The Milln Dollar Fire stroyed two blocks of Gay Street 1897.
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- ‘MILLN DOLLAR FIRE’ STROYED TWO BLOCKS OF GAY STREET APRIL 1897
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
‘MILLN DOLLAR FIRE’ STROYED TWO BLOCKS OF GAY STREET APRIL 1897
* gay street fire *
On April 8, 1897, when a fire began near and then raced up the elevator shaft of Hotel Knox Gay Street's 400 block.
"Huge balls of fire fell like snowflak" wrote one newspaper as flam spread to buildgs north and south on Gay Street's east si.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
It was nearly eight hours before the fire burned out, leavg most of Gay Street north of Unn smolrg s.