Acres of Ashes: The Story of the Great Fire That Swept over the City of Jacksonville, Florida, on the Afternoon of Friday, May 3, 1901, Resulting in the Loss of Seven Lives, Destroying of $15,000,000 in Property, Total Insurance Less Than $5,000,000

Book Description

Jacksonville, FL: James A. Holloman, East Florida Printing Company, 1901. Octavo, paperbound, fold-out b&w photo. panarama of city after fire, unpaginated. Illustrated with maps. From Foreword: The fuller relation of the history of the Jacksonville fire is a duty our city owes to itself as well as to those who visited her in want. It is fitting that the details of the picture be filled in lest some fail to realize the depths out of which a cry for help was forced from our lips -- it is required that we render an accounting by showing that good use was made of the supplies heaped in overflowing measure in answer to that call. This little book seeks but to do this -- it but tells how the loss befell us, how bitter was our need, how generous was the response from the whole people and how fully the wishes of the donors were made a law to those clothed with the responsibility of the distribution...

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