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Show lvx(enlve Tire, Providence, R. I., 1. The social mills in Woonsoeket, running oO.OOO : spindles and 1,000 looms on cotton goods, burned this afternoon. The tire caught at three o'clock from friction of tho main belt about the middle of the structure, which was 100 feet long, built of stone and brick. Tiic flames ppread rapidly, but the cmplyoes, 700 iu number, probably ail escaped safely. All etluits of the Woonsoeket tire department depart-ment were unavailing. Aid was asked of this city aud Mayor Doylo sent up two steamers, which reached the Ecene twenty-seven minutes after the starting, but the walls had then fallen in. The loss will probably range from $700,000 to $So0,00U. Tho insurance amounts to iiioO.OOO in ejisteru companies on the mill, machinery, machine and wood shops, |