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Show aati'iiiiat'a ii nr. lull lloa l-rnnlellrmtrrtd llouislrss lis Muslteton. MlTSiiraax, Mich., May 17. Tha firemen continued to hatllu tho flames till daylight, when they were practically practi-cally extinguished. Men, women and children continued lo search In tho neighborhood of their recent home for what might havo escaped lire and water, Tnu coplo w hoso hornet were saved welcomed tho rich and tmor alike, providing quartern until otliert could be socured. There wat open-hearted open-hearted synintby on nvtry liauil and nearly all the homeless onea wore pro-vldtel pro-vldtel with shelter, Inn fuwcattMlhu hoinoless jaioplo slept out of doom In tents. An yet there Is uo general movement move-ment looking to the ratal ug of funds for trio distressed, but this will ho dono tomorrow, to-morrow, as soon as the excitement subsides, sub-sides, Ono of the most cosily buildings Isirneil was tho stonn courlhouse, Tha largu vaults, containing all the Imiwr-taut Imiwr-taut documents, are supposed toliavu stood thu ordeal. The i'm'jj Ctmnicte started n relief fund for the destitute, ami sums forwarded to that paper will be ncktowledgcd and turneil uver to the relief commltteii to bo exjieuded among tliodoetliutc,' The thing overwhlcli all tho (coplo rejoice Is that no huiiisu lives were lost. A larga number of horses, cows, etc., which were lu barns, could not Iki saved. Hoveral explosion! occurred lu tho burning buildings, but no one was injured, although several fireman bad their banda aud facet ao seriously tcnrcbisd that they had to to removed. It is Impossible as yet to gtvu any Accurate Ihrurca on tho lotse and Insurance. In-surance. Tho total loss, insurance muu aay, will easily Iwto00,i) aud the Insurance In-surance .100,000. th: toss. (liu.Mi ItAi'ius, Msy 17. Thn 'cm-ocruf't 'cm-ocruf't Muskegon siecal says: l'ully tiK) jieoptn have been rendered homo-lest homo-lest by yeaterday't fire. Thu lost la estimated a llireoquarters of a million dollars, with only ono-thlrd lnsurnc. Many of thoao burned out wero or people, who lost their all, Tho soctlon burned la alwut threo-fourths of a mllo long and two blocks wide, and contained con-tained twenty blocks. |