It's the 100th anniversary of the 1925 fire that leveled The Breakers as wind-swept embers burned a path across the island.
The Breakers hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, burned down in a massive fire on March 18, 1925. The fire, fueled by strong winds, also destroyed the nearby Palm Beach Hotel and damaged several other ...
The Breakers was not stranger to fire. In 1903, flames consumed the original six-year-old structure. The hotel’s founder Henry Flagler quickly vowed to rebuild and did. But after this second ...