Show Midnight Blaze Largest Blaze Largest Years Lights up MOt Most fLo I LONDON March 14 Scat AP-Scat- flames and embers embers em- em bers remained at daylight today of ofa ofa a fire which f for r heat and light emited and space covered is the largest London ha has seen seen in twenty years A strong easterly wind picked up the blaze on th the outskirts of at ata a fac- fac tory district on the south southbank bank of the Thames shortly after midnight this mornIng And spread It quickly to neighboring factories s Paint and varnish afforded aCCorded considerable con readily combustible material material mate mate- rial which ignited easily an and caused con I I great alarm In the sec t ns Efficient woric orIc ot of firemen however k kept pt the flame from I sl spreading to residential sections Most of 1011 wag liras lit lit up by the blaze and crowded crowdell to nearby streets to to watch atch the dis- dis play pla Police Pollee had bad to bloCk streets with cars an and to keep spectators spec spec- spec spec-I from comIng too near The Theair air w was s filled with flyIng fragments while the rOar ot of the lames flames and the crash of falling r roofs and walls waIls made an accompanying din Hundreds of firemen lal laid twenty I miles of hose to fight the blaze ot of damage was pos pos- I early t today n |