ipl-logo

Cause Of Fires In New York City

86 Words1 Page

Fires are raging across New York City the first one was on March 18, 1741, at the governor 's house in Fort George it grew out of control and destroyed both the governor 's house and the church next to it. After that, fires began to spring up across the city. On April 6, four fires broke out and a black man was seen running from the scene of the fire, he was arrested along with 20 others who are thought to have been involved in some way.

Show More
Related

  • John Peter Zenger's The New York Weekly Journals

    194 Words  | 1 Pages

    On October 22, 1734 the Governor William Cosby ordered for the Public burning of some of John Peter Zenger 's journals entitled: The New York Weekly Journals. Since the Journal’s said so much about the affairs of the Governor, the journals became extremely popular and were purchased by the majority of people living in New York City. To the Governor this event was looked at as a disturbance of the peace. Zenger 's Journals were said to have contained false accusations against the governor and therefore were in violation of bringing contempt toward the government itself. Only the Journals 7, 47, 48, and 49 contained Libel.

    Read More

  • Cameron Todd Willingham's Death By Fire

    961 Words  | 4 Pages

    The arson investigator who belived this was General Hurst and he stated that, “ Flashovers had left natural patterns on the floor that all post flashover fires tend to leave behind, and they had been misidentified as pour patterns. And thus the fire was labeled as arson.” Hurst was one of the only people who believed the fire was not arson. Hurst had the new knowledge of how arson worked and how to properly detect arson unlike the first investigators. Generally those who investigated arson were just firefighters with little to no training.

    Read More

  • Great Chicago Fire Dbq

    335 Words  | 2 Pages

    The fire did stop on it 'sown some how. In addition, there are many

    Read More

  • 1943 Race Riots Research Paper

    372 Words  | 2 Pages

    1943 Race Riots-The Flame That Started the Fire Detroit City, the motor capital of the world, was roaring with jobs in 1943. Black’s from the South migrated North in search of jobs, new homes, and opportunities. In a prominent white area, the migration of blacks was not wanted. Segregation was still present throughout the U.S. Contrary to popular belief, the first largest race riot in Detroit on June 20th, 1943, was started by whites. World War II was underway which created more needs than the average company could produce.

    Read More

  • Fire In The Grove By John C. Esposito

    1454 Words  | 6 Pages

    The Cocoanut Grove, Boston’s most well known nightclub, burns into flames on a Saturday night on November 28, 1942. It was the largest nightclub fire in the United States; one of the most horrific tragedies, that killed 492 people, injured some severely, and traumatized others for the rest

    Read More

  • Violent 2-Day Race Riot In Springfield, Illinois

    410 Words  | 2 Pages

    In 1908, a violent 2-day race riot in Springfield, Illinois drove thousands of African-Americans from the city. There was news in Springfield, Illinois about a white woman being assaulted by a black man. Soon after, a similar incident happened. These incidents happened one after another with just hours in between. An angry mob of whites soon formed in response.

    Read More

  • Edgar Allan Poe's Argumentative Essay Ideas

    108 Words  | 1 Pages

    However, the ordeal was horrendous all surrounding materials within the city, served as a tinder field drawing the flames within causing the fire to spread swiftly consuming whatever it touched. Nevertheless, the winds transported the flames across the street touching down at the Star Inn. Upon entering sparks danced across the straw as well as the fodder consequently causing them to burst into flames dissolving a stable into a sea of flames. Nevertheless the fire continuing its path begins devouring Thames Street storehouses containing, which was full of extremely flammable materials disappeared within seconds, “ Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.” (Edgar Allan Poe)

    Read More

  • The Missouri Compromise: Cause Of The Civil War

    808 Words  | 4 Pages

    Abdelrahman Abdelhamid History 1301 Prof. O'Gilvie The Missouri Compromise In the years leading up to the Missouri Compromise of 1820, tensions began to rise between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions within the U.S. Congress and across the country. They reached a boiling point after Missouri’s 1819 request for admission to the Union as a slave state, which threatened to upset the delicate balance between slave states and free states. At this moment in time, Congress was in the middle of deliberating Missouri statehood, by this time a normal expectation whenever a boundary territory accomplished the qualifying number of white settlers.

    Read More

  • Cuyahoga River Research Paper

    400 Words  | 2 Pages

    In Cleveland, Ohio there was a fire that occurred on June 22, 1969, around 12pm on the Cuyahoga river. People called it the “burning river”. The river caught on fire because there were floating pieces of debris that was slicked with oil. The debris ignited by sparks that came from a train that was passing over the river. The reason it happened is from years of people dumping pollution into the river.

    Read More

  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Research Paper

    864 Words  | 4 Pages

    Another result of the fire was the creation of the American Society of Safety Engineers. Which was Designed for all buildings to fall under the code to make them safer? The American Society of Safety Engineers did just that, and there has not been any other building tragedy fire not caused by arson as severe as the shirtwaist fire. I will now like to return to the original question.

    Read More

  • Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Essay

    451 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was a devastating fire that killed 146 girls in New York City (Leap for Life, Leap for Death). At this time, citizens of New York were furious and demanded that the government do something to prevent future tragedies. The government responded and the reforms that the government made, it changed the future of New York industry. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, one of history’s deadliest fires, came as a result of outrageously unsafe working conditions, led to a high death toll and injury total, but, ultimately resulted in reforms that helped safeguard future factory workers.

    Read More

  • The Positive Effects Of The Great Chicago Fire Of 1871

    1183 Words  | 5 Pages

    “Late one night, when we were all in bed, Mrs. O’Leary lit a lantern in the shed. Her cow kicked it over, then winked her eye and said, ‘There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight!’ (Abbott)” In 1871, a disaster arose in Chicago and reshaped the city permanently: a fire scorched around three square miles of land, leveled thousands of buildings, and stole hundreds of lives (“Chicago Fire of 1871”). Although the effects of this tragedy were harrowing, it actually served as the catalyst which allowed Chicago to become one of America’s largest, most influential cities.

    Read More

  • Boo Radley's Narrative

    957 Words  | 4 Pages

    The night lit up showering the sky with yellow and orange brilliance. The crackling sound of bursting wood filled the air, above which the wail of the sirens was barely audible. The heat of the flames fought anyone that tried to subdue it, and the firefighters fought back with the same intensity. Boo Radley was tired of being cooped up inside all day and night. The cold snap brought to maycomb that season made it even harder for Boo to escape being trapped in his house so he had become especially anxious.

    Read More

  • Doge's Influence On American Architecture

    1120 Words  | 5 Pages

    This was also followed by two other fires but they caused considerably less damage. One occurred later in the 10th century and the other in the 11th

    Read More

  • Essay On California Forest Fire

    1453 Words  | 6 Pages

    The Cedar Fire was not the only fire burning, there were several other fires burning in California, limiting resources to San Diego County (CDF, 2004). The size of the fire crossed city and county jurisdictions requiring a multiple agency response, but coordination and communication was difficult due agencies not being fully equipped to response amongst each other (CDF, 2004). The fire not only raged through the wildlands of San Diego County, but destroyed planned communities and businesses, closed freeways, suspended flights, and even cancelled Monday Night Football (which was to be held at Qualcomm Stadium), since the stadium was being used as the main evacuation center (Dillion, 2003). The Cedar Fire was the worst case scenario, but many lessons were

    Read More

More about Cause Of Fires In New York City

Open Document