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Show $105,000 DAMAGE iW niy ill fi Explosion Wrecks Labora tory of Dykes Manufac turmg Comp? ny WATCHMAN IS MISSING Firemen Search Debris but Find Nothing, Cause of Blaze Is a Mystery A re w ta ed n the abora o of eDe Lnea one-ao 11a ufac u ng on pan at 0 o ock t s norn ng and h as o o ed b an e p os on of i oho aused a rrop er ob est n a d b ov-ne of the p op e of $10o U00 I was eporte a Vi n Hov. e 334 East Fou h Sou st eet n ha e been k ed n he p os on bu t e cot on h e n an ep e actln- as watchman was foun uno p ed by e f eman a.nd a thou Howe could not he oca ted t was be e ed hat he was not n he bu d ng a e t ne HI C o e of he LHkes con pan hove er was o ce an hat joun, Howe was bu ed n he u ns of he abora o t lat a crew of f en en began to d g nto the debr s At 4 30 ocok th s mo n ng- tl e f e men were sat sf ed that Ho e was not n the ru ns If he cannot be oca ed h s morn ng the search 11 be on ued T e p n pa damage ca sed by the fire was to he abo a o of M do er who ca med at s nst jmen s and aborato y equ pment was wor h $90 000 and was un naured Mr C o e ad that a 1 of h 9 nstruments had been mported f om Be gium and cou d not be re paced un af er the war Eu ope s ended Fo ow ny the ex plos on n U e Pvkes abo atory the fre sp ead. to the a jacent prope cau nf, a dan age of $3000 to the Acme Vh te Lead & Co or wo ks and s ght damage to the Cen a E ectrtc company and he Be ha Wa. ner ch na shop The loss to the two atte and o other property owne s on acco n of shattered wlndo pass was est mated o amount to about $ 000 The bu d ngs themselves a e owned by forme Senator Joseoh L. Raw ns wh ch accord ng to the es mate of C ef t H By w ate were damaged to an extent of $ 0 000 The danage o the bu d ncs and to e Acme W h e Lead t Coo orks s fu co p ed by nsu ance j The eTac cause of the f e could not be ea ned by Chief Bywa er last n ght Patrolman X Wagren wa at Second Sou h and S a e st eets and heard the ep os on and then saw t e blaze He tu ned in an a arm Res den s In the mmed ate ic n t of the fi e a so tele phoned the department and a general a a m was turned n "U hen tl e department arr ved the bu d ng when con ta ned the laboratorj was a mass of flames and It appea ed as though the entire sect on was doomed The f remen had a dozen streams on the fames w th n a few moments and within twenty minutes the f e had been concen ; t a ed and was under ont o Wa chman G F V. h e said that he had t ed a t e doo a of he Ea t Broad wa o es en m nutes befo e the ep o son bu saw noth ng that wou d ndt cate a f e |