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Show MARINES A3 FIREMEN. . Help Put Out Fire at Leagaje Island Navy Yard. PHILADELPHIA, Dec 81. Hundreds Hun-dreds of marines and sailors, bucket. in hand, aided -he navy yard fire de-jcrtment de-jcrtment and the crew of the Government Govern-ment tut, Modo: In fighting two small fires of mysterious origin at League Island; eparka from which threatened to destroy the great dr dock ln course Of construction The fires started within an hour of each other on the platform of a wooden wood-en crane on the tank to the west of the dry dock. The crane, "75 feet high, wa- saved by a party of marines who climbed up tha blazing ntructuic and fought the fire at close range Four marines were overcome by smoke and two sailors from th-j Denver, Den-ver, ln their eagerness to reach th.-scene, th.-scene, tell Into the river. They were rescued. Rear-Admiral Dickens, the com-mandanc. com-mandanc. probably will appoint a board of Inquiry and have a thorough Investigation Inves-tigation made as to the cause of the toes The- marine guard was at one doubled |