The aftermath of the fire.

The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 raged in Baltimore, Maryland, from 10:48 a.m. Sunday, February 7, to 5:00 p.m. Monday, February 8, 1904. Over 1,231 firefighters were required to bring the blaze under control. Photo showing the aftermath of the Great Baltimore Fire of February 4, 1904. ... Photo showing the aftermath of the Great Baltimore Fire of February 4, 1904. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town[1][2], B-more Motto: The Greatest City in America,[3] Get in on it. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... It has been suggested that Firefighter Assist and Search Team be merged into this article or section. ...

The fire was reported first at the John Hurst and Company building at 10:48 a.m. and quickly spread. By 1:30 p.m., units from Washington, DC, were arriving. To halt the fire, officials decided to use a firewall, and dynamited buildings around the existing fire. This tactic, however, was unsuccessful. A forest fire Fire is a rapid oxidation process that creates light, heat, and smoke, and varies in intensity. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... This article is about firewalls used in construction. ... Dynamite is an explosive based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth (Kieselguhr) as an adsorbent. ...

One reason for the fire's duration was the lack of national standards in fire-fighting equipment. Although fire engines from nearby cities (such as Philadelphia and Washington, as well as units from New York City, Wilmington, and Atlantic City) responded, many were useless because their hose couplings failed to fit Baltimore hydrants. As a result, the fire burned over 30 hours, destroying 1,526 buildings spanning 70 city blocks. Standardization, in the context related to technologies and industries, is the process of establishing a technical standard among competing entities in a market, where this will bring benefits without hurting competition. ... A fire apparatus, fire engine or fire truck or fire appliance usually refers to a vehicle designed to fight fires. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Nickname: Chemical Capital of the World Motto: A Place To Be Somebody Coordinates: County New Castle County incorporated 1739 Mayor James M. Baker (D) Area    - City 44. ... Map of Atlantic City in Atlantic County Coordinates: Country United States State New Jersey County Atlantic Incorporated March 1854 Government  - Mayor Bob Levy Area  - City  17. ... A hydrant is an outlet from a fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e. ...

Immediately afterward, Mayor Robert McLane was quoted in the Baltimore News as saying, "To suppose that the spirit of our people will not rise to the occasion is to suppose that our people are not genuine Americans. We shall make the fire of 1904 a landmark not of decline but of progress." He then refused assistance, stating "As head of this municipality, I cannot help but feel gratified by the sympathy and the offers of practical assistance which have been tendered to us. To them I have in general terms replied, 'Baltimore will take care of its own, thank you.'" Two years later, on September 10, 1906, the Baltimore-American reported that the city had risen from the ashes and "One of the great disasters of modern time had been converted into a blessing." September 10 is the 253rd day of the Gregorian calendar (254th in leap years). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, looking West from Pratt and Gay Streets

Same view in 1906, 2 years after the fire

It was long believed that no lives were lost directly to the fire. Many books written on the Great Fire said no deaths occurred as a direct relation to the fire, and a plaque that commemorates the Great Fire also reads "Lives Lost: None." However, a recently rediscovered Baltimore Sun newspaper story from the time tells of the charred remains of a "colored man" being pulled from the harbor, near the area where the USS Constellation is docked in modern times, days after the fire. Why this death was ignored for almost a century is unknown, though racism may have played a role. Image File history File links Balt. ... Image File history File links Balt. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Image File history File links Balt. ... Image File history File links Balt. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Sun is the newspaper of record for Baltimore, Maryland, with a daily press run of 247,193 copies and a Sunday run of 418,670 copies (9/30/05 Audit Bureau of Circulations report). ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Constellation, in honor, according to the US Congress, of the new constellation of stars on the flag of the United States. ... Manifestations Slavery · Racial profiling · Lynching Hate speech · Hate crime · Hate groups Genocide · Holocaust · Pogrom Ethnocide · Ethnic cleansing · Race war Religious persecution · Gay bashing Pedophobia · Ephebiphobia Movements Discriminatory Aryanism · Neo-Nazism · Supremacism Kahanism Anti-discriminatory Abolitionism · Civil rights Gays/Transsexes/Intersexes rights Womens/Universal suffrage · Feminism Mens/Fathers rights...

In the aftermath, 35,000 people were made unemployed. After the fire, the city was rebuilt using more fireproof materials, such as granite pavers. Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ...

H. L. Mencken survived the fire, but the offices of his newspaper, the Baltimore Herald, were destroyed. He relates the fire and its aftermath in the last chapter of Happy Days, the first volume of his autobiography. He writes that he enters a boy, "fueled by the hot gas of youth, and emerged almost a middle-aged man." i still feel like being nice H.L. Mencken who: journalist, satirist, social critic, cynic, and freethinker, what: most influential American writers of the early 20th century. ... The Baltimore Morning Herald was a daily newspaper published in Baltimore in the beginning of the Twentieth Century. ... Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ...

The fire is also memorialized in the folk song "Baltimore Fire." “Folk song” redirects here. ...

Fire fire I heard the cry

From every breeze that passes by

All the world was one sad cry of pity

Strong men in anguish prayed

Calling out to the heavens for aid

While the fire in ruins was laid

Fair Baltimore the beautiful city

Over $150,000,000 worth of damage was done.

See also

• List of historic fires

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External links

• Jensen, Brennen (September 3, 2003)Charmed Life: Lives Lost: One Baltimore City Paper