| Index Entry | Bells, in Boston, not rung for fire, drums beat and confuse inhabitants |
| Location | Boston |
| Citation | PEP.775.033 30 May 1775:2211 (1/55) Cambridge, May 12. The following is taken from a manuscript account of the fire that happened in Boston last Wednesday night. [Report of fire in the British barracks] Instead of ringing the bells as usual, the soldiers beat to arms, by which the people were in great confusion, not being used to such signals in time of fire. |
| Generic Title | Pennsylvania Evening Post |
| Date | 1775.05.30 |
| Publisher | Towne, Benjamin |
| City, State | Philadelphia, PA |
| Year | 1775 |
| Bibliography | B0033773 |