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- The fire, which started on Aug. 14 and grew quickly, has burned 104,000 acres and was five percent contained as of Sunday evening, according to a New York Times wildfire tracker. Nearly 350 homes have been destroyed, and more than 17,000 structures are threatened by the fire, fire officials said.
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November 2, 1852 On this day in 1852, Sacramento’s great fire, known as the Great Conflagration, burned more than 80 percent of the structures in the city. The structures were mainly made of canvas and wood. It is estimated that the total damages from the fire was around six million dollars. The fire started at the millinery shop of Madame Lanas on...
October 1, 1907 The Pacific Fruit Express (PFE), formed by the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad companies, began operation with a fleet of 6,600 refrigerator cars built by the American Car and Foundry Company. The same year, the PFE purchased all Armour Lines owned ice making facilities in California and in 1908 the company built a giant...
September 1, 1849 The California Constitutional Convention was held at Colton Hall in Monterey. Robert Semple presided over the convention. The delegates that represented Sacramento were Jacob R. Snyder, John A. Sutter, John McDougal, Charles E. Pickett, Elisha O. Crosby, Winfield S. Sherwood, William E. Shannon, and Lansford Hastings. Other notabl...
August 1, 1849 Following an election that was held in July at the St. Louis Exchange on 2ndStreet, a city council was organized in Sacramento City. Those elected to the city council were John P. Rodgers, H. E. Robinson, P. B. Cornwall, William Stout, E. F. Gillespie, Thomas F. Chapman, Michael T. McClelland, Albert M. Winn and B. Jennings. William ...
July 31, 1846 On this day in 1846, Sam Brannan arrived in Yerba Buena (now San Francisco) aboard the ship the Brooklyn. Brannan, a 26-year-old elder in the Mormon Church, brought over 200 Mormon voyagers to California looking for a place for freedom of worship. The Brooklyn left New York on February 4, 1846, traveled around Cape Horn, and stopped a...
Aug 23, 2021 · - The New York Times. Advertisement. The Caldor fire near Sacramento has burned more than 100,000 acres. The blaze, which has been burning for just over a week, grew by more than 30,000 acres...
Mar 26, 2024 · 56°. Clear. 5% Change. MORE. 1 / 1. Advertisement. Massive fire guts through Sacramento multi-story affordable housing project. Large flames and smoke could be seen from downtown Sacramento...
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Sep 11, 2020 · It has so far burned 471,185 acres and is 24 percent contained. Forest Service spokesman Terry Krasko suggested that the fire may actually be bigger. He said an airplane with infrared...
Aug 4, 2021 · A rapidly spreading wildfire burned homes and forced thousands to evacuate in two heavily wooded counties northeast of Sacramento in Northern California on Wednesday, generating a towering...
