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BUILD CITIES TOO COMPACT one reason why wh history contains record of so many Destruct iid conflagration conflagrations among the fires which have entailed a loss of and up w ard in less than two and a halt half aurles past may be mentioned london smyrna tu key 1772 20 constantinople and suburbs from 1729 to 1870 a dozen urea fires ranging from to each new york 1835 hamburg 1842 charleston 8 S C 1861 portland me ate 1866 chicago 1871 london 1874 70 st que 1876 15 st john N D B 1877 kingston ja JR edca 1882 st johns N X F 1892 guay guayaquil Gu ayaquil aquil ecuador 1896 ottawa ont 1900 baltimore 1904 toronto 1104 and last but by no means least san francisco 1906 or more and yet it has been rebuilt in the same old way there have been many other fires of leea less extent but which have been nevertheless oc or serious proportion proportions tit tin destruction by these fires has been app ap liling pilling and yet in almost every case the city has been rebuilt in the same compact miss m tas in utter disregard of the lesson it haa just received |