Shut off while driving?

Yesterday on my way to work my car shut off, I forgot that my gas gauge was messed up. So, I first tried to spray starting fluid and it almost cranked. Then I tried to hit my starter with my long wrench, and I hit the top of the starter the bigger part and it made a spark after that everything was not working, no lights or anything. I know it ran out of gas, that's why it shut off. I even bought a new battery last night and hooked it up and even though there was a spark when I was connecting the positive terminal. No lights, or anything work still. Do you think the spark from hitting the starter could make the car have no power at all?