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	Baltimore City Fire Department Press Release - City of Baltimore, Maryland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		On Saturday, February 7, 2004 at 10:00 a.m., the Baltimore City Fire Department held a ceremony to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904.
		The ceremony was held near the point of origin of the fire, at Hopkins Plaza near the Mercantile Building at the intersection of Baltimore and Liberty Streets in downtown Baltimore.
		The fire department ceremony featured a display of fire apparatus, activities to simulate the dispatch of fire companies to the "Great Baltimore Fire" and an unveiling of a plaque to mark where the fire began.
	www.ci.baltimore.md.us /government/fire/pr040212.html (222 words)

	early Baltimore City Spec Hydrants
		In 1870, James Curran, of Baltimore, was awarded U.S. Patent #99646 for a hydrant whose bonnet is a separate cover; the entire cover is lifted off to gain access to the hydrant's nozzles.
		After the great Baltimore fire of 1904, it was time to move onto an improved specification for the city.
		At the lower left is one of the James Curran patent hydrants, from a photograph taken at the scene of the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904.
	www.firehydrant.org /pictures/baltimore.html (949 words)

	News in Baltimore: Welcome to your website
		The Baltimore City Fire Department will help celebrate the 100th Anniversary of The Great Baltimore Fire with a commemoration ceremony that will feature a display of fire apparatus, activities to simulate the dispatch of fire companies to the Great Fire, and the unveiling of a plaque to mark where the fire began.
		Remarks by Stephen Heaver, Director and Curator of the Fire Museum of Maryland, and a lecture by Baltimore historian Wayne Schaumburg.
		This cornerstone exhibition, leading the city's centennial commemoration of the Great Fire, illustrates the entire story of the Great Baltimore Fire-from its unthinkable devastation to the city's remarkable rebirth.
	www.baltimorecity.gov /news/greatfire.html (498 words)

	Johns Hopkins Gazette \| January 12, 2004
		Within an hour of the start of the Great Baltimore Fire on Feb. 7, 1904, the fire chief of the city was struck by a sparking electrical wire and incapacitated for most of the 30-hour blaze.
		In addition, James Collins, a recent Hopkins graduate, did his thesis on the Baltimore fire and uncovered evidence of a man whose burned body was found days later in the Baltimore harbor, into which he apparently had run or fallen.
		Petersen spent four years researching and writing his 232-page work on the fire, and spent many long hours in his office in the Downtown Center at the corner of Fayette and Charles streets, with a view of the area that was destroyed by the fire.
	www.jhu.edu /~gazette/2004/12jan04/12fire.html (694 words)

	List of historic fires - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Before the 20th century, fires were a major hazard to urban areas and the cause of massive amounts of damage to cities.
		See list of forest fires for a list of some of the most severe recorded forest fires.
		1917 - Great Fire of 1917, Thessaloniki, Greece
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Fire (1828 words)

	Great Baltimore Fire of 1904
		Baltimore has experienced many renewals, but none have shaped this city as profoundly as its reconstruction after the Great Fire.
		This fire was well east of the main fire at this point by at least 5 blocks.
		This view is of the aftermath of the fire from Federal Hill looking across the inner harbor to the downtown area with City Hall and its dome barely visible in the right background.
	www.mdch.org /fire (1714 words)

	The Great Baltimore Fire
		Instead of an experienced fire chief leading the battle to contain the worst fire in Baltimore's history, the job fell to the department's district engineer and the city's energetic young mayor.
		Elected at age 35, Robert McLane was the youngest mayor in Baltimore's history.
		The inexperienced McLane, a graduate of Johns Hopkins, stood in the streets during the fire, cheering on the firefighters, said Pete Petersen, a professor of management in SPSBE and author of the soon-to-be-published book The Great Baltimore Fire (Maryland Historical Society, February, $29.95).
	www.jhu.edu /news/audio-video/fire.html (434 words)

