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Show STUBBORN BLAZE IS FOUGHT IN GOTHAM firemen, Soldiers and Civilians Aid in Putting Out Fire in Industrial Section of New York. ' HOBOKEN, N. J., Jan. 4. Firemen, United States soldiers and civilians, aided by New York fireboats and railroad rail-road tugs, brought a stubborn blaze under control after a fight of several hours in the heart of the industrial section sec-tion paralleling the government eon-trolled eon-trolled water front here today. A six-story manufacturing plant containing con-taining paper and other mill supplies owned by the Gatti-McQuade company was destroyed with an estimated property prop-erty loss of $250,000. Numerous small fires, caused by sparks carried by a fortv-mile wind, were checked. Fireboats reached Hoboken after cutting cut-ting their way through the Hudson river ice and prevented the fire, from spreading spread-ing to a number of ships loading with war supplies. About one thousand soldiers guarded the districts and civilians were called on for patrol duty. A munitions factory in the vicinity was not touched by the flames. |