Firemen were able to stop the fire's spread around 3:00 a.m. on June 26 along Derby and Front Streets. Some sources indicate that multiple-story buildings, such as the brick building in the photograph, helped to slow the fire's spread so that enough water could be used to stop the fire. Image also depicts the Custom House, identified by the eagle on the roof.
Creator
Malcolm E. Robb, Photographer
Date
undated [1914]
Subjects
Derby Street (Salem, Mass.); Fire command (Fire extinction); Front Street (Salem, Mass.); Robb, Malcolm E.; Rubble; Salem Customhouse (Salem, Mass.)
Repository
The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Format/Type
Photograph/JPEG
Negative Number
#4261
Date Digital
2008
Publication Rights
Requests for permission to publish material from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Reference Librarian in the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.
