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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Laffoley, Steven Edwin.     Subjects     Poor House (Halifax, N.S.) -- Fire, 1882.     Fires -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 19th century.     Fire investigation -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 19th century.     Poor -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Social conditions -- 19th century.     Halifax (N.S.) -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Laffoley, Steven Edwin.       by title:      The Halifax Poor Hou...       by call number:      363.372 L163h     Search the Web     Laffoley, Steven Edwin.     Poor House (Halifax, N.S.) -- Fire, 1882.     Fires -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 19th century.     Fire investigation -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 19th century.     Poor -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Social conditions -- 19th century.     Halifax (N.S.) -- History -- 19th century.       MARC Display

The Halifax Poor House fire : a Victorian tragedy / Steven Laffoley. by Laffoley, Steven Edwin. Pottersfield Press, 2016. Call #: 363.372 L163h Subjects Poor House (Halifax, N.S.) -- Fire, 1882.   Fires -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 19th century.   Fire investigation -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 19th century.   Poor -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Social conditions -- 19th century.   Halifax (N.S.) -- History -- 19th century. URL856 Cover image ISBN:  9781897426852 (pbk.) Description:  237 p. ; 23 cm. Summary:  "Just before midnight, on November 6, 1882, the Halifax Poor House, an outsized Dickensian building situated in the south end of the city, caught fire and burned to the ground. Of the more than 400 inmates who slept inside that night, 31 people - the aged, the ill, and the insane - were left behind, where they burned to death. The fire was then, and remains still, the most deadly the city has ever seen. Two days later, conceding to a furious public outcry, an inquest was held to determine the cause of the fire and to identify those who were to blame. At least, that was the promise. Instead, as testimony was heard, a shadowy bias woven into the fabric of the city and times began to change the nature of the inquest, and the dark side of the age of Queen Victoria made itself felt. A Victorian Halifax cold-case investigation, a thrilling exploration of a crime set in a time of the rapacious British Empire and American robber barons, of Social Darwinism and Jack the Ripper"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.372 L163h Adult books Checked out Jul 11, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 363.372 L163h Core Collection - Adult Adult Display 1   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 363.372 L163h Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Local History Collection 363.372 L163h Non-circulating Local History Room - Central Library, 4th Floor   Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.372 L163h Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.372 L163h Adult books Checked out Jun 06, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.372 L163h Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Home Delivery - HN Adult Nonfiction 363.372 L163h Adult books Checked out Aug 13, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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