Comments on: The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904

The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904

dhammond — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:31:29 -0800

"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."

orthogonality — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:42:56 -0800

Yes we can!

ifthe21stcentury — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:45:51 -0800

Anyone else see the parallel to September 11th? Or am I crazy?

nasreddin — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:53 -0800

I thought this was another Obama speech.

empyrean — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:05:48 -0800

I thought this was another Obama speech. It's from 1904. Obviously a Dick Cheney speech.

three blind mice — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:07:31 -0800

I've been to Baltimore. Pity they never rebuilt it.

longdaysjourney — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:30:15 -0800

Learned something new today - thanks dhammond!

lunit — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:21:11 -0800

[this is good]

tommasz — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:10:41 -0800

With all the talk of standardized hose couplings that came from this fire, Rochester, NY was still using its own thread until the 1980s.

jabberjaw — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:24:36 -0800

@ empyrean: You mean a McCain speech, right? Oh, no - that was the Great Chicago Fire.

LobsterMitten — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:20:10 -0800

Very cool - the link under "of progress" is pretty clearly the best.