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Fire Originates in a Summer Street Warehouse
- When
- November 9, 1872
- Where
- 83–87 Summer Street, Boston
At 7:20 p.m. on November 9, 1872, fire broke out in the basement of a commercial warehouse at 83–87 Summer Street, with locked alarm boxes delaying the alert.
The conflagration began at 7:20 p.m. on November 9, 1872, in the basement of a commercial warehouse at 83–87 Summer Street. Because all fire alarm boxes had been kept locked since 1852 to prevent false alarms, witnesses watched the fire spread before the area's key-holder was found and could unlock the alarm box to alert the Boston Fire Department.
Sources
- Great Boston Fire of 1872 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-05
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