Show I BAD DAY FOR VEST PONT Mississippi Town Visited By a 40 000 Fire Vestpolnt Miss March 6Nearl 10 0 worth of property was destroyed by lire her today The Mar Holm Cal lege an industrial school for colored girls burned this morning and this afternoon the cotton press sheds etc together 1th a large amount of cotton was destroyed de-stroyed The Mary Holmes seminary beIng be-Ing situated far outside the fire limits of the city the response or the department was useless us tar us extinguishing thc ames was concerned All of the inmate escaped uninjured but It large portion oC their personal effects was lost The buld ing and equipment cost 600 insurance 00000 Inslrance This afternoon a spark from a Mobile A oaef kb Ohio engmno started a blaze among the cotton bales In the compress yards and m a perfect gale was blowing thc lire spread as If In a powder magazine and In an instant the entre yards and ware houses were In a blare and the lr spread so rapidly that nothing 1 could lie done but f 1 b il pb watch 70005 worth of property go up In moke |