The Fire of Novonikolayevsk was a conflagration that swept through the central part of Novonikolayevsk (current
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the Russian Census ...
) on May 11, 1909.
Description
The fire began in the
central part of Novonikolayevsk on Kainskaya Street. Gnusin, a resident of the house on the street, burned
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for his own purposes near his dwelling. Sparks hit one of the buildings, and it caught fire. A few minutes later the hayloft and the warehouse of agricultural tools were ignited. Then the fire swept through the
Alexandrovskaya, Mostovaya and Spasskaya streets. An hour later,
Vorontsovskaya, Krivoshchyokovskaya and Logovskaya streets were on fire.
[Маранин И. Ю. Мифосибирск. — Новосибирск: Свиньин и сыновья, 2011. — p. 46—50. — .]
The Team of Voluntary Firefighting Society could not stop the fire. The City and
Zakamenskaya fire brigades also arrived to extinguish the fire, but they also failed.
The fire covered a huge part of the city, from the place of the modern Avtovokzal (Krasny Prospekt 4) to the territory where Central Park is now located, from
Nikolayevsky Prospekt to the
Kamenka River.
Damage
Damage amounted to more than 5 million golden rubles. The fire destroyed 22 city blocks, 794 houses burned down.
Thousands of people lost their houses. A few days after the fire, the typhus epidemic hit the city.
Help
The house, built after the fire at its place of origin.
Charitable help
Newspaper editoring of the "Narodnaya Letopis" organized a collection of donations for victims of the fire. Members of the Administration (''Uprava'') Zakharov and Kuznetsov provided a place for the fire brigade and telephone station for free. The owner of the burnt "Lebel Laundry" Miroshnikov proposed to take the linen that had survived the fire in the House of Frolov, located on Obskaya Street.
Tomsk Governor N. L. Gondatti arrived in Novonikolayevsk to assist. The Novonikolayevsk Theater of B. D. Chindorin played three performances, the money from these performances was given in favor of the fire victims. The city was visited by the famous actress
Vera Komissarzhevskaya, she transferred all the money received from the performance "in favor of the long-suffering city of Novonikolayevsk ..."
State aid and insurance payments
The state provided lumber for 100 thousand rubles for fire victims and a loan of 150 thousand rubles for the restoration of the city.
References
External links
Вечерний Новосибирск. Звезда на пепелище.Новосибирские новости. «Мифосибирск»: самый страшный пожар в истории города
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History of Novosibirsk
Fires in Russia
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