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Baltimore Fire Destroys Business District and Hurts City
A massive Baltimore blaze began Sunday afternoon in the basement of the John E. Hurat company at Liberty and German streets and swept seven city blocks, destroying acres of wholesale and financial property as firemen from multiple cities fought the flames. The conflagration, extending from Liberty to Jones Falls and from Fayette to Pratt, destroyed offices of major banks and railroad companies, and even burned the Associated Press offices. By Monday afternoon the fire was under control, leaving blackened ruins in the once prosperous district.
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John E. Herat Company
Liberty
German Streets
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelhia
Wilnington
Newark
N. i
Harrisburg
New York City
Liberty Street
Jones Falls
Fayette
Pratt
Alexander Brown & Sons
Continental Trust Company
Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania
Maryland
Southern and Chesapeake
Steamship Companies
Western Union