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Show Arsenal in Flames. Rock Island, Kl.. Feb. 12. Shop A, the principal storehouse of tn Hoc Island arsenal, was destroyed last night by lire, together with its contents, which included cavalry and infantry equlDments of every description, and .a million rounds of Krag-Jorgensen smokeless ammunition. The building was a nassive structure, three stories in height, and was erected twenty years ago at a cost of $400,000. The flames in the great institution endangered en-dangered property worth many times the amount lost. The fire was under control by t o'clock this morning, at which hour Maj. Blunt, the commandant, estimated the loss at Jl.900.000. There were no casualties casual-ties so far aa known. |