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Show HALF MILLION DOLLAR FIRE IN SPRINGFIELD Springfield, Mo., June 9. Flro which started In tho basement ot a department store hero this morning within two hours destroyed a row of buildings on the public square causing caus-ing damage estimated at several hundred hun-dred thousand dollars. At 8:30 the flro still was raging but It was believed believ-ed to be under control. The flro got beyond tho control ot the firemen because of low water pressure. Fifteen buildings soon were destroyed with all their contents and tho entire northeast section of the square was In ruins. BefoTO noon the flro was extinguished extinguish-ed and the loss was estimated at 1500,000. |