Editing Hot Springs, Arkansas (section)

===1913 fire===
[[File:Hot Springs Arkansas 4276172895 520096f271 o.jpg|thumb|September 10, 1913, with remnants of the fire]]
On September 5, 1913, a fire broke out on Church Street a few blocks southeast of Bathhouse Row, near the Army and Navy Hospital. The fire burned southeast, away from the hospital, until the wind reversed an hour later. Racing toward the business section, it destroyed the Ozark Sanitarium and [[Hot Springs High School (Arkansas)|Hot Springs High School]] on its way across Malvern Avenue. Along the way it consumed the Public Utilities plant, which destroyed the firefighters' water supply. A wide front then was blown toward Ouachita Avenue which destroyed the Garland County Court House. The Hot Springs Fire Department fought alongside the Little Rock Fire Department, which had rushed over on a special train. Despite their efforts, numerous homes, at least a hundred businesses, four hotels, the [[St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway|Iron Mountain Railroad]] facilities, and the Crystal Theater were destroyed. A rainstorm finally quenched the blaze at Hazel Street. Although Central Avenue was ultimately protected (primarily by desperate use of [[dynamite]]), much of the southern part of the city was destroyed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000 across 60 blocks.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.oldstatehouse.com/educational_programs/classroom/arkansas_news/detail.asp?id=559&issue_id=41&page=1 |title=Hot Springs Again Hit by Fire |access-date=March 30, 2008 |date=Fall 1984 |work=The Arkansas News |publisher=Old State House Museum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317053505/http://www.oldstatehouse.com/educational_programs/classroom/arkansas_news/detail.asp?id=559&issue_id=41&page=1 |archive-date=March 17, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=$6,000,000 DAMAGE IN HOT SPRINGS FIRE; Thirty Blocks of Arkansas Resort Swept Away Within a Few Hours. | date=September 6, 1913 | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0CE2DC113CE633A25755C0A96F9C946296D6CF | work=The New York Times | access-date=March 30, 2008 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610030244/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0CE2DC113CE633A25755C0A96F9C946296D6CF | archive-date=June 10, 2009 }}</ref>