Show HALF HLF MILLION MILLON DOLLAR FIRE Cloverport Ky Almost Wiped Out of Existence THOUSAND PEOPLE l IO HOMELESS nele Sent From Mil Million 1 lion huh of ot Tobacco ere Iro lie He le lt lif Iy tile Cloverport Ky Icy 1 March K Tho bursting of n it natural gas gan pipe pi po at lt mid midnight night started a n fire Oro that destroyed de pr perly worth a I half million dollars Tho The greater part of ot this tills little town toI was wea completely wiped out and over a I thousand persons about B bl t tIle tho tl population are aro homeless and Ind were vere In Iii I Great creat distress until a it I special relief train tram from Louisville readied reached here The Tue fh heaviest loser Is tho tile American Tobacco co company which lost two large laigo stern stem merles and amid nl ono one million of tobacco co The Tho loss 1053 has not been I Bucket Ducket brigades were wel formed and lne men anti women alike Ilk fought the time homes llames James valiantly 1 1 nn t but to no purpose Exhausted I women and chill chil children dren Iren huddled In ill II little groups grups wherever shelter heler could bo ho found from rom the tile biting cold coll of the tile night n ht anti and early morning Neighboring Nel towns were asked for tor as ns assistance In iii II fighting tho the lire fire tro but bl rc It Jt could be 0 rendered tho the high wind what had swept opt tho tIm lames flames through tho tito place molting tho the domination complete As soon as ns the tho management of the tiit he Louisville Henderson St 81 Louis rail railroad ri railroad roa road learned that hundreds of people were homeless they thoy ordered available coaches between and lien Hen Henderson lon derson demon hurried to Cloverport and ond In II these the unfortunates will wi for tor the tho time being make malic their theli thel homes Tho Time manage management ment also Ilso sent 50 loaves ves of oC bread and ether food too Not a it store was Ins left lef In inthe th the town tWI where a I mouthful of ot food to could be ho obtained len Gen Murray telegraphed that COO 00 tents had been shipped from Crol Frankfort and the tho author luthor IU at lt Louisville wired that a n train trainload traInload load loal of f relief supplies quickly gathered would leave leno at It noon M At noon the lIre fire III was tas still etl burning In but little Is left lef for It t to devour the few rew remaining houses being went sCat sCattered anti and away any from tram time the business and residence re section of ot the tho town towo lucre here were ere n a I tots few minor accidents but so Sl S1 far tor as aa n known lown no one was sort seri seriously cushy Injured |