Description: New England folklorist and great fire historian John Horrigan presents a chronology of great fires in Watertown, Massachusetts including the Wigwam Fires of 1630, the Great Fire of 1841, the Arsenal Fire of 1866, the Great Fire Bugs of 1897, the Cat Fire of 1907, the Paint Factory Fire of 1919, the Soap Factory Fire of 1926, the Mrs. Babe Ruth Fire of 1929, the Great Lumberyard Fires and other great conflagrations. Horrigan will also give a brief historical overview of the Watertown Fire Department and speak about some major fires to strike Boston over the past 350 years.
