Miramichi Fire Research Paper

Decent Essays
Kieran spike
Period 4th
2nd Quarter Research Report
December 20, 2017
Miramichi Fire of 1825 To start with…, miramichi was a normal town yet on 1825 a huge fire broke
Out in miramichi killing the twenty two of hundred people and reached high miles.
A fire is a big huge flame that can streak through trees and is attracted to oil and gasoline which is flammable. The Miramichi Fire included many details to fires on how it damaged things and how the town recovered. Many parts of this disaster are common to fire disasters.
Some main details are: 1. the year 1825. 2. The fire being in almost every sentence. And 3. The point of miramichi’s fire.
Damage and destruction were very dangerous as many things were destroyed:
1. Houses were very much

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