RESIDENCE OF VICTIMS.
| Aurora, Ill. | 1 | |
| Barrington, Ill. | 2 | |
| Bartlett, Ill. | 2 | |
| Battle Creek, Mich. | 2 | |
| Berwyn, Ill. | 2 | |
| Binghamton, N. Y. | 1 | |
| Bloomington, Ill. | 1 | |
| Brush, Colo. | 1 | |
| Burlington, Iowa | 1 | |
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 3 | |
| Chicago, Ill. | 300 | |
| Clinton, Iowa | 2 | |
| Custer Park, Ill. | 1 | |
| Davenport, Iowa | 1 | |
| Decatur, Ill. | 1 | |
| Decorah, Iowa | 1 | |
| Delaware, O. | 8 | |
| Des Moines, Iowa | 5 | |
| Des Plaines, Ill. | 2 | |
| Detroit, Mich. | 2 | |
| Dodgeville, Ind. | 1 | |
| Elgin, Ill. | 2 | |
| Eola, Ill. | 2 | |
| Evanston. Ill. | 12 | |
| Fargo, Minn. | 1 | |
| Freeport, Ill. | 1 | |
| Galesburg, Ill. | 1 | |
| Geneva, Ill. | 3 | |
| Gibson City, Ill. | 1 | |
| Glen View, Ill. | 1 | |
| Granville, Mich. | 2 | |
| Grossdale, Ill. | 1 | |
| Hammond, Ind. | 4 | |
| Hart, Mich. | 3 | |
| Harvard, Ill. | 2 | |
| Janesville, Wis. | 1 | |
| Jonesville, Mich. | 1 | |
| Kansas City, Mo. | 1 | |
| Kenosha, Wis. | 7 | |
| Keokuk, Iowa | 1 | |
| Kirkville, Mo. | 1 | |
| Knox, Ind. | 1 | |
| Knoxville, Iowa | 1 | |
| Lafayette, Ind. | 1 | |
| Lake Geneva, Ill. | 1 | |
| Lakeside, Ill. | 1 | |
| Laporte, Ind. | 2 | |
| Lena, Ill. | 1 | |
| Lincoln, Ill. | 1 | |
| Lockport, Ill. | 1 | |
| Logansport, Ind. | 3 | |
| Lowell, Ind. | 2 | |
| Madison, Wis. | 1 | |
| Madison, S. D. | 1 | |
| Martinsburg, O. | 2 | |
| Mattoon, Ill. | 1 | |
| Milwaukee, Wis. | 3 | |
| Minonk, Ill. | 2 | |
| New York City | 2 | |
| Norwood Park, Ill. | 3 | |
| Oak Park, Ill. | 5 | |
| Ontonagon, Mich. | 2 | |
| Ottawa, Ill. | 3 | |
| Palo Alto, Cal. | 1 | |
| Petersburg, Ind. | 2 | |
| Pittsburg, Pa. | 1 | |
| Plainwell, Mich. | 2 | |
| Quincy, Ill. | 2 | |
| Racine, Wis. | 3 | |
| Rensselaer, Ind. | 1 | |
| Rock Island, Ill. | 1 | |
| Savannah, Ill. | 1 | |
| St. Louis, Mo. | 3 | |
| St. Mary's, Ind. | 1 | |
| Thief River Falls, Minn. | 1 | |
| Tolono, Ill. | 2 | |
| Washington Heights, Ill. | 3 | |
| Watertown, Wis. | 2 | |
| Waukegan, Ill. | 3 | |
| West Grossdale, Ill. | 4 | |
| West Superior, Wis. | 2 | |
| Wheaton, Ill. | 3 | |
| Winnetka, Ill. | 8 | |
| Woodford, O. | 1 | |
| Woodstock, Ill. | 2 | |
| Zanesville, O. | 3 | |
| Total | 570 |
This remarkable table shows that victims of the fire were from thirteen states and eighty-six cities and towns.
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE STORY OF THE BURNING OF BALTIMORE.
All the world was startled on Sunday, February 7, 1904, just 39 days after the Iroquois theater horror, by another sickening visitation of the fire fiend. This time the devouring element fell upon the city of Baltimore and all but effaced it from the map. Millions upon millions in property were swept away, old established firms annihilated and miles of streets occupied by business houses laid waste. Fortunately this disaster was accompanied by no loss of life.
Twenty-seven hours elapsed before the conflagration was checked. Fire fighters hurried to the scene from a number of near by cities and aided the local fire department in subduing the flames. Strangely enough it was a coal yard that broke the onward sweep of the sea of fire and enabled the firemen to bring the fire under control. Even then it burned for days, feeding on the debris and wreckage that marked its early progress. The greatest danger past troops and police relieved the firemen who sought rest exhausted and maddened by the terrible ordeal through which they had passed.