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[GREAT LAS VEGAS FIRE OF 1880]. Las Vegas Daily Optic, Vol. 1, No. 274. Las Vegas, N. M. [Territory], September 20, 1880. Four folio pages on one folded large folio sheet. Each page approximately 511 x 321 mm. Some occasional soiling, one long curved glue repair on p. 1 (repair is on the Great Fire article but not the map), the fold line between p. 2 and p. 3 is completely torn. A rare account of the Great Las Vegas Fire, which occurred two days before this paper was published, with most of the body of this newspaper devoted to the fire and its aftermath. On p. 1 is a diagram of “The Burnt District,” bordered by Railroad Avenue and Centre Street, and showing the origin of the fire, near the Laundry in the alley behind Marble’s restaurant.