Great Fire of New York (1845)

[Jim Eshelman]

July 19, 1845, about 3:45 AM, New York, NY

Fire broke out in a whale oil and candle manufacturing establishment in Lower Manhattan, then spread quickly through predominantly wooden buildings. When it reached a warehouse on Broad Street storing saltpeter, "a massive explosion" resulted, feeding the fire further, flattening six to eight adjacent buildings, smashing in the fronts of houses across the street, set the entire neighborhood aflame, and blew out windows a mile away.

The fire started at 2:30 AM. Fire alarms sounded half an hour later. The warehouse explosion was between 3:30 and 4:00 AM (and probably is the most interesting event, the time to use). The fire was contained by 1:00 PM. 26 deaths occurred, all firefighters and other volunteers battling the conflagration. Great destruction occurred across the modern Financial District, causing $5-$10 million in damages

I'll study this for 3:45 AM, the approximate time of the explosion.

Year: Capsolar {+1?}
Uranus sq. Asc 0°29' [conj. non-foreground Jupiter 3°28' in mundo]
Venus widely foreground
Moon-Venus sq. 0°37'

Bridge {+1}
t Neptune conj. Cansolar MC 7/15-10/25
CapQ Moon-Jupiter conj. 5/29-7/25
Event window: July 15-25

Quarter: Cansolar {+2}
Neptune on MC 0°36'
Moon widely angular
-- Moon-Neptune sq. 1°53'
Moon-Saturn sq. 1°39' in mundo
Moon-Pluto op. 3°24' in mundo

Month: Caplunar {+2}
Saturn sq. MC 0°15' [conj. non-angular Neptune 3°44' in mundo]
Sun on Dsc 2°14'
Mercury on WP 1°20'
Moon Venus, Pluto widely angular
-- Sun-Pluto sq. 1°10'
-- Venus-Saturn op. 1°33' in mundo
-- Mercury-Venus conj. 1°37' n mundo
-- Mars-Neptune conj. 1°45' PVP
-- Moon-Pluto sq. 2°22'
-- Mercury-Saturn op. 3°09' in mundo
-- Moon-Sun op. 3°32'
-- Mercury sq. non-angular Jupiter 2°05'

Mars 0°06' pat AV
Neptune 1°51' past AV

Day: Capsolar Quotidian {+2}
p Moon-Jupiter conj. 0°48'
p Asc sq. t Mars 0°08'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
p MC conj. s Mars 1°01', t Mars 1°07', sq. p Moon 1°56'
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t Neptune conj. s MC 0°07'