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Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
A pair of young brothers eager to open their gifts on Christmas morning died in a massive house fire, which forced their mother to jump from an upstairs window with a 2-year-old child in her arms.
1904 – Great Fire of Toronto, April 19 fire that destroyed a large section of Downtown Toronto, Canada. 1905 – Watson Street Lodging House fire in Glasgow, Scotland on November 19, killed 39. [5] 1908 – Rhoads Opera House fire, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killed 170. [6] 1908 – Parker Building, New York City, January 10.
A 19-year-old man about a quarter-mile down the road from the site suffered a fatal injury from a flying canister, Clinton Township Fire Chief Tim Duncan said at a Tuesday morning news conference.
Lightning struck the house in October 2016, sparking a fire and creating a hole in the roof that wasn't immediately repaired, according to a story on the MotorcityMuckraker news site.
On June 11, 1982, a man upset over a delayed insurance payment entered a law firm on the 8th floor and opened fire with a shotgun, killing a law clerk, and starting a fire using a Molotov cocktail. People in the building smashed windows for fresh air and to enable rescue, but were forced to wait as Detroit Fire Department ladders were unable to ...
The fire, Detroit Fire Department James Harris said, broke out on the city’s west side at about 6:30 p.m. at a Detroit Mulch Co., at 14300 Prairie.