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Show CITY MASS OF FLAMES MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN HISTORY HIS-TORY OF BALTIMORE. Burned Area Three-quarters of a Mil Long and From Two to Eight Blocks Wide, Causing Losa of $50,000,000. Tho most dcstructlvo Are in tho history his-tory of Baltimore occurred Sunday, tho flames raging practically unchocketl during many hours, completely destroying de-stroying scores of tho largest business houses In tho wholesale district. In-Tolvlng In-Tolvlng lossss which cannot yot bo estimated, though It Is certain that It has already exceeded 150,000,000. Tho burned area is three-quarters of a mllo long and from two to eight blocks wldo, having destroyed almost all tho largo stores and warehouses In tho wholesalo district around Hopkins placo and all the buildings on both sldos of Baltlmoro stroet from Howard How-ard to Holllday street, and Charles and Baltlmoro to Charles and Lexington, Lexing-ton, and on I.afayetta street to Charles ' and Holllday, Including a total ol about twenty blocks of tho most modern mod-ern and substantial 'building In Baltimore. Balti-more. Bo far as known thoro have been no oaths, althcugh many narrow escapes es-capes aro repcrted. I With tho exception of tho Sun, not n ! morning nowspaper was nblo to get , out an Issuo Monday morning. Tho Sun has an auxiliary plant in Washington. Washing-ton. Tho flro departments of all tho neighboring elites aro on tho scene of tho big blno nnd doing everything In their power. Many buildings In tho track cf tho flames wcro blown up with dynamlto In order to check tho progress prog-ress of tho flro, but to no avail. |