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Show THOUSANDS nOMELESS FIRE WIPES NORWAY TOWN FROM FACE OF EARTH. The Eleven Thousand Inhabitants Aro Compelled to Camp Out, Only Ono Building In Town Being Saved. Tho flro which swept over tho town' of Anlcsund, Norway, Sunday morning, destroyed every building In It, with tho exception of tho hospltnl. The 11,000 Inhabitants of Anlosund wero compelled to camp In tho opon, as only a few dnmnged nnd uninhabitable uninhabit-able houses wero left standing. Tho chlldron of tho town had to bo housed temporarily In tho church nt Borgund. Tho panic nmong tho peoplo was so great after tho outbreak of tho flames that all attempts at leadership or discipline beenmo out of tho question; ques-tion; no oxecssos, however, wero committed. com-mitted. Tho destruction of tho town was complote within n couplo of hours from tho tlmo tho fire started. Over twenty stonm Ashing bonts and many sailing Bmn"ks were Bunk In tho harbor In order to save thorn from tho flames. It Is belluvcd now that only three persons lost their lives. Succor hns nrrlved and provisions aro being distributed. Belief committees hnvo boon formed nnd havo Invited public subscriptions. A majority of tho Inhabitants of tho town lost everything they possessed. Thousands of persons had to spond twenty-four hours In tho opon Holds, whoro thoy woro without food nnd ox-posed ox-posed to a blttorly cold wind and a driving rainstorm. |