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Show EIRE STARTS IN KEROSENE STOCK Of United States Com-missory Com-missory Department; Proves Disastrous. COLON, May 80, I a. m. Fire started at 8:30 this morning among the stock of kerosene belonging to the United States Commissary department, fifty yards back of ths main commissary building where over half a million dollars' worth of goods are stored. The origin of the fire Is not known. ' Efforts are being made to confine the flames to the spot where they broke out snd prevent them from reaching the main commissary building, but water up to this hour has been lacking and there is a possibility pos-sibility of an extensive conflagration. |