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Show TEXAS GOVERNOR ALARMED BY NEW GALVESTON F!RE AUSTIN, Tex.. Oct 2. Ranger Captain H. B Brooks in command of police at Galveston, Gal-veston, was ordered today by Governor Hobby to furnish adequate police protection to guard the entire water front in such manner as will prevent I disastrous fires, "if it takes the entire national guard and every man in Texas to do so." GALVESTON. Tex., Oct. 2. Fire broke out in section A. at the south end of pier 41 here, shortly after 9 o'clock thi-, morning A general alarm followed fol-lowed immediately, and 250 national na-tional guardsmen were rushed to the scene. Four steamships were endangered by the flames. The flames originated in the lower part of section A, which is filled with sisal and was probably due to spontaneous combustion, it was said. The first sign of the fire was no ticed when a mild explosion blew out windows and doors of the structure, followed bv flames and smoke. |