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Show SERIOUS FIRE HITS SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO, CaL. Oct. 21 (U.II) Damage was estimated at over $1,000,000 today in a fire which threatened an entire block in San Diego's downtown business district early today and destroyed two department de-partment stores. Origin of the fire was undertermined. Guilford Whitney, manager of Whitney's Department store, where the fire reached its height, said $500,000 worth of Christmas stock was destroyed and a $100, v "000 'addition, under' construction, . was ruined. Losses from other stock damaged would bring Whitney's Whit-ney's total loss to nearly $1,000,000 he estimated. Joseph Low, manager of the National Na-tional Dollar Stores branch estimated esti-mated losses there would amount to approximately $300,000. |