
	Where results make sense

Topic: List of famous fires

Related Topics

List of historic fires

Forest fire

Triangle Factory fire

Great Toronto Fire

The Station nightclub fire

Summit tunnel fire

Edinburgh Cowgate fire, 2002

1973 National Archives Fire

Peshtigo Fire

Hartford Circus Fire

Wildfire

Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire

Beverly Hills Supper Club fire

Happyland Fire

Oakland Hills firestorm

In the News (Sun 6 Jul 08)

Gordon Brown

Derby County

Mike Huckabee

Lute Olson

Pearl Harbor

Sonia Gandhi

Ricky Hatton

Narendra Modi

Jesus Christ

Rudy Giuliani

	Talk:Fire engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fire Engines are different than Fire Trucks and perform very different tasks during an attack on a fire, but that is not commonly known.
		Since fire trucks/engines do put out fires, it seems like a good idea to include the fires make make the men and equpment legendary.
		As of June 03 there is List of historic fires, with an Oct 03 List of famous fires redirect; and June 04 Category:Historic fires.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Fire_engine (357 words)

	Great Chicago Fire Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When the fire was extinguished two days later, the smoldering remains were too hot for a survey of the damage to be completed for a couple of days.
		Eventually, it was determined that the fire destroyed a patch four miles long and averaging 3/4 mile wide, more than 2,000 acres.
		The Peshtigo Fire in the Green Bay area of Wisconsin began the same night and killed five times more people and burned almost the same value of property.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/g/gr/great_chicago_fire.html (354 words)

	List of reference tables - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of reference tables, similar to the collection of reference tables found at the back of almanacs, dictionaries and encyclopedias (or an index of them, if they're scattered throughout the work).
		List of mean centers of U.S. population during the 20th century
		List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_reference_tables (1042 words)

	List of famous experiments - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The following is a list of historically important scientific experiments and observations.
		See also: timeline of scientific experiments, list of famous discoveries, thought experiment.
		Marconi's servant is behind a hill 3 kilometers away and fires his rifle upon receiving the signals (1895).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_famous_experiments (887 words)

	List of famous duels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1837: The most famous and talked about Russian duel: Aleksandr Pushkin mortally wounded in a duel at the Black Rivulet with a French officer Georges d'Anthès, rumoured to be his wife's lover.
		When his opponent fired first and missed, Howe fired his shot in the air and won the right to refuse future challenges.
		The Skulls, a 2000 movie, culminates in a duel between the two main characters, though neither fires on the other and the fight is eventually interrupted by the father of one of the participants.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_famous_duels (2548 words)

	smh.com.au - The Sydney Morning Herald
		A full inquiry into the handling of the ACT fire disaster was flagged by the Federal Government as complaints grew about inadequate long-term planning and a confused emergency response.
		Their treasures are gone: a famous painting, a cellar of fine wines, a shelf of basketball trophies and a cat named after a teenager's favourite rock band.
		Poor planning and inexperience in handling calamitous fires were partly to blame for the huge property losses in the bushfires, say frustrated NSW firefighters.
	www.smh.com.au /specials/canberraablaze (1835 words)

	Buffalo Resource Management Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The number of fires and the size of fires varies from year to year and primarily depends on weather factors.
		Fire prevention and education programs are conducted to help reduce the number of human-caused fires.
		Fire is used as a management tool to improve range forage production, wildlife habitat, timber stand improvement and sale debris disposal, and to reduce hazardous fuel buildup.
	www.blm.gov /rmp/WY/application/rmp_browse.cfm?rmpid=101&idref=30124 (11963 words)

	[No title]
		Chartres was also a famous shrine, but of the Virgin, and the west porch of Chartres, which is to be our peculiar pilgrimage, was a hundred years later than the ground-plan of Mont-Saint-Michel, although Chartres porch is the usual starting-point of northern French art.
		Fire, and the hand of man more than time, have destroyed them all, and we find on our greatest religious edifices no more than bases and fragments of these beautiful constructions.
		Indeed, you will hardly find, in the long list of famous French spires, another which has been treated with so much indignity as this, the greatest and most famous of all; and perhaps the most annoying part of it is that you must be grateful to the architect of 1195 for doing no worse.
	library.beau.org /gutenberg/etext03/mntsm10.txt (18423 words)

	cooltech.iafrica.com \| tech news Airships to control forest fires
		Using helicopters and drop-planes to combat forest fires is inherently risky, the aircraft have to fly too close to the fire, and their payloads are not large enough.
		Another proposed feature is that the craft could be used to disperse seed over the area of the fire to assist reforestation after the blaze has been extinquished.
		It remains to be seen whether the system would ever be employed, but with the massive size of the damages done by recent and ongoing forest fires it could well be that new methods of firefighting become a necessity.
	cooltech.iafrica.com /technews/986988.htm (419 words)

