BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:889755:Event:4970439 DTSTAMP:20260411T130914Z SUMMARY:Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 Coach Tour DESCRIPTION:REVISIT THE GREAT BALTIMORE FIRE OF 1904\nDiscussion and M otor Coach Tour\n\nOn the anniversary of one of the worst urban fires in American history, Guest Historian Wayne Schaumburg and the Fire Mus eum of Maryland present the annual Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 Museum and Bus Tour, February 6, 2011, 1 - 4:15 pm. This historic fire destr oyed 140 acres of downtown Baltimore in less than thirty hours. The bl aze was seen from as far away as Calvert County and Maryland’s Easte rn Shore.\nAt 11 am, on Sunday morning of Feb. 7, 1904, the Baltimore City Fire Department had responded to what they thought was a small, s mothering fire in the basement of a dry goods store in the heart of Ba ltimore. Within minutes the firemen were blown out of the building whe n it exploded, raining burning embers down on neighboring buildings.\n The raging Baltimore Fire was underway. In all, 72 fire companies foug ht the blaze; 38 of them came from as far away as, New York, Philadelp hia, New Jersey, Delaware, Alexandria, VA, and Washington DC. They fou ght the flames for nearly 30 hours before it was brought under control .\nIn the wake of the destruction, there remained a gutted city busine ss district. The Burn District covered 70 blocks with 1,500 buildings and 4 lumberyards destroyed, putting 35,000 people out of work. Over 2 ,500 businesses were totally destroyed. Stores, banks, and hundreds of office buildings were leveled to the ground in the two-day inferno. L osses have been estimated at more than $150 million, which was a huge sum of money at the turn of the twentieth century. Yet, miraculously, only two human lives were lost, and no individual homes were destroyed .\nSchaumburg will give a brief introduction and slide show at the Fir e Museum before leading the tour of the downtown area destroyed by the fire. Guests will travel to three locations to grasp the fire’s mag nitude and how businesses were affected. A short walking tour of no mo re than a city block long will occur at each of the three stops. See b uildings that survived and still bear the scars. Listen to the stories of individual heroism by not only the firemen but of the citizens of Baltimore. Witness how it changed Baltimore from a seaport town to a m odern industrial city.\nUpon returning to the Museum, Curator Steve He aver will discuss the fire-related maps, artifacts, and photographs in the Museum’s extensive collection. Visitors can see one of the hors e-drawn fire engines that were used to fight the fire and the water to wer, which was one of the first to arrive on the scene. Afterward, par ticipants are invited to enjoy light refreshments, continue the discus sion, and shop in the Museum Store.\nReservations required: $45 per pe rson ($40 for members), call 410-321-7500 or email msmoot@firemuseummd .org before Wed., Feb. 2, 2011. Tickets are available online at www.fi remuseummd.org.\n\nFor more information visit https://my.firefighterna tion.com/events/great-baltimore-fire-of-1904 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110206T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110206T161500 CATEGORIES:"bus tour of burn district, baltimore" LOCATION:Fire Museum of Maryland WEBSITE:http://www.firemuseummd.org URL:http://www.firemuseummd.org CONTACT:410-321-7500 ORGANIZER;CN="Rob Williams":https://my.firefighternation.com/profile/R obWilliams ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Rob Will iams":https://my.firefighternation.com/profile/RobWilliams END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR