At 1:37 PM on June 25, 1914 a fire began at the Korn Leather factory in Salem's manufacturing district. It would burn for 13 hours, destroy a third of the city, and render 18k-20k people homeless. Join local Salem tour guides Sarah & Jeffrey as they talk about this often-overlooked tragedy that devastated Witch City in the early twentieth century.

Resources:


The Salem Fire.  By Arthur B. Jones. (1914) https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Salem_Fire.html?id=NZwlAQAAMAAJ 
"The Great Salem Fire of 1914."  By Salem State Archives and Special Collections. https://www.flickr.com/photos/salemstatearchives/albums/72157682708267513
"The Great Salem Fire of 1914 Burns Half the City Out of Their Homes"
https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/flashback-photo-the-great-salem-fire-of-1914/
"Salem Fire"   https://www.noblenet.org/salem/wiki/index.php/Salem_Fire 
The Great Salem Fire of 1914: Images from the Phillips Library Collection.  By Barbara Pero Kampas. (2008)


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