Show ITEAVT FIRE AT HANNIBAL Great Damage lacing DoneAn Appeal for 411 St Louis Nov 25A tremendous fire is reported ragtag at Hannibal having swept the district bounded by the river Third Broadway and Lyons street half a dozen blocks A appeal ap-peal for aid wired to Quincy IlL was responded t with all the apparatus available No sooner was the message received than all communication with Hannibal was cut oft on all sides Unless restored there i no way of getting the news The fire started from the explosion j of a lamp in Williams Sons L dry euuuo BLure aUu me gale wnicn was blowing carried the flames up the street with amazing rapidity When the fire was gotten under control both sides of Main street from Lyons to Broadway were in ruins There Is hardly a wall left standing A rough estimate places the loss at 350000 A Barb Ashore Dunkirk Nov 25The hark Thor reports that on Wednesday she spoke the bark Merle flying sgnals of dIstress dis-tress Her captain said several of the crew were dead and the remainder suffering severely |