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11/05/1764 |
Pope’s Night celebration is marred by the death of a five-year-old boy. |
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08/21/1765 |
David Wheeler builds a fire engine in Boston. |
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01/30/1769 |
Fire breaks out in the town jail. |
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04/04/1773 |
Sandemonian Church burns down. |
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05/17/1775 |
Great Fire of 1775 occurs. |
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09/21/1780 |
Fire causes serious damage to Long Wharf. |
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12/25/1782 |
Fire destroys the North Mills on the Mill Pond. |
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04/20/1787 |
Fire breaks out in the Hollis Street Church. |
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1787 |
John George Washington Hancock, the son of John Hancock, dies in a skating accident. |
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1788 |
Salem Street Firehouse is built. |
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