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Show . :-wmm mm - ... : - Only the Fact That Wind BIovs in Direction Di-rection of Harbor Prevents Great Loss in Business District- Several Men Injured and Horses Burned. , Fire in a wharf warehouse in Boston this morning, t hreatened, millions of dollars' worth of damge. Only a j favorable wind prevented a tremendous loss. An explosion explo-sion of an oil tank caused the blaze. . ; Several drays, laden with wool, were set afire, "and a J number of drivers and warehouse employees were slightly ! turned. More than a dozen horses attached to these wagons were burned so bapUy that they had to be shot. I ! BOSTON, APRIL 16. MILLIONS I OF DOLLARS' WORTH OF PROP-! PROP-! ERTY WAS ENDANGERED TODAY i ' BY A FIRE THAT BROKE OUT IN ! A CENTRAL .WHARF WAREHOUSE, BUT OWING TO THE FACT THAT ! THE WIND WAS BLOWING IN THE INDIRECTION OF THE HARBOR, THE ' FIREMEN WERE ABLE TO CON-V'nNE CON-V'nNE THE FLAMES AND PREVENT ( THEIR SPREADING TOWARDS THE j CITY. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE OIL REFINING "PLANT Of HOWE, FRENCH & CO, AND WAS CAUSED BY THE EXPLOSION OF AN OIL TANK. The explosion burst open the doors and windows of the building, and sheets of flame, fed by burning ou, shot across the wharf, scorching the sheds of the Boston and Philadelphia Steamship company on the opposite side. Several drays, laden with wool, cotton cot-ton and general merchandise, were set on fire by, the sudden outbreak' of the blase. More than a dozen horses attached at-tached to wagons were burned so badly that they had to be shot. Several drivers and warehouse employees were slightly burned. Three firms were burned out the General Oil company, the Borne-Sehrymser Borne-Sehrymser company, oil refiners, and Howe, French & Co. The property loss is estimated at $100,000. |