| Show 1 I 1 THOUSANDS HOMELESS FIRE WIPES NORWAY TOWN FROM FACE OF EARTH the eleven cleven thousand inhabitants are arg compelled to camp out only one building in town bing saved the fire which swept ovar the town of norway sunday morning destroyed every building in it with t the exception of the hospital the inhabitants of Aale sund compelled to camp in the open as only a few damaged and un inhabit able bouses houses were left standing the I 1 children of the town had to be housed temporarily in the church at borgund the panic among the people was so great after the outbreak out breall ot of the flames that all attempts at leadership or discipline became out of the ques tion no excesses a forever ever were nvere corn com bitted the destruction pf the town was complete within a couple of hour hours from the time the fire started over twenty steam fishing boats and many sailing smacks were sunk in the harbor in ordet to save them from the flames it Is believed now that only three persons lost their lives succor has arrived and provisions arp are being distributed relief committees have been formed and have invited public subscriptions A majority of the inhabitants of the town lost everything they possessed thousands of persons had to spend twenty four hours in the open fields where they were without food and ex posed to a bitterly cold wind and a driving rainstorm |
