CSPAN3 American History TV June 22, 2014
Through the ropes holding it to the levee and began to drift out on the levee, a big earning fireball on the river. It drifted down the levee and hit one boat after another until 23 boats were on fire. Morning, 14 block said been burned down. Sites to see. The fire broke out at 3 00 and spread to the stores on the landing. And then nearly half of the heavy business portion of the city was in ashes. There was a strong wind at the time and the fire ran through block after block. Fire, city leaders proposed an ordinance that require all buildings to be built out of brick or stone. St. Louis is na...