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Show IU ULU I IIU 1 LU " PAGKING PLANT Q OUR PLANT SUFFERS E8TI-ATED E8TI-ATED LOSS OF $2,000,000 IN CONFLAGRATION S Weather and Low Water J) fl rssaure Hamper Battle; Men Froren to Hors Lines n As They Work '. aha. A flro fiercely burning " . which is declared by votoran ng men to be tho most dostruc- Clre in tho history ot Amorlca's ng Industry, Wednesday des-d des-d the nine-story buildings, 17, id 10, In tho Armour, & Co.'s In South Omaha, causing an cs-ed cs-ed loss of 12,000,000, and throw- U I lore thnn 1000 men temporarily t work. a a ursday morning twonty-ono flro 1 1 antes, undor the direction of Kiro M nlssloner Hopkins, who has been 1 0 scono since 8 o'clock Wedncs-nornlng, Wedncs-nornlng, were concentrating all s on the brick flro wall protoct utlding No. i!0, one ot tho lard )rles, 3. Willis, general manager of tho U. a , declared that the fire started T ) ninth story or building 10, from octlvo elevator motor, early Wed-y Wed-y morning. When tho firemen ed tho sceno thoy experienced Repl; difficulty in making wator con- ns, bocnusn of tho sub-Koro lor, it was said. Low pressuro sr hlndred thorn in fighting nines, tho streams baroly reach-10 reach-10 sixth story at times. Huge . 1 of lard, which molted and ran . ' tho buildings llko liquid, nulll- ' ho efforts ot the tlroracn. "h"w Ituatlon Point to Brief War tW.. |