The picture above looks northeast at the corner of Broadway and NP Avenue. The fire was burning on the east side of Broadway but had not yet spread across to the west side at the time this photograph was taken. Fargo city offices were on the upper floors of the building on the left. Nearly all city records were destroyed when the fire consumed the building.
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Fargo, North Dakota
The Fire of 1893 (p2)
The picture above by Moorhead photographer O.E. Flaten looks southeast on Front Street from Broadway. One can see the approximate location of the start of the fire as smoke billows forth. The fire had not yet spread north across Front Street at this time. One can see Fargo's fire companies pulling hoses to fight the fire.
