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Show WHILE FfREMEH CELEBRATED FIERCE FIRE BROKE OUT Three Blocks In Heart of Commercial District of New Orleans Burned, Causing Loss of Over Million. Now Orleans Flro which broko out In the center of tho commercial district dis-trict Sunday afternoon swept over I onions of three blocks, destroying n largo number of wholesale houses, innnufitcturlug houses nnd stores. Originating nt Illonevlllo and Clmrlcs r-t roots, tho flames worked tholr way north oh far as Contl Btrect and went to Hoynl, with a loss of between ono nnd two million dollars, before tho Humes woro finally subdued. At tho tlmo tho alarm wbh turned In, shortly beforo 3 o'clock, tho Now Orlenns llrcmen wore In tho midst of tnelr annual picnic nt n suburban nrk and tho engines and patrols responded re-sponded with a more handful of men. It was fully nn hour before tho department de-partment was In u position to mnko nnythliig Ilka a successful light gainst tho fire, nnd even then tho hnndlcnp ngnhiBt It was ndded to by nn Inadequnto supply of water. Tho flro wns ono of tho most spectacular spec-tacular Hint has occurred In Now Orleans Or-leans during recent years. Two warehouses, lllled with wines pnd liquors, woro among the buildings build-ings destroyed. Ilarrols of whiskey r.nd brandy exploded with thunderous roars which could bo heard for blocks nnd which shook tho walla of adjoining adjoin-ing buildings nnd endangered tho lives of firemen engaged In fighting tho flames. It wns not until several hours had elnpsod that tiro flro was rotten under control, nnd even then t continued to burn well Into tho eight. |