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Show BIG BLAZE VISITS ' GITY OF PROVIDENCE Frames Destroy Property Valu6d at SSOO,000 in the Hhodo Island CapitaL PROVIDENCE, R. I., May 1. Loss of ?600,0DO was occassloncd by fire that broko out In the building oc- cupled by the Anthon & Cowoll Furniture company at 9 o'clock last night. The flro was under control at 2 o'clock this morning. The building, a six story structure extending from Woybosset to Chapel streets was gutted. gut-ted. The loss to tho firm la estimated at half a million dollars, whilo the damage dam-age to tho building Itself Is 5100,000. Tho Are was thought to havo bebn under control at midnight but later It broke out afresh and gave the entire fire departtment the hardest fight Is has had In years. 'The Household Furniture Fur-niture company, which occupies an ad-Joining ad-Joining building, suffered considerable loss through smoke and water. |