- 128 pages
- English
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About this book
From the days of "bucket brigades" and private volunteer companies--such as the Phoenix, the Axemen and the Eagle--Charleston has seen more than its fair share of conflagrations. A carelessly overturned candle could ignite a blaze that would consume hundreds of Charleston's closely built wooden structures within just a few hours, leaving large swaths of the city in ruins. Join Charleston native and local historian Danny Crooks as he relates the story of Charleston's many historic fires and firefighting efforts, starting as early as 1698 and continuing through the horrors of the Great Fire of 1861 and the establishment of the Charleston Fire Department in the 1880s.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Charles Towne’s First Fire
- Chapter 2 The Fire of 1740
- Chapter 3 The Fire of 1778
- Chapter 4 After the Revolution
- Chapter 5 The Early Volunteer Fire Companies
- Chapter 6 The Fires of 1810, 1819 and 1826
- Chapter 7 The Market Fire of 1833
- Chapter 8 The Disasters of 1835
- Chapter 9 Improving the Department
- Chapter 10 The Destruction of Ansonborough, 1838
- Chapter 11 An Improved Department and the Fire of 1849
- Chapter 12 Disunion and Destruction
- Chapter 13 The Civil War and the Advent of the Steam Fire Engine
- Chapter 14 Providence and the Great Fire of 1861
- Chapter 15 Peace…and Desolation
- Chapter 16 Reconstruction and the Status Quo
- Chapter 17 The Charleston Fire Department Is Formed
- Epilogue
- Bibliography