Acres of ashes; : the story of the great fire that swept over the city of Jacksonville, Florida, on the afternoon of Friday, May 3, 1901 . / by Benjamin Harrison..
Considered the biggest urban fire in the history of the Southern United States, the Jacksonville, Florida conflagration of May 3, 1901 burned 146 city blocks, destroyed 2,300 buildings and left over 10,000 people homeless.