the volunteer firemen who helpedsave the cirv. The sendeman running up the steps, w-ished, if possibl
Old New York yesterday & today . THE GREAT FiRE of ? iiimMiiny ?? k£JlB,&B„1?55. jTitiiii (Lhs OirEat JFute of 1S35 *\ very rare and interesting picture of tlie Great Fire of 1835, in which the main business portion of the cirv- east ot Broadway and southof Willi Street was practicallv destroved with a loss of over thirty millions of dollars. In less than a year, however, the_ burnt district wasentirely rebuilt. The fisxires in the forearound were of eminent merchants of the day who were among the volunteer firemen who helpedsave the cirv. The sendeman running up the steps, w-ished, if possible, to save the statue of .Alexander Hamilton, which was destroyeda few minutes afte~rward=. Mr. Chas. King (President of Columbia College) is the gentleman who crossed the East River that in an open boat to the Xav-v Yard to procure gunpowder, in which he was successful. The National Citj- Bank now occupies this Courusy Nrx I - - -- CtmrtlanM ^trBct, Smtth ^ibe from ^roabfaau to CirEEnfntch ^treet This view shows Courtlandt Street before Church Street was opened, 1853. From a contemporary lithograph issued by W. T. Stephenson
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjecthistori, bookyear1922
