und was entirely destroyed in the Big Fire.]

[Illustration: Chelsea Square. The nearer end of this square marks the
southern limit of the fire on Broadway.]

[Illustration: Unitarian Church, Hawthorne Street.]

[Illustration: Soldiers Monument at Union Park. It was to this Park that
many of the burnt out families fled with their belongings.]

A list of the more prominent buildings destroyed by the fire is given
below, although this does not by any means include a complete list of the
public or semi-public structures that were burned.

CHURCHES

Central Congregational Church
St. Rose Catholic
First Universalist
First Unitarian
First Baptist
Polish Catholic
Bellingham M. E.
St. Luke's Episcopal
Several Synagogues

SCHOOLS

Williams Grammar
Frank B. Fay
Shurtleff
Bellingham
Broadway
Highland
City Hall
Shawmut St.
Parochial

PROMINENT BLDGS.

City Hall
Y. M. C. A. Building
Odd Fellows Building
Chelsea Trust Co.
Chelsea Saving Bank
Granite Block
State Armory
Public Library
County Savings Bank

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