Sacramento, California suffers a devastating fire

Fire broke out in Sacramento, California and soon engulfed a large part of the town. Around 5000 buildings were destroyed or damaged and the commercial costs were said to reach five million dollars. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Chronicle, The Annual Register or a View of the History and Politics of the Year 1852 (London: F. & J. Rivington, 1853), 208.
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Crime/Disasters
Relevance
Personal
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