[Fire] Great New Orleans Fire (1788)
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2025 10:03 am
March 21, 1788, 1:30 PM LAT, New Orleans (French Quarter), 29N57'25'' 90W03'51''
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_New ... ire_(1788)
Of the 1,100 structures standing in New Orleans, 856 were destroyed over a five-hour period. The city at that time consisted of what today is the French Quarter (Vieux Carré, "the Old Quarter). The fire covered the large square marked by the intersection of Conti and St. Phillip Street to Dauphine Street and the Mississippi River.
Compounding the damage, this fire occurred on Good Friday, so the priests refused to allow church bells to sound (the usual fire alarm). (Since the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis was later built atop and replacing the colonial 1727 church lost to this fire, the church that wouldn't ring the bells was exactly one block from where the fire broke out.) The fire broke out at a home at 619 Chartres Street (corner of Wilkinson), which is exactly one block from the current cathedral. Wind was strong from the southeast, so it drove the fire aggressively, but away from Jackson Square. - The fire set the stage for a complete architectural redesign of New Orleans, replacing the prior French architecture with the Spanish-Moorish design that has been retained in the French Quarter to this day.
Another city-wide fire six years later burned another 212 buildings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_New ... ire_(1794)
I'll address this in another post below.
Year/Quarter: Capsolar (Dormant.)
[Mars was the most angular planet, but wasn't close enough to break dormancy.]
Year: Cansolar {+1 or +2}
Moon Asc 2°54'
Moon-Neptune sq 1°48'
Bridge {+3}
CanQ Moon co s/p Uranus 3/19-5/8
t Saturn co CapQ Moon 3/9-4/3
t Mars co Cansolar Moon 3/17-24
Event window: Mar 19-24
Quarter: Libsolar {+2}
Mars EP 0°29'
Neptune IC 3°27'
Sun, Venus, Uranus more widely foreground
-- Sun-Venus co 0°17' M
-- Mercury-Uranus 0°19'
-- Uranus-Neptune sq 0°54' M
-- Venus-Uranus sq 1°03' M
-- Sun-Uranus sq 1°19' M
-- Venus-Neptune 1°56' M
-- Mars-Neptune 2°18'
-- Sun-Neptune co 2°13' M
NB: Eris WP 1°33' squares Mars-Neptune
Month: Caplunar {+1}
Venus N 0°45'
Moon Asc 2°40'
Mars Dsc 3°36'
-- Mo/Ma on horizon 0°28'
Moon-Neptune sq 1°07'
Week: Canlunar {+1?}
Venus WP-a 0°05'
Uranus Z 0°18'
Moon & Neptune more widely foreground
-- Jupiter-Neptune sq 0°30' p
-- Moon-Neptune sq 0°38' M [+Eris]
NB: Neptune square Eris is 0°01'
Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+1 or +2}
t Mercury op s Asc 0°49'
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t Saturn co p Moon 0°02'
p MC sq t Jupiter 1°04'
Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+2 or +3}
t Mars co s Moon 0°12'
t Mercury sq s MC 1°59'
t Moon op s MC 0°38'
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p Moon-Uranus co 0°57'
p EP-a co t Saturn 0°17'
p Asc co s Saturn 0°10'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_New ... ire_(1788)
Of the 1,100 structures standing in New Orleans, 856 were destroyed over a five-hour period. The city at that time consisted of what today is the French Quarter (Vieux Carré, "the Old Quarter). The fire covered the large square marked by the intersection of Conti and St. Phillip Street to Dauphine Street and the Mississippi River.
Compounding the damage, this fire occurred on Good Friday, so the priests refused to allow church bells to sound (the usual fire alarm). (Since the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis was later built atop and replacing the colonial 1727 church lost to this fire, the church that wouldn't ring the bells was exactly one block from where the fire broke out.) The fire broke out at a home at 619 Chartres Street (corner of Wilkinson), which is exactly one block from the current cathedral. Wind was strong from the southeast, so it drove the fire aggressively, but away from Jackson Square. - The fire set the stage for a complete architectural redesign of New Orleans, replacing the prior French architecture with the Spanish-Moorish design that has been retained in the French Quarter to this day.
Another city-wide fire six years later burned another 212 buildings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_New ... ire_(1794)
I'll address this in another post below.
Year/Quarter: Capsolar (Dormant.)
[Mars was the most angular planet, but wasn't close enough to break dormancy.]
Year: Cansolar {+1 or +2}
Moon Asc 2°54'
Moon-Neptune sq 1°48'
Bridge {+3}
CanQ Moon co s/p Uranus 3/19-5/8
t Saturn co CapQ Moon 3/9-4/3
t Mars co Cansolar Moon 3/17-24
Event window: Mar 19-24
Quarter: Libsolar {+2}
Mars EP 0°29'
Neptune IC 3°27'
Sun, Venus, Uranus more widely foreground
-- Sun-Venus co 0°17' M
-- Mercury-Uranus 0°19'
-- Uranus-Neptune sq 0°54' M
-- Venus-Uranus sq 1°03' M
-- Sun-Uranus sq 1°19' M
-- Venus-Neptune 1°56' M
-- Mars-Neptune 2°18'
-- Sun-Neptune co 2°13' M
NB: Eris WP 1°33' squares Mars-Neptune
Month: Caplunar {+1}
Venus N 0°45'
Moon Asc 2°40'
Mars Dsc 3°36'
-- Mo/Ma on horizon 0°28'
Moon-Neptune sq 1°07'
Week: Canlunar {+1?}
Venus WP-a 0°05'
Uranus Z 0°18'
Moon & Neptune more widely foreground
-- Jupiter-Neptune sq 0°30' p
-- Moon-Neptune sq 0°38' M [+Eris]
NB: Neptune square Eris is 0°01'
Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+1 or +2}
t Mercury op s Asc 0°49'
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t Saturn co p Moon 0°02'
p MC sq t Jupiter 1°04'
Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+2 or +3}
t Mars co s Moon 0°12'
t Mercury sq s MC 1°59'
t Moon op s MC 0°38'
--------------------------
p Moon-Uranus co 0°57'
p EP-a co t Saturn 0°17'
p Asc co s Saturn 0°10'