Rewind: The City in Flames - The Great Fire of 1835
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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The Coloradan Fire Department
The city's fire department was mostly a volunteer organization. It wasn't organized in the way that it seems logical to day, if that makes any sense. People died during the june to october 18 32 colora epidemic. And that really did a number also, in the city's police and fire force. But there still were firemen,. however, two days before the fire of 18 35, on december fourteenth, there was anotherFire had depleted resources already pretty feeble.
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