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Show - New Westminster, British CoN 3 Uiuhia, the. Scene of a Fire of, . Terrible Consequences. fi o Over Half a Million Dollars Worth of CO Property Lost in the Oon JJ flagration- z THE FIRE WAS UNDER CONTBOL O tH When a Teriifie Explosion Oo M. curred Shattering Windows Q lor lilochs Around. The IFire Spread Again and Block of Buildings Faded Into Smoke in the Q Twinkling of an Eye, tj A FIREMEN KILLED UNDER A WALL. Pillar, of Flame Stand (luard Oitr Rain li.hlnd and Volume, of wok. ' Ubtour. th. (Jit jr. New West Minister, B. C, Feb. 1.1 A coutlagration here yesterday destroyed de-stroyed one-half million dollars' worth of property. The fire started in the jewelry store of F. Stiusky and soon spread to the entire block fronting on Columbia street. The firemen after a hard struggle were just gutting control when an explosion shattered all the windows within a radius of half a mile. The (ire then quickly enveloped the Masonic hall, a four-story brick, valued val-ued at $0,000 and occupied by store and the lodge rooms. The provincial registry office was entirely en-tirely destroyed with its contents, except ex-cept the papers in the registry office. . Fireman McGann was buried under a falling wall and killed. It is believed -another man is in the ruins. The whole sky is aflame. It is stated that the light of the conflagration con-flagration can be seen at Blaine and out on the gulf. |