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Show LATEST DESPATCHES EASTERN. Destructive Fire. Svraeuse, 27. A fire broke out in Can:u-tota, last night, whim was quenched this morning after burning over six acres of territory, destroying two hotels, thirty-two dwellings, and Iwtween 40 and 50 places of business. The total loss is estimated by insu-i insu-i ranee airents at $1X,000. Total insurance insu-rance $.K),t0. The fire was incendi-arv. incendi-arv. The business portion of the town iall de-troyed except Beecher block. 1 The citizens held a meeting to-nitfht and paed a resolution inviting pecuniary pecu-niary aid from the charitable everywhere, every-where, and apiwinting D. H. Ras-bacht, Ras-bacht, cashier of CanastoUi bank, to receive any contributions. This ie the 1)01x1 disastrous conflagration here in six months, involving an aggregate loss of S'100,000. All these fires have douhi'es been the work of an incendiary. incen-diary. The inhabitants contemplate tho. appointment of a vigilance committee com-mittee to preserve what is lelt of the village. |