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Show THOUSAND HOUSES DESTROYED BY FIRE Loss of (12,500,000 Reported Report-ed in Tokio Dispatch TOKIO, March II By lha Aese-rlaied Aese-rlaied Proesi. Ktre which for a Urns Imperiled the entire city of Toklo Mat-urday Mat-urday nlshl destroyed 1 sua bemea In lha north weal part of lha city. Injured In-jured 111 per eon a. made thouaanda homeleaa, and caused a maa estimated ai about il.oeve. included m the property destroyed were three hoepl-tala. hoepl-tala. a bank and aaveral largo bual-neaa bual-neaa houaea. Kur four hours a violent wind drove tha flaniea toward the heart of lha city, causing k panic. Four Ihouaand troops aided Ihe fireman, but It waa only when lha wind let down that their efforte succeeded. Mienea of terror were wltneaaea In many eertlnna. 'treats ware rhnked with despairing refugees from the districts dis-tricts stricken, accompanied by carta loaded with furniture, the ronfueton being Increased by elghieeera. Many of the half frosen fugitives bora Infants. In-fants. The mounted police bad great difficulty In restraining Incipient panics. The Imperial gardens ware opened lo the euffarera. The fire burned so fiercely and with such brightness that tha ekiea wars Illuminated by a fiery halo, vlsibls fur hundreds of mllea Tho diet sdjnumed when the fire's threatening nature was reported. |