Baltimore Afire: Being an Account of One of America's Great Conflagrations ... |
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25 cents afternoon authorities Avenue Baltimore Street Bank began blaze block Board brick building burned burnt district called Calvert carried Center Charles Street Chief commission Company complete corner Court covered crowds destroyed downtown dynamite early east employees engines Falls Fayette Street February feet fight Fire Department firemen five flames floor force front Hall harbor heat horses hose Hotel House Hurst Italy John later Liberty Light Street lines Lombard Street look Loss Maryland mayor minutes Monday morning moved night northwest o'clock opened ordered passed Place police Pratt Street records roof ruins rushed safe saved side smoke soon space sparks stand started Station stood stop stories structure Sunday Trust turned Union United vaults wagons walls Washington widened wind York