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Great Fire of 1888

The fire of 1888 occurred on November 22 at 4 pm.  The started in a flue at Dr D.J. Truitt's residence on the southwest corner of Front and Market Streets.  Citizens using a bucket brigade and possibly a hand pumper attempted to control the blaze.  As the fire advanced on Market Street and Front Street, the towns of Salisbury and Crisfield were summoned for help.  With the aid of these communities the fire was extinguished.  A list of the properties that were destroyed in the fire were listed in the Democrat Messenger of December 1888.  The loss was estimated as $300,000 which included 79 buildings.

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