Caption: "Corner Main and Beach Streets after the fire of Aug. 11, 1883. On the right the ruins of the Mansion House, toward the left what remained of the...*"

*... Baptist Church"

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Date: Aug. 1883
Location: Vineyard Haven - downtown - Main Street + Beach Street
Keywords: fires; rubble; ruins; wreckage; disasters; carriages; hotels; inns; lodges; churches