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Show I-'irc. Worcester, Mass., 5. The town hall in Webster, valued at SlO.OOO was burned last night; partly insured. New York, o. The great oil lire at Hunter's Point is still burning, but all danger of its extending is ended. The lire originated, upon a barge. It is not known whether any one but the captain of the barge is burned to death or not. The loss is nearly ?iW,000. The heat was so great that the firemen couldn't get "H'liiu several huiulreU feet uf the fire. Steam engines arrived from Brooklyn, and two tugs hauled out the burning barges, and saved Pratt's oil works. ' Ii is likely that (he lire will burn several days: 2-3,000 barrels bar-rels of oil were destroyed. |