At 10 o'clock Monday the fire was reported under control, but a little later the flames were sweeping along the harbor and river men began taking their vessels rapidly out into the middle of the stream. There were about seventy-five of these vessels and they were hastily anchored down the bay. The buildings of the Standard Oil company and the Buckman Fruit company along the water front were soon in flames. This renewal of the energy of the fire continued until well along into the afternoon of the second day.
Following is a partial list of the principal buildings destroyed in the baptism of fire or by dynamite in an effort to stay the flames:
The courthouse, loss, $4,000,000
The postoffice, $1,000,000
Equitable building, twelve stories, $1,135,000
Union Trust Company building, 11 stories, $1,000,000
Continental Trust building, 16 stories, $1,125,000
Baltimore & Ohio general offices, $1,125,000
Calvert building, $1,125,000
Hopkins bank.