	FIRE MUSEUM of MARYLAND \| The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904
		When Washington, DC’s fire fighters had arrived in Baltimore to help, they found that they were unable to attach their hoses to Baltimore’s hydrants.
		The raging Baltimore Fire of February 7, 1904 was underway.
		By 1912, as the automotive age began to dawn, Baltimore’s national prominence as a rail and shipping center was not only confirmed, it was ready to take full advantage of a new period of massive growth.
	www.firemuseummd.org /03exhibitA.html (764 words)

	BALTIMORE FIRE
		The box indicated that there was fire in the basement, so Captain Kahl had his crew force entry threw a glass door on the German street side and entered the building with a 3/4 inch chemical line and 2 1/2 hand line.
		The fire was fought by 1,231 firefighters, 57 Engines, 9 Trucks, 2 Hose Companies, 1 Fire Boat, one Police Boat, several Tug Boats and many volunteers from several fire companies.Washington D.C., New York, Philadelphia, Wilmington Del, Atlantic City NJ, Pennsylvania, and all Counties surrounding Baltimore took place in the battle.
		The Great Fire Of Baltimore which took 31 hours to contain was said to have started by a cigar or cigarette which had fell through a hole in the sidewalk vault lights of the Hurst Building then into the basement where it ignited blankets and cotton goods stored in open cases.....
	www.ezl.com /~fireball/Disaster10.htm (607 words)

	JustSayGo.com Travel E-Zine — Your Ultimate Travel Guide, Stories, Tips, Recommendations
		A new exhibit, "Baltimore Ablaze: The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904," is scheduled to open on the 100th anniversary of the fire, will relate to visitors the entire story of the fire, from the unthinkable devastation to the city's remarkable rebirth.
		Baltimore ranks second to Ellis Island as a port of entry for immigrants during the period of mass global immigration.
		Indeed, Baltimore's ethnic diversity is one of its charms.
	www.justsaygo.com /destinations/baltimore.html (2499 words)

	Destination: Baltimore
		Settled by Europeans in 1661 (the Susquehanna Indians lived in the area before that), Baltimore Town was founded in 1729 when the Maryland General Assembly bought a 60-acre tract on the Patapsco River.
		On the evening of September 13, 1814, Baltimore attorney Francis Scott Key, acting as a hostage negotiator, was aboard a ship about three miles from Fort McHenry, one of the Baltimore's chief defenses during the War of 1812.
		Baltimore is now the 13th largest city in the country.
	www.cnn.com /TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9708/baltimore/history/history.html (869 words)

	"William Windom" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Upon arrival on Sunday evening, the “Windom” was sent to the piers along Pratt Street, where all night long, her fire pumps fought a losing battle, as the numerous docks and wharfs were gutted.
		She enforced neutrality laws and patrolled the waters of the Gulf of Mexico during World War I. After the war she was returned to the Coast Guard and continued to patrol the Gulf of Mexico out of Key West and Galveston for the rest of her career.
		The former cutter had come full circle back to Baltimore where she was dismantled and converted to a bay barge.
	www.baltimorefireboats.com /Windom.html (443 words)

	mdhs.org > Your Maryland
		In 1729, the City of Baltimore Town was chartered on sixty acres falling roughly within the perimeter of the present-day financial district.
		Catastrophes, like the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904-which virtually eradicated the downtown-serve as the dramatic watersheds of history.
		Brown and Sons building on Baltimore Street, was built to be "fireproof" in 1901 and proved its mettle when it survived the Great Baltimore Fire.
	www.mdhs.org /radio/md_may2.html (609 words)

	Baltimore, Maryland
		The most famous period in Baltimore’s history was during the War of 1812 when the city was condemned by the British as a “nest of pirates.” Staunchly anti-British sentiment pervaded the streets of Baltimore just days after the War of 1812 ignited, making it a worthy target for the enemy.
		The Battle of Baltimore was decisively won by the colonists on September 13, 1814, when they repulsed a land and naval attack by the British at Fort McHenry following the redcoat torching of Washington, D.C. An angry mob destroyed the building where a Federalist newspaper criticized the colonies for going to war.
		Baltimore is home to many such interesting and innovative attractions as the Baltimore World Trade Center, which is the world’s tallest equilateral, five-sided building; and the Pimlico Race Course, is the site of the Preakness Stakes.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h3856.html (795 words)

