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ships consequent upon tho. destruction Of
thoir property have suffered severely. The
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caught fire a number OF timos, but devoted
band Of holpors Immediately extinguiBhed the
Aames, while row Of dwellings, nearly beginning
at the northeast corner Of Mulberry and Park
streot, WAS nearly all consumed. The law and
Educational Departments Of the University Of
Maryland, situated on tho south aide Of Mulberry
etroet opposite the Cathedral, wore considerably
high sounding titles should indicate a very
thoso' ss' buildings were es'a of '' rehety
description, unworthy Of tho Cause to which
but food for flames.
Tho fire, aftor going northward up Park street,
sq9n,aro, SO, and cleaned out lot Of
The aame class Of houses caught ilrs on paflz,
noticeable fact that two now brick
hsa.n houses on .nd;,o, the north a1d southwest
amid surrounding ones, which, aa they aro but
ordinarily built, md by no means exponBive or
firo-proof structures, goes to show how lttlo
in tho way OF construction was noedod to resist
the conangration OH the one hnnd, and how datl-
compnctly-built cities. Many Of the houses
burned arc old frames, and the Park street fur
nitrro md junk-shopB are under Bhinglo roofs
that look as If they might havo bcon put on by
tho carpenters who built Noah'a Ark
The !ightness Of tho material burning in
Thomas mill made 1t easy Of carrlase,
honoe tho .wind blow flakes OF burning
chpa and shayimga to great distance. Those
would light on shinglo roofs, dry and hot undcr
tho burning July snn, and sot them in a blaze.
Several houses caught fro In this manner, remote
from the Immediate scone Of tho conlagration.
and this 1t was Which created tho greatont con-
atornation by making demand for ongines to
70 in NIL directions, which caused the telegram
to Washington for assistance.
Tho Washington Aremon wero many Of
thom colored mon, and it III strange that
even in the midst OF their distross and
hour of greatest neol tho Baltimore flre1non re-
fused to work with thom, and kopt apart. Yet
in old slaveholding times thoro were two or
three negro flrcmon who ran with the old volur-
toer companies, and were not only tolerated, but
regarded as valuable mombors OF tho corps
lone. % ~ ' q gnocial train Of tie Baltimore /
Ohio Railroad.
4 silk factory belonging to Samuel B. Banks
ia among the lnrgo buildings destroyed, and also
cnrner of Clay and park.
rho fra INK bean nntlor control einca o,c,ook
this afternoon, and, rambling amongst tho smok-
ing ruins tonight could sce no Indications of
future damago il care IL taken.
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