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Show FIRE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 16. Thousands Thou-sands of persons stood today on the waterfront hills here and watched flames destroy a big Northern Pacific Railway company oil dock. Blazing oil spread over the Pugot sound waters around the dock and nalted attempts of tugs to pull out two Japanese Uncr3 moored at an adjoin ing dock. Only ono of the liners was damaged seriously. Loss was estimated at about $1,500,-000. $1,500,-000. with the cause unknown. A municipal mu-nicipal $1,000,000 pier, which stood 200 feet from the destroyod dock, was untouched. un-touched. It Is said oil and other commodities com-modities valued at nearly $30,000,000 arc stored In the municipal pier. nn- |