BOSTON GAZETTE, May 13, 1813  

* Capture of York (Toronto) Canada 
* General Zebulon Pike killed 

Page 2 has: "Capture of Little York, U.C. and Death of Gen. Pike", a notable event in the War of 1812.
 Pike was assigned to lead a campaign north from Sackets Harbor into Canada. The goal was to capture the British capital city of York on Lake Ontario. Pike led the easy capture of the city after landing his 1,600 regulars across the lake against a much smaller combined British force. 
Though the garrison was easily captured, retreating British soldiers set fire to its buildings, resulting in a terrific explosion as the flames reached the powder magazine. The explosion wounded 222 soldiers, with Pike among one of the dead.
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Background: The 1813 Capture of York (modern-day Toronto) stands out in War of 1812 history not merely as a decisive U.S. victory, but as an extraordinarily rare series of catastrophic incidents that reshaped the conflict. Leading a combined amphibious assault of 1,700 troops, Brigadier General Zebulon Pike—the famed western explorer of Pikes Peak renown—successfully routed British, Ojibwe, and militia forces, forcing British Major General Roger Sheaffe into a desperate retreat. In a fateful final act before fleeing toward Kingston, Sheaffe ordered the ignition of Fort York's central powder magazine, triggering a colossal detonation of over 300 barrels of gunpowder that sent tons of stone, wood, and masonry raining down on the regrouping Americans. The unprecedented blast caused over 250 U.S. casualties and mortally crushed Pike, who famously spent his final moments aboard the flagship USS Madison requesting that the captured British royal standard be placed under his head as a pillow. Leaderless and enraged by the blast, American soldiers broke discipline to loot private residences and burn the Upper Canada Parliament buildings—a singular act of destruction that directly incited the British retaliation firestorm at Washington D.C. and the burning of the White House in 1814.