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Show Fire. Charlotte, N. C, 16. A fire thia evening destroyed about 3,000 bales of cotton, the depots of the .North Carolina Caro-lina and the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad companies, and a number of private residences. Loss, $250,000; about two-thirds insured. The fire is supposed to have originated origin-ated from spares from the engine of the cotton compress, standing near a large platform capable ot holding over 3,000 bales. The flames were -oon beyond control, there being a high wind. The firo passed over a thinly' built part of the city a distance of three-iourths ot a mile, composed mostly of cotton and railroad depots. |