Four Companies for Baltimore Readiness and Plans
A battalion of the Sixteenth Infantry may be sent to Baltimore at any moment with four companies placed on standby. Col Jones arranged transport with the Southern Railway. Command will be by Col Price or the senior officer. Troops will take tents and gear. extra supplies will be drawn from Philadelphia. Ten cars will be used. Guardianship aims to protect property and deter rioters in the burned district. General Corbin and 1,000 men are already on site. 240 men from Fort McPherson remain ready. A bill seeks 1 million dollars for Baltimore relief.
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Sixteenth Infantry
Baltimore
Jones
Auartermaster
Southern Railway Company
Price
Philadelphia
Corbin
Fort MtPherson
Baltimore Fire Relief Move After Citywide Destruction
Annapolis moves to suspend business for ten days to aid fire victims in Baltimore. Governor Warfield to extend the period if needed, with a relief appropriation debated. Mayor McLane reports fire under control but cites enormous, unquantified losses. Engineers demolish dangerous Law Building walls as utilities fail and telegraph relief pours in.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
State House
Baltimore
Gill
Warfield
Wells
Prince George County
McLane
Associated Press
Board of Insurance Antomteelinners
Maryland
Chamber of Commerce
Macon Wires Sympathy to Baltimore Mayor and Chamber
Macon Georgia sends sympathy to Baltimore after the citys distress. Mayor Bridges Smith and Chamber of Commerce President J W Cabaniss sign the telegrams offering condolence and asking if any aid is possible. Jacksonville, with Mayor George M Nolan, also telegraphs support and sympathy to Mayor McLane.
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Chamber Telegraph
Baltimore
Macon
McLane
Bridges Smith
Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Cabaniss
Eugene Anderson
Jacksonville
Fla
Nolan
George M. Nolan
President Roosevelt Bids Aid After Baltimore Tragedy
The Baltimore mayor received a telegram from President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington expressing horror at the catastrophe and offering federal aid. Roosevelt urged the city to call on the White House for any assistance needed.
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Roosevelt
Baltimore
White House
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Soldiers Sent to Baltimore
Washington reports that Senator Gorman secured a pledge from Maryland authorities to seek federal military aid. General Chaffee ordered Major General Corbin to Baltimore to command about 12,000 troops amid a possible state of emergency. Secretary Taft coordinated with Gorman and Governor Warfield under the posse comitatus laws to deploy troops to the city. Corbin was en route from New York to Baltimore arriving at 1 p.m.
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Washington
Gorman
Maryland
Chaffee
General Staff
Corpin
Department of the East
New York
Baltimore
Taft
Washington Barracks
Senator Gorman
Warfield
United States
Corbin
Military Department
Atlantic Division
Governors Island
Gear
H. C. Corbin
Jersey City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore Fire Devastates Wholesale District and Citywide Losses
The Baltimore fire in February special dispatch describes a vast destruction that may exceed any prior urban blaze. The wholesale district, lumber yards, brewers, and malt houses are wiped out, with estimates ranging from 75 million to 2 billion dollars in damage. Only one fireman from York, Pa., is killed. fifteen injured, few missing, thousands left homeless, and many more without livelihoods. The piece notes steel and brick buildings fared no better and that the fire’s path stretched about two miles, with the blaze advancing despite heavy water attacks. Continued on Third Page.
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Baltimore
Nero
York
Atlanta
Bugess
Federal Hill
Key
Hoan and Trust Company
Thetir
Ccity
Rallimors Tonlaht
Gallant Firemen Report Flames Near Afternoon
At about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Gallant Firemen announced a fire incident. Details are unclear from the fragmentary report.
Baltimore Fire Flares Inferno After 24 Hours of Destruction
Fire in Baltimore raged for a day sweeping 140 acres and destroying 2,500 buildings. Insurance losses are estimated from 30 million to possibly higher, with big companies reporting 0.5 to 2 million each. The city lies under martial law as crews fight embers and salvage efforts begin.
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New York
Baltimore
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Equitable
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Ilinois
American
Maayor
Fidelity
Law Building
Secretary of War
Law Ang Herald
Edward Burr
C. B. Gillette
G. B. Pillsbury
E. J. Dent
Engineer Corps
Raiways
War Department
Constitution
Jos. Uhl
Squires Ns
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