	(meteorobs) Re: astronomers meteors and fires
		There were 17 steam engines in the fire department implying that minimum number of firehouses.
		Many buildings and sidewalks were elevated to get them out of the often-present mud, so any fire would be intensified with the draft coming in the bottom.
		It is perfectly > possible the cause of the fire could have been a meteorite." >> > > >I hope this guy lost his job over this ridiculous statement.
	www.meteorobs.org /maillist/msg22141.html (1004 words)

	List of famous duels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		1840: Joseph Howe is called out by a member of Nova Scotian high society for his populist writing, although his opponent fires first and misses, Howe fires his shot in the air and wins the right to refuse future challenges.
		1837: The most famous and talked about Russian duel: Aleksandr Pushkin mortally wounded in a duel with a French officer Dantes, rumoured to be his wife's lover.
		In The Count Of Monte Cristo(book), The Count of Monte Cristo (Edmond Dantés) fights a duel with Viscount Albert Mondego, de Morcerf.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/List_of_famous_duels (1657 words)

	The Serial Killer Hit List - Part I
		He hopped from job to job and was fired at least three times after he was suspected of wrongdoing or someone learned about his past.
		Andrei was executed by firing squad in prison on February 14, 1994.
		As the last of the 42 bodies was being unearthed, the deadly sorcerer was sentenced to death by firing squad.
	www.mayhem.net /Crime/serial1.html (19004 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of famous duels
		There have been a number of famous individuals named John Law: John Law (economist) John Law (sociologist) John Law is also the name of a single by Dropkick Murphys.
		Charles Mackay (1814‑1889) was a British poet and journalist, son of a naval officer, born at Perth, and educated at the Royal Caledonian Asylum, London, and at Brussels, but spent much of his early life in France.
		This is a list of people killed in duels: Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury, by the Duke of Buckingham â€” 1668 perennial duellist Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun and the Duke of Hamilton, in Hyde Park â€” 1712 Peder Tordenskjold â€” 1720 Button Gwinnett, Signer of the Declaration of Independence â€” 1777 Alexander...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-famous-duels (7101 words)

	Read about List of famous experiments at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research List of famous experiments and learn about ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Read about List of famous experiments at WorldVillage Encyclopedia.
		Research List of famous experiments and learn about List of famous experiments here!
		kilometers away and fires his rifle upon receiving the signals (1895).
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/List_of_famous_experiments (532 words)

	gdbd
		We're very puzzled right now because being famous is so low on our list of priorities and I fear for our music career because I don't feel like I want to run out there and attract a bunch of attention to myself.
		I want to whisper something hopeful to the world, I don't want to make a bunch of wild gestures, although Flannery O'Connor says you have to for people who are blind and deaf in the world, or you won't get their attention.
		Much of the music being made in today's mainstream doesn't interest me. But there are fires here and there that warm me. Often these fires burn on the fringes.
	members.kconline.com /eschumacher/OtR/cstoneInterview.htm (2049 words)

	Home Fires
		The name of a famous former resident, Al Capone, came to mind, but nothing ever came of it.
		My name was added to a list of families helping families.
		She said she saw my name on the list and immediately thought of a couple she knew of.
	nonewzhomefires.blogspot.com (3472 words)

	Offroad Mailing List Digest v5n3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Somewhere at home I have one of the original bio summaries - a list of 53 people who were some of the first.
		This list is specifically designed for owners, users, or enthusiasts of four wheel drive (4WD) vehicles.
		At some large sites, the offroad mailing list is also available as a local newsgroup fed by this mailing list.
	www.offroadlist.com /digests/v5n3.html (10465 words)

	[No title]
		Put the can in a camp fire or a propane bbq, not on your home stove, so your wife doesn't kill you and leave it there until it stops smoking, about 45 minutes or an hour.
		Use your fire steel to knap the edge of the rock, by striking it and knocking a sharp edge into the rock.
		Starting the Fire When the flames suddenly erupt, drop the birdsnest into your firepit, add the kindling, and gently nurse the blaze into a full conflagration by adding slightly larger pieces of wood to the fire.
	www.xmission.com /pub/lists/hist_text/archive/hist_text.199907 (21028 words)

	[No title]
		Once you've got an enemy in your clutches, you can attack him or her by pressing (A), or use the Control Stick to hurl your foe away.
		Din's Fire: Hold B and tilt (Control Stick) to guide the attack.
		He leads an enormous group of mischievous creatures, not the least of which are his seven children.
	www.blood-sports.net /ssb/ssbfaqs/super_smash_bros_melee.txt (8455 words)

