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Show FOREIGN. I IHsnMroiiu Fire In FmuIiiihI TiK'Hlj-lttur 1Voiiim ISuriicil Id lluulh. London, lh. A firo broko out today to-day in tho rxleimivo carpet nianu-fuetuiing nianu-fuetuiing and woolen works at Ayr bulongiiig to James Tomplelon. Jt wiifi caused by friction ol machinery and rfpread lo all pari of thn building. Operatives went ut woi k at the time, but it ia htilievetl thai all the men except oim nuidu their ene ipn. A mimherif women malted nut, Haying itlmro wero others unalilo to eieanu. ' Houn ntlerward tho roof fell in. Twenty-four women were bumd in thn ruinsand perished. One woman who leaped from an upper window waa so badly injured th it sho died scon after being taken lo Ihe hospital. It is reported thai an overseer named Barr locked the door of a room in which female operatives wero working. work-ing. Barr himself perished in the llinus, and it is impossible to learn the truth ol the report, but as the, women had amplo timo to escape it ia othorwwrt inexplicable. The works were cntirelv destroyed, and tho loss is estimalcd'at $20U,000. Saunders' paper warehouse ciught firo to-day, and tho interior was destroyed de-stroyed with all i's contPnl3. The ; warehouse situated next the burned ibuiiciiugs on Brooks' wharf ignited from smouldeting remain-; of Thurs-.days Thurs-.days fire. Loss, $100,000. |