St. Louis Fire of 1849

[Jim Eshelman]

May 17, 1849, 9:00 AM LMT, St. Louis, MO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Fire_of_1849

Most of St. Louis burned in a devastating fire that began when the steamboat White Cloud caught fire. Once the docked boat burned through its ties, it drifted free, setting 22 other steam craft and other river craft on fire. These fires, in turn, started spreading through the city.

A cholera epidemic was already ablaze in St. Louis when the fire struck (the epidemic eventually killed about 10% of the population).

The fire remains "the largest and most destructive fire St. Louis ever experienced." 430 buildings and 23 steamboats were destroyed (along with other boats). Three people died. In the aftermath, building codes were changed to require new structures be built of stone or brick, and "an extensive new water and sewage system was started."

Year: Capsolar {+1 or +2}
Mars Dsc 1°06'
Venus MC 1°15'
Neptune more widely foreground
-- Venus-Mars sq 2°21' M
-- Mars-Neptune sq 2°43' M
-- Venus-Neptune co 3°11'

Bridge {+1}
t Neptune co Capsolar MC 2/10-1/12
t Pluto sq Cansolar Asc 3/12-7/14
t Jupiter op Cansolar EP-a 5/5-6/8
Event window: Neptune-Pluto Mar 12 to Jul 14, all three May 5 to Jun 8

Quarter: Arisolar (Dormant.)

Month: Caplunar {+3}
Mars Dsc 1°09'
Saturn barely foreground
-- Mars-Neptune sq 0°32' p
-- Saturn-Neptune sq 0°36' p
Moon-Pluto sq 1°04' M
Moon-Uranus sq 1°17'

Day: Capsolar Quotidian {+2}
t Neptune co s MC 0°51'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {-1 / +2 = +1}
t Pluto sq s Asc 0°32'
t Jupiter op s EP-a 0°32'
t Venus op s MC 1°42'
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p Asc sq t Neptune 0°16'

Day: Arisolar Quotidian {-2}
p MC co s Jupiter 0°50', t Jupiter 1°24'

Day: Libsolar Quotidian & Transits {+2}
t Neptune co s EP-a 0°41'
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p Asc op t Saturn 1°10'