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Identifier: historyreminisce00wake (find matches)
Title: History and reminiscences of lower Wall Street and vicinity
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Wakeman, Abram
Subjects: Coffee industry
Publisher: New York : Spice Mill
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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R. J. de CORDOVA, DE CORDOVA SONS & CO. THE GREAT FIRES IN LOWER WALL STREET AND VICINITY The fire of 1804 started on the night of Dec. 18th,about two oclock, in a grocery store in Front street.The whole block from the west side of Coffee House slip,in Water street, to the next door to Gouverneur Lane,and including all the buildings in Front street to thewater, were swept away on that side of the slip, andthe fire crossed Wall street and destroyed the buildingson the east side of the slip. Among the buildings de-stroyed were the old Coffee House and several brickstores, but most of the buildings were of wood. Thewhole number of buildings consumed was about 40. Theloss was between one and two. millions of dollars. The great fire of New York occurred the night ofWednesday, Dec. 16, 1835. The fire broke out in thestore of Comstock & Andrews, 25 Merchant street. Thenight was intensely cold, the thermometer being at orbelow zero and a fierce wind prevailed. The followingaccount is

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  • bookpublisher:New_York___Spice_Mill
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