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Baltimore Harbor Fire Kills and Wounds Dozens
A major blaze at Pennsylvania Railroad elevator No. 3 on Baltimore Harbor Canton front killed four to ten workers and injured over 40. Two ships Willem Van Driel Sr and British Wellbach Hall suffered damage as grain and fuel caught fire. Fire likely caused by grain dust explosion with possible bomb theory. losses exceed 2 million dollars and about 1 million bushels of grain were destroyed.
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