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Show FIRE DESTROYS U. S. SHELL PLANT MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 1 The shell plant of the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery companv was destroyed by fire here today, to-day, with a loss estimated at srO0,CK0, fully covered by insurance. One man lost his life, being burned to death. Gas and oil, used extensively in the j plant, caused numerous explosions and i made it difficult for firemen to fight the i blaze. A high wind threatened for a time to spread the flames to a near-by elevator eleva-tor containing 1.000.000 bushels of grain. After a preliminary investigation officers of the company and police and firemen said they did not. believe the fire was of an incendiary origin. Fifteen hundred men employed at the plant were thrown out of work as a result of the fire. |