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The St. Louis Fire of 1849 was a devastating fire that occurred on May 17, 1849 and destroyed a significant part of St. Louis, Missouri and many of the steamboats using the Mississippi River and Missouri River. [1] Captain Thomas B. Targee was killed while trying to blast a fire break. [1] Targee Street was named for him.
The Missouri River was above flood stage for 62 days in Jefferson City, Missouri, 77 days at Hermann, Missouri, and for 94 days at St. Charles in the St. Louis metropolitan area. On October 7, 103 days after the flooding began, the Mississippi River at St. Louis finally dropped below flood stage.
Adamsville, never rebuilt after being largely destroyed by a flood. Alamo Crossing, Submerged in Alamo Lake. [7] Aubrey Landing, flooded during the formation of Lake Havasu. [8] Castle Dome Landing, submerged in Martinez Lake. [9] [10] Colorado City, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862; La Laguna, the former site is underneath Mittry Lake.
The resulting flood inundated 14,000 acres (57 km 2) on the Missouri side of the river. [5] In one incident, a barge was sucked into the levee and slammed into a gas station, causing a fire. [6] The flood washed out all of the bridges in the area—the only links across the river for 200 miles (320 km).
All six people were inside the home near the Missouri River in Jefferson City, Mo. when it blew up at 2:44 a.m., according to a news release from the Jefferson City Fire Department.
It destroyed the city's stockyards and forced the building of an airport away from the Missouri River bottoms. Great Flood of 1993 — The 1993 flood was the highest recorded but had a lower rate of discharge at 541,000 cubic feet per second (15,300 m 3 /s).
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