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Show ARMY AIR FIELD HIT BY $1,000,000 FIRE RANTOUL. Ill, Jan. 16 lA-A three-man board of Inquiry met today to-day to determine the cause of a fire which last night rased three buildings at Chanuts field, midwest training station of ths United State army air corps, causing dsmsg estimated by army officials at more than 11.000.000. Ths supply depot, gusrd house and fire department were destroyed by th flames, which spread out of control shortly after they were discovered dis-covered by one of the post's guards. "Our los will be well over a million mil-lion doliara In supplies slone," said Lieutenant O. E. Henderson, post adjutant. Ths wooden buildings were constructed con-structed in 191T as temporary structure struc-ture and no estimate of their value was given by the post commandant. |