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Show oosTi Hlion Dollar Property Destroyed. Three People Lose Lives in Fira Which Destroyed Grain Elevator. Ocean Steamship Tied at Wharf Also Takes Fire, and Several of tho Crew Aro Missing. BOSTON, July 5. Threo lives arc said to have been lost during a fire which destroyed tho grain elevator and three freight hou&es of the Boston & Maine Railroad company com-pany on Mystic wharf, Charlestown, late today. The Allan liner Austrian was tied at the wharf when the fire broke out and caught fire, and much of her upper worko was burned. She was towed away from the wharf by tugs while still ablaze, and a panic followed among the crew. A dozen of the crew Jumped overboard, and three are said to have been drowned. Others are missing. The los3 will reach $1,000,000. At 8:30 o'clock the fire was under control. |