BALTIMORE FIRE
The Baltimore Fire was February 7 and 8, 1904. The song doesn't mention February, though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Baltimore_Fire

-Joe-

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Charlie Poole-Baltimore Fire    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7x5AWhT2ec
The Baltimore Fire · The New Lost City Ramblers    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXMmLokot6s
MUDCAT: Origins: Baltimore Fire..a 'new' old verse....     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=457&messages=32#reply