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Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917

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The care for the fire victims started immediately: Greek authorities constructed 100 houses to shelter 800 families. The British authorities established three settlements with 1,300 tents, where they accommodated 7,000 homeless. The French authorities set up a settlement for 300 families, and built
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was saved by its employees, who hurried to help. The wind strengthened and continued to spread the fire towards the center of the city. In the early morning of the next day (6/19 August), the wind changed direction and the two fronts of the fire destroyed the whole commercial center. At 12:00, the
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Pericles A. Argyropoulos, the major government representative, founded the Administration for Victims of Fire for the care of thousands of fire victims; and the government approved credit of 1,500,000 drachmas for the first needs. Simultaneously, the Central Committee for Donations was organized,
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After the destruction of the city, insurance companies sent their agents to survey the damage. There were rumours that Germans or French had caused the fire by arson, but these were disproved. The total amount of insurance contracts was about 3,000,000 golden pounds. The majority of insurance
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because (to serve their camps and hospitals in the suburbs of the city) the Allied forces controlled water reserves, which were reduced due to the drought of that summer and the high water consumption of the growing population. More significantly, the city government did not have an organized
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The fire destroyed 32% of Thessaloniki, about 1 square kilometer. The burned region was between the roads of Aghiou Dimitriou, Leontos Sofou, Nikis, Ethnikis Amynis, Alexandrou Svolou, and Egnatia (from Aghia Sofia). This region is reported in official documents as "burned zone"
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In 1917, the population of the city was recorded to be around 278,000, while in the 1920 census, a population of 170,000 is recorded. The 1917 record is seen as not entirely correct, with a typographical error being highly likely: a population of 178,000 seems more
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Thessaloniki soon became a transit center for Allied troops and supplies, and the city filled with thousands of French and British soldiers, numbering up to 200,000. The 1913 census recorded a population of 150,000 people.
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on 29 June 1918, the plan was to redevelop the city along European lines. It went through many changes, but established improved transportation routes, squares and other amenities to support a large population.
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standards at the time of the fire. By European standards, the city's planning was chaotic and the unhygienic conditions that prevailed in the poorer areas were described as "unacceptable" by the government in
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government announced that it would not allow reconstruction of the city as it was. They intended to create a new city instead, according to an urban plan. The Minister of Transports
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and another church, the Saatli Mosque, 11 other mosques, the seat of the chief rabbi with all its archive, 16 of the 33 synagogues, and the printing-houses of most newspapers.
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Included among buildings that were burned were the Post Office, the telegraph office, the town hall, the water supply, and gas company headquarters, the
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to design a new urban plan for the burned areas and for the future expansion of the city. His designs are still evident in the city, most notably
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Papastathi Haral., "A Memorandum on the Fire of Thessalonica in 1917 and the Care of Victims", Society of Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki, 1978
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distributed food among the homeless. Nearly half the city's Jews, having lost both homes and shops, soon emigrated to western countries, mainly
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was given the lead and founded the "International Committee for the New Plan of Thessaloniki". He appointed as chairman the
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According to the findings of the investigation by the Court of Thessaloniki, the fire began on Saturday 5 (
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with a line of sub-committees for the collection of donations and the distribution of money and goods.
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rule. The population of the city was essentially maintained: the larger part of the population were
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without burning it, and continued eastward up to the road of Ethnikis Amynis (former name:
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via the road of Agiou Dimitriou, and to the market via the Leontos Sofou road. The
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officially maintained neutrality. With authorization by the Venizelos' government,
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had landed troops in Thessaloniki in 1915, in order to support their
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The people affected by the fire totaled approximately 73,447. The
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companies within the region were British. The insurance company,
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identified the homeless by the three religious communities of
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Thessaloniki was one of the largest and most modern cities in
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to 30,000 individuals. The American, French, and British
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