	Baltimore Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1860 Baltimore was the second largest city in the U.S. But it suffered huge losses through the Civil War and wouldn't rebound until the late 19th century, when the railroad boom brought commerce back.
		After the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in a mere 30 hours, the city rebuilt again.
		Baltimore lost 17% of its population over the past two decades; families moved to the suburbs, poverty rates increased, and manufacturing jobs drained from the city.
	www.livingcities.org /sites_cities_baltimore.htm (354 words)

	BACVA: Visitors: Hot Happenings: Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Discover the entire story of the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, from the fire's unthinkable devastation to the city's remarkable rebirth with a year-long citywide commemoration.
		Visitors can discover the entire story of the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, from the fire's unthinkable devastation to the city's remarkable rebirth.
		These programs will examine the fire's facts and fictions, explore the opportunities and innovations made possible by the fire, investigate local and national government's response to the fire and place Baltimore's fire in context with other great urban fires such as Chicago and San Francisco.
	www.baltimore.org /visitors/v_events_gbf.html (244 words)

	Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
		In 1956 the Greater Baltimore Committee created a wholly owned subsidiary, the Planning Council, which was financially supported by contributions from the parent organization and the Committee for Downtown.
		Baltimore loaned the money, together with a $2 million settlement from an earlier hotel developer who pulled out, to the Hyatt chain.
		The Baltimore Hyatt is one of the most successful of the entire chain and the hotel bought out the City’s interest in the 1980s.
	www.emich.edu /public/geo/557book/d370.innerharbor.html (1359 words)

	Code 3 Collectibles® - Fire & Rescue
		The Violetville Volunteer Fire Department came into being when residents of the local community came together in 1907 to discuss their options after horrible destruction caused by the Great Baltimore fire.
		The Baltimore County Commissioners donated five hundred feet of 2' hose for the reel.
		Local resident Henry Schaefer opened his barn for storage of the hose reel and his parlor for meetings until the firehouse could be erected, and the newest fire department in Baltimore was born.
	www.code3.net /detail.asp?item=12369&affil=firehouse (218 words)

	in 1906, city recalled another disaster - baltimoresun.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The fire began Feb. 7, 1904, a blustery Sunday morning, in a nearly deserted downtown, when a passer-by noticed smoke coming from the six-story John E. Hurst Co. The building housed a dry goods and notions firm on what is now Redwood Street, between Liberty Street and Hopkins Place.
		Structures from the 18th and 19th centuries that had fallen during the fire gave way to 800 modern buildings, streets were widened and the harbor was revitalized with new docks and wharves.
		Another relic from the fire was the old No. 15 engine, which had been crushed and buried by a falling building during the fire and later withdrawn from the wreckage.
	www.baltimoresun.com /news/local/bal-md.backstory09sep09,0,2986088.column?track=rss (1087 words)

	Report of the Citizens' relief committee' appointed after the great Baltimore fire,: a machine-readable ...
		The great buildings being erected in every direction, the seizing upon the opportunity to reconstruct the great wharf property, making Baltimore's harbor one of the best on the sea coast; the tremendous strides in commercial activity, together wit h citizens of such splendid calibre, are a few indications of Baltimore's great future.
		A great proportion of those people whose homes were destroyed by the fire were Italians, and an Italian Relief Committee was formed with representative Italian citizens at its head, which undertook specially to look after the sufferers among their fellow countrymen.
		Baltimore Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor, and the Charity Organization Society.
	memory.loc.gov /gc/lhbcb/02609/02609.sgm (3635 words)

