The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-31
HEAVY FLOOD ON
FIRES Anniversary
Streets of Baltimore Under Water
and Cellars Filled With
Water.
ELECTRIC CARS STOPPED.
Conilagration, on Same Day. Tween
Twilight Years Ago. Caused
Il Loss of One Million
Dollars.


| REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Baltimore. Md. July Com the twenty.
eishth anniversary Of the greatest fire that
| eNei VISITED Baltimore. the city was struck
pE rain. wind and lightning storm that
! did Sloo.0o0 damage
! hueh OF the damage was caused by the
hoodins of cellars. In the center of The
10y the inflow of water resulted in the
obstruction in whole or part of goods
stored IN cellars. and in some cases on the
nfst iioors of business houses. The result
is aahipnesS. too. had its bad effect on
q; Soous oi Il fragile nature Flooded cellars
me-. atSs.iehce districts were followed BY The
repairs 10 the houses.
!. oiioWlns a rainfall of nearly Two inches
line, ,i one hour. the sewers. which We're not
plaHned to meet such an emergency ne
.t.S choked up. and in the lower sections
=, .me , city over!owed causing the .treets
cnr w, ihe rivers. Cars were stalled In the
.. .eht, ara passengers had 10 stand on the
VIE 10 avoid Il wettns. No one dared TO
Wall, ~aih along the streets and EMPLOYEES of
fon i'sss houses In the flooded sections were
forced to the second floors. there To await
me ,subsidinS of the waters
,o ne .ire which occurred In 1873 entaled a
LIS o! more than Sl.00o.G00 The burned
hIiSuict covered an area of four SQUARES A
hundred houses and two churches were Laid
IN IN aShes and l.oO people were rendered
Ihfs IRE started in large planning mil,
tfohNhs Clay and Park streets netwean
lexington and Saratoga streets. 4 large
rhe OF shavings and rubbish in the engines
v,i Mas ishited by cinders. The engineer
iihtneuiately Went to work on the fire with
a nose but the flames spread SO ranidlv
S 1i ne was compelled to leave the building.
Inc men working upstairs knew nothin,
OF the fire until their escape nv the statrss
way was cut off and they had to iutnp
from second and third story windows tn
save themselves. "
flames swept over the surrounding build
i ,h ana soon the heat became so intense
street. ~ AZ l s'ih
BY noon Park street. from Lexington 70
saratoga. and Clay street. from Park, more
LII. .nah nan way up TO Howard street We're
j., wrappeu IN flames. and the fire had burned
through to Lexington street in three sepa-
rate places. Han an hour later the lire
extended from Liberty street to Howard
ana snsna rom lexington 10 Saratoga. and the
OF burning timber far in the air was awe.
inspiring. "".@
sa The fine houses on the north side of
:, a; :. Abel Johns Hopkins. Professor Ma
nan r. Smith and the old Wyatt Man
W SSer in me i, re;Gsory Of St Paus Church
nut owing to the unusual width of the
s.reet at this point and to the work of
,h stationed upon the roofs with buckets |
II st: .Alphonsuss Church exteneIins
from Saratoga to Clay street were |
totally destroyed. '0
AIDED with long procession of wagons car
'ying away the valuable furniture and goods |
d the frightened people.
Al 90 a M. when the nacntl,da of |
ne Sagration was fully anticipated. Mr.. !
tenry Spiman. chief engineer Of the ESIre
. 2sihiartment, telegraphed TO Washington as
Send every snare engine ,,
here Immediately " '"ifiase
ms anis m es was RECEIVED by Mr.. Martin
-ronin. Chief of the Washington Fire 10
,artment, and in one nour aftcrwards Two
ing P,, FULLY equipped Were at work aiding
rh, D ,,,, S l'rS!nen to snbdne tho flames.
vas made in thirty-n,ne minutes. ''''''e
AZ o'clock p: m. the weary ti-e..,en
eased from their labors. the fire being nj.
n .,o ex,nguished. and Part of them. re-
ar n, 10 their quarters. but for several
Ia, Us the ensines continued TO PLAY lipon
ne smoldering e!nbers. The official reoort or
eW s ie F Gsde by the late Charles Ho
nss were destroyed, including two chi,rrb.
= 81 ana mat the Insurance would not cover
troyed. e property ue-