	The Sylmar Earthquake, Killer Quake, L. A. Herald Examiner, February 9, 1971
		In Newhall, fire destroyed the J and J Tire Store, at Newhall and Lyons avenues, severely damaged Hart High School at First Street and Newhall Avenue, and triggered uncounted other fires.
		Fires were reported in a shipping center in the 10800 block of Zelzah Avenue in Northridge.
		The fire in the Zelzah Avenue shopping center forced police from the Devonshire Division to evacuate their temporary headquarters at 10801 Zelzah Ave.
	www.lafire.com /famous_fires/710209_SylmarEarthquake/020971_LAHerald_KillerQuake.htm (2873 words)

	The Environmental Literacy Council - Forest Fires
		Developed by a forestry student at the Australian National University, this educational module contains chapters on the common history of fire and the Australian landscape, plants' adaptation to fire, and fire and the aborigine.
		Smokey Bear is a famous fire safety advocate, and his website features a section about the science of wildfires, the difference between good and bad fires, information about who fights wildfires and what kind of tools they use to do it, and information on ways that everyone can prevent wildfires.
		Part of the National Interagency Fire Center website, these pages give updated information on forest and grassland fires in the U.S. Their daily Situation Report details fires burning right now and the estimated acreage damaged [.html archives].
	www.enviroliteracy.org /article.php/46.html (915 words)

	Jack London State Historic Park in Sonoma County, Northern California
		Modern utility systems were installed and every detail of hardware or trim was of the very highest quality, for money was no object The house was supposed to be magnificent.
		Their report concluded that the fire was caused by a pile of rags soaked with linseed oil, which ignited spontaneously on that hot August night in 1913.
		London used the foundation of the ruin and built an upper story wooden building which was used as a carriage house, living quarters for ranch hands, and rooms for his many guests.
	www.parks.sonoma.net /JLPark.html (1470 words)

	Vanity Fair - The Famous and the Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Daniel Faulkner was a police officer with a square face and arching eyebrows, an everyday cop riding a patrol car in the quirky and restless hours before dawn.
		Another witness, who said he saw Abu-Jamal in an up-and-down motion of firing a gun, was a cabdriver named Robert Chobert, who was on probation for throwing a Molotov cocktail into an empty school building.
		The fourth, who said that Faulkner had been shot by a passenger in the Volkswagen, also said that there was a helicopter with a searchlight on the scene (no other witnesses saw a helicopter) and that Faulkner, after being shot in the head, whispered, "Get Maureen...
	www.danielfaulkner.com /vanity.html (6791 words)

	List of historic fires biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Before the 20th century, fires were a major hazard to urban areas and the cause of massive amounts of damage to cities.
		See forest fire for a list of some of the most severe recorded forest fires.
		1871 - Peshtigo Fire - Peshtigo, Wisconsin destroyed in a firestorm
	www.biography.ms /List_of_famous_fires.html (526 words)

	The Serial Killer Hit List - Part III
		In one case, he poured rum on one victim's body and set fire to her apartment to obscure the cause of death.
		When his confession surfaced in the press on March 25, 1998, Saldivar was fired from the hospital and his license was revoked.
		Bowles, of Clifton Forge, Va., was placed on the FBI's list of 10 most-wanted fugitives in 1994 for the slayings of four gay men.
	www.mayhem.net /Crime/serial3.html (22247 words)

	EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it
		Athenian law prescribed that death be inflicted by drinking a cup of poison hemlock.
		Plato, Socrates' most famous student, described the scene in the philosopher's jail cell.
		Our sole purpose is to keep you informed, we do not sell the list to any third party.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (472 words)

	Pagan Paths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There are lists of attributes that range from the desired effect to the materials used.
		By the light of the storyteller's fire, and with the play of the harp, the Druids dreamed magic for their people.
		One Roman author, Diogenes, placed the Druids on a list of the ancient world's wisest philosophers; a list which included the Magi of Persia, the Chaldeans (the priesthood of the Babylonians) and the Gymnosophists (an Hindu sect which preceded the Yogis), all of whom were selected for their skill in mathematics, physics, logic, and philosophy.
	www.ctwp.org /paths.htm (4565 words)

	Pravda.RU Australia: Bush Fires
		Only one problem was on the agenda: a party list of candidates to people’s deputies from the Communist Party for the coming parliamentary elections was to be confirmed.
		The international organization of journalists Reporters Without Borders published a list of those countries, where assassinations of journalists took place in 2001.
		Cuba and Canada are at the head of the list of the countries with the lowest infant death rates More details...
	english.pravda.ru /main/2002/01/08/24993.html (1717 words)

	The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
		So behind the barrage of their fire and brimstone warnings against the Linux community, a bunch of SCO executives and investors are quiety making out like bandits.
		The Bush In 30 Seconds web-site has the finalists and I think it would be worth your while to spend the seven and a half minutes required to watch all fifteen.
		The mainstream news system has connections down to the city level with most cities having at least one local paper, and perhaps if they are large enough a local radio and TV station, although often as not the latter are more regional.
	www.longdarkteatime.com /2004_01_01_archive.html (11985 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)