Episode 21: Firestorm

1. Drake, Samuel G. The History and Antiquities of Boston, the Capital of Massachusetts and Metropolis of New England, from Its Settlement in 1630, to the Year 1770: Also, a Introductory History of the Discovery and Settlement of New England, with Notes Critical and Illustrative. The Author, 1857.

2. Sufferers from the Great Boston Fire of 1760, Boston 1775, http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2019/01/sufferers-from-great-boston-fire-of-1760.html

3. March 20, 1760 Boston Burns, MassMoments, https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/boston-burns.html

4. As coal still burns under Centralia, trash piles up above, The Philadelphia Inquirer, https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/centralia-coal-fire-mine-trash-cleanup-20171026.html

5. This Mine Fire Has Been Burning For Over 50 Years, History.com, https://www.history.com/news/mine-fire-burning-more-50-years-ghost-town

6. Pencak, William. “The Social Structure of Revolutionary Boston: Evidence from the Great Fire of 1760.” The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, vol. 10, no. 2, 1979, pp. 267–278. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/203337. Accessed 9 Feb. 2021.

7. In the Early 19th Century, Firefighters Fought Fires … and Each Other, Smithsonian Magazine, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/early-19-century-firefighters-fought-fires-each-other-180960391/

8. Schorow, Stephanie. Boston on Fire: a History of Fires and Firefighting in Boston. Commonwealth Editions, 2008.

9. Boston Fire Historical Society. Boston's Fire Trail. History Press, 2007.

10. aThe Great Boston Fire of 1872, New england Historical Society, https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-great-boston-fire-of-1872/