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Salem Fire Ravages City Wrecking Thousands Of Homes
Salem Massachusetts suffered a major fire that destroyed more than a thousand buildings. The loss is estimated at ten million dollars with at least two deaths. Relief arrived quickly as tents and rations were sent, militiamen patrolled streets, and hospitals evacuated patients.
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Salem
Mass
Jennie Cunningham
Lafayette Street
Samuel P. Withey
Prescott Street
Mill
Walsh
Barry
Donahue
State House
Boston
Nathaniel Hawsthorne
Korn Leather Company
Salem Hospital
Boston & Maine Railroad
North Salem
Salem Oil Company
Henry C. Frick
Pittsburg