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Show Fire Destroys Prison. Leavenworth, Kan. The military prison at Fort Leavenworth was destroyed de-stroyed by fire at midnight Wednesday. Wednes-day. The 750 prisoners all were taken tak-en from the main building as the fire reached it, and no one was injured. The prisoners are now confined in a stockade under the guard of United States troops. None of them, as far as known, succeeded in gaining his liberty during the transfer to the stockade. Two of the federal soldiers who were fighting the fire were injured. |