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Hero at the Great Boston Fire of 1872
September 21, 2004
Bruce Twickler writer, film director

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.

History
Boston | Firefighter Heroes | Fires
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