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Show Packing Plaiif Destroyed by lire Flames in Branch House o Cudahy & Co., Los Angeles, Cause S300,000 Loss. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. May 21. Fire tonight to-night dostroyed the local branch packing-house- of tho Cudahy Packing Pack-ing company, located near tho Los Angeles river bottoms. The loss Is estimated esti-mated at about J300.000 and tho Insuranco at $3S.009. The lire broke out In tho lard department and spread with romarknble speed and when the lire department reaohed tin- scene tho big building were blazing fiercely. A call was sent In for all the englneH available, but notwithstanding notwith-standing ini- greatest elfort possible by the entlro fire dopartmunt the buildings could not be saved. Tho cnUro plant wus valued at 5-WO.00O and It was estimated by th manager of the branch house that tho loss will total three-fourths of that yum. The Insurance Is glvon as S2C0.00O. distributed distri-buted among a number of companies. The causo of tin lire 16 unknown. |