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[Natural Disasters - Canada - Great Miramichi Fire - Disaster Relief] McLeod, GeorgeBiblio.com

1825 Letter Describing the Collection of 230 Bushels of Potatoes and Clothing for Survivors of the Great Miramichi Fire

1825réf. BK0033Bailey's Brook Nova Scotia 1825. Autograph letter signed "Geo. McLeod" to John Young Esq. Halifax. Stampless folded letter with manuscript "7 / Paid" rate "Post Paid" notation and a clear "POST OFFICE PICTOU / PAID" handstamp. Light filing folds; very good. A contemporary account of rural relief organized for survivors of the Great Miramichi Fire written only eighteen days after the disaster. George McLeod reports traveling personally through Bailey's Brook and the surrounding settlements to solicit provisions and clothing gathering approximately 230 bushels of potatoes together with "considerable articles of wearing apparel" for immediate shipment through Pictou: "I went yesterday in person through the small settlement of Bailey's Brook & its vicinity in quest of some aide for the sufferers & have the pleasure to say that the inhabitants individually contributed very liberally according to their ability. I this day received from them into my store about 230 bushels buntatoes sic & considerable articles of wearing apparel & much more could be obtained if time permitted." The letter is particularly revealing about the material circumstances of disaster relief in a cash-poor agricultural community. The residents had little money available and "nothing else at hand" as their grain had not yet been threshed and the lateness of the season required them to contribute whatever could be gathered and transported without delay-nonetheless they were "willing to give." McLeod notes that additional supplies had been collected at Merigomish and would be combined with those from Bailey's Brook sent to the committee at Pictou and forwarded onward to Miramichi. He also records keeping a list of the individual contributors and the articles supplied under each name. We find no other examples of documents or primary source materials relating to the disaster in commerce or in auction records. A focused primary document of one of the largest fires in early Canadian history with a detailed description of the mechanics of relief. . unknown

Auger Down Books · États-Unis1 500,00 $US≈ 1 337,49 €

Chelsea Massachusetts FireBiblio.com

1908 Chelsea Massachusetts Fire Disaster Archive Documenting of Burned Churches Schools Hospitals and Civic Infrastructure

1908réf. 232131908. Chelsea fire real photo postcard archive documenting the destruction of civic religious medical and financial institutions in Chelsea outside of Boston Massachusetts after the November 1908 fire one of the most destructive urban fires in early twentieth century New England. This collection displays not only the ruined architecture but on the functions that had to be reestablished after the fire including places of worship schooling banking and medical care. Not only do these images display a developing New England city in ruins but the involvement of the surrounding community that was left displaced to pick up the pieces. Photo archive of 12 silver gelatin real photo postcards each 3" x 5.5" Chelsea Massachusetts circa 1908. The cards show skeletal masonry walls roofless church towers leveled residential blocks ash fields and streets lined with stripped tree trunks and scattered debris. Printed captions identify multiple sites including "Ruins of Unitarian Church Chelsea Mass." "Universalist Church Fourth & Chestnut St." "Ruins of Fay School Chelsea Mass." "Ruins of Public Library" "Central Church from Broadway Chelsea Mass." "Ruins of Williams School & First Universalist Church Chelsea Mass." and "Remains of Frost Hospital." Several views are wide panoramas taken from elevated ground or across open lots showing block after block reduced to foundations and chimneys while others isolate single institutional buildings left standing as shells. Human figures appear throughout as scale markers and witnesses with pedestrians moving through cleared streets and one especially important card showing uniformed cadets and coast artillery guards with rifles outside the Chelsea Savings Bank. The Great Chelsea Fire burned through a substantial section of the city in 1908 and displaced thousands making it one of the most destructive urban fires in New England in its period. These postcards preserve the public facing record created immediately after the disaster when churches schools hospitals libraries and banks were photographed not as isolated ruins but as essential parts of a city whose institutional framework had to be defended and rebuilt. Some edge and corner wear; minor toning. Overall very good condition. A concentrated record of urban destruction emergency security and civic reconstruction in Chelsea Massachusetts. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis550,00 $US≈ 490,41 €