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Show ' FIX III ST. LOUIS i EOS FOOil ELOCKS ST. LOUIS. Jua H Losses eonserve- Uvly estimated at mora than tl.00o.0o0 , war euataHMd la a ft re which raaed for tour hour last nlsht In a manufacturing 4 - dtatrlot bord.rlna for tour blocka th ': terminal rallroa rarrSs In th aouthwaat-j aouthwaat-j arm amrt at the city. The elants nf the Huttla Bssh 4 Dnnr eomnenv, Pathmaa sV Miller Planlna Mill eompanr. MlMourl Stair company. Koken i Iron works, a subsidiary of the American 'V Bride eompanr. and the Mound City I Box company wara practically wtpd out. ' Wht aooaara to ba tha moat rallabla Information concamlnir tha orlrln of tha 1 ftra Is that It startM In tha Huttl plant froai a snark am It ted by a sarltchuui lo- oomotlva. . f .Twvnty4va anirlna eompanlao and all pvatiaola plna llnaa of tha city Ara da-V da-V part merit wara amployad la battllnsr wltk tha Ora. That thra wara no aocldants la cnitsidarad ramarkahia, as tha crowd of Boaciatnrs. axcadiiur lO.ooo, conara-aatad conara-aatad la tha railroad yards whara switch " analnaa. wars hurryinjr to and fra pull- In rolllna stock out of roach of tha flamaa. Tha crush of snactatora baoasM ao irraat that pollca rsasrvaa wara d!a-patchad d!a-patchad to tha acana- to ctoar tha tracks for faat mall trains, which wara daiayad an hour or so. Tha tanants of mora than fifty flat and dwslllnas laft thalr domlcllaa. carrina ail -thay could of thalr poaaesslons. This azodus waa found I tar to hava basil orl-nacassary. orl-nacassary. aa vaarin winds carrlsd tha flaraas ln anothar dlractloK. I |