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Show YILLAGE OF HO OYER, OREGON, IS BURNED ALBANY, Or.. Aug. 1. Probably the entire village of Jloovcr. the eastern terminus of the Corvnllis & Eastern railroad, rail-road, fifty-seven miles cast of -Albany, was destroyed by fire late today. The loss Is over $100,000. No direct report from the stricken town "has been received since i o'clock tonight. At that hour the big sawmill, lumber yard, hotel and several dwellings had burned and the flro was still spreading. Trenches were beliiK dug around the town to prevent the riro spreading Into tho rich belt of timber adjoining. |