THE BALTIMORE BLAZE.
A CITY IN TWIN'S. NEW YORK, Feb. 8. The fire which broke out in the city o( Baltimore covered an area a mile long and a quarter of a mile broad. Among the buildings burned were the Custom house, theatres, banks, many hotels and stores, and all the newspaper offices. There was ail insufficient mim)>er of hydrants to deal with the names, which, sweeping the streets, in •their fury resembled a magnificent tidal wave two hundred foet high. Several fatalities are recorded, and one hundred persons are in (he hospital, suffering from injuries. The losses at nridnight mere estimated at eight millions sterling. THE FIRE EXHAUSTED. A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS' DAMAGE. (Received FA. 9, 10.32 p.m.) NEW YORK, FcU !). After 27 hours the lire exhausted itself. It devastated 140 acres, including the entire business quarter. The loss exceeds one hundred million dollars:. Fifty thousand people are thrown out of employment. A thousand troops are assisting the police to guard the raults of the sub-Treasury and the banks. There are fifteen •million dollars in gold and silver in the Treasury vaults.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 34, 10 February 1904, Page 3
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183THE BALTIMORE BLAZE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 34, 10 February 1904, Page 3
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