Anne Arundel County-Baltimore City MD Archives News.....A Venerable Church Burnt. February 27, 1858
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Baltimore County Advocate February 27, 1858
St. Anne's Episcopal church took fire about 11 o'clock on Sunday from the 
furnaces, and was totally destroyed in a brief space of time.  The thick walls 
of this large and venerable structure still remain.  The catastrophe is a 
subject of great excitement and much regret in this usually quiet town.  
Several expert Baltimore firemen were present, but in consequence of the want 
of water, they were unable to check the flames.  The naval academy pupils, 
with the government engine, were also present.  The adjoining buildings were 
in imminent danger; but the snow upon the roofs undoubtedly saved the city 
from a destructive conflagration.  Nearly the whole population of Annapolis 
were present to witness the brilliant but mournful spectacle of the 
destruction of a church so replete with historic associations. -Sun 
Correspondent.

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