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Show TORNADO OF FIRE. ! Over Sl,000,mi! J.o-t U'ltliln Three ITouw Jn New orlt. New York, Dee. 5. In a blinding rainstorm the ma -:sive block of buddings budd-ings on limaii-.vay, Nos. to 2.'. and I included lK.-f.ve-n Murray and Warren I lr:ts, was almost destroyed by fire, j Within three hours more than a million mil-lion dollars' worth of property was destroyed. de-stroyed. The (ire he-van in the five-story brick building occupied by tin: men's furnishing fur-nishing firm of lingers, 1'eet Co., on the soutlr.'.e.t corner of Proadway and Warren streets. Adjoining the Rog-ers-Pcet building ami south of it was the magnificent white building of the Home Idle Insurance company, and next to this was the brown-stone, building build-ing of the Postal Telegraph company, erected at a cost of millions, only a few years ago. Within a few minutes after the discovery dis-covery of the fire, the Rogers-Peet building was a roaring furnace, and an alarm had been turned in, which brought more than a score of engines to the scene. It was but a short time when the flames had eaten through the wall of the Home Life building, and were roaring high above that lofty structure. Thousands of people had gathered on the .scene, and the blinding' glare of the flames lit up the lower part of the city. Even in the downpour the great crowds of people grew, and the police reserves were called out from many stations and kept the people back for blocks. Great showers'of sparks were carried in all directions by the gale, that blew sixty miles an hour. It was a picturesque Are. Chief lionner and several insurance insur-ance men place the entire loss at St, 000,000. |