1951: Cross Street market fire

A 12 alarm blaze destroyed almost all of the old <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLTRA00056" title="Cross Street Market" href="/topic/services-shopping/cross-street-market-PLTRA00056.topic">Cross Street Market</a> plus a half a block of homes before it was brought under control by fire fighters in May of 1951.

( Albert D. Cochran, Baltimore Sun )

A 12 alarm blaze destroyed almost all of the old Cross Street Market plus a half a block of homes before it was brought under control by fire fighters in May of 1951.

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