	2004 Fire Publications - Major U.S. Cities Using National Standard Fire Hydrants, One Century After the Great Baltimore ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Fire equipment responding from different cities to the Great Baltimore Fire in 1904 were hampered or rendered useless by the incompatibility of hose and fire hydrant connections.
		After the Baltimore fire, a national standard for fire hydrant connections was adopted by the National Fire Protection Association.
		One-hundred years after the Great Baltimore Fire, 18 out of the 48 most populated U.S. cities have installed national standard fire hydrants.
	fire.nist.gov /bfrlpubs/fire04/art095.html (149 words)

	E. A. Poe Society of Baltimore
		It was in Baltimore that Poe found his future wife, Virginia Eliza Clemm, and in Baltimore that he placed his feet on the first steps of what would be his career for the next 17 years.
		It was most likely in Baltimore that Poe began his transformation from a poet to a writer of imaginative short stories.
		This sad fact is due in part to the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, which destroyed so much of the older areas of the city.
	www.eapoe.org /balt/poebalt.htm (3787 words)

	Monumentally Speaking - To Those Who Serve Us: The Firefighters of Baltimore
		This intrepid spirit is captured by the statue of the fireman in front of Fire Department Headquarters near City Hall standing bold and defiant.
		The mettle of the city's fireman was well tested during one of the greatest fires in Baltimore history that occurred 126 years ago, on July 25, 1873.
		During the fire, Scharf says, the dome of the Basilica of the Assumption "appeared in the light of a habitable globe." At great risk to their personal safety, a number of men "exposed themselves on its giddy height, and were continuous in their efforts to prevent its taking fire with water and wet blankets."
	www.baltimoremd.com /monuments/fireman.html (636 words)

	Wayne's Guide to Talks, Walks, and Tours of Baltimore
		Many of the photos are new views of the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, and in the case of Henry and Jenkel, the photos were scanned from the original glass plate negatives.
		A Great Vision: Launching Baltimore's Charles Center focuses on the city's efforts to rebuild 33 acres of downtown Baltimore as told by architects and planners who were involved in the project that began in the mid-1950s.
		The story of Baltimore's first downtown urban renewal project since the 1904 fire is told through the words of people such as Martin Millspaugh, Barbara Bonnell, and Charles Lamb, as well as the photos of Marion E. Warren.
	home.earthlink.net /~wschaumburg (3164 words)

	Baltimore County Public Library Legacy Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The great Baltimore fire of February 4, 1904.
		Joseph M. Smith (1870-1943) was one of the founders of the Knights of Columbus in Baltimore; was active in the St. Vincent de Paul Society for 35 years.
		Joseph M. Smith (1870-1943) was one of the founders of the Knights of Columbus in Baltimore.
	external.bcpl.lib.md.us /hcdo/cfdocs/photopage.cfm?id=16415 (230 words)

	Talk on Baltimore Fire Slated for Oct. 20 \| BaltimoreChronicle.com
		The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 lasted for almost thirty hours, destroying the entire central business district, burning over 140 acres, damaging 2,500 companies, and causing over $100 million in losses--yet no one died during the course of the fire.
		In this illustrated presentation, Wayne Schaumburg investigates the suspected cause of the fire, traces its path of destruction, and considers the role of fire fighters and city officials in protecting and rebuilding Baltimore.
		He has also written a number of publications related to Baltimore and is currently researching the history and architecture of the Upton Estate in Baltimore (1838).
	baltimorechronicle.com /2005/100505MDHumanities.shtml (673 words)

	Digital Exhibits - Enoch Pratt Free Library - Baltimore, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A collection of 35mm color slides of tower clocks in Baltimore taken by members of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors.
		The images pertain to The Wednesday Club, a Baltimore organization of which Dr. Volck was a founder.
		The portraits and histories of the six Lords Baltimore hanging in the Central Hall of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, including historical accounts of the Calverts.
	www.epfl.net /exhibits/index.html (417 words)

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