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Show A TEN MILLION DOLLAR FIRE. Wholesale District of Toronto Almost Entirely Wiped Out. Klro, which swept through tho wholcsalo business district ot Toronto, Ont., on Tuesday night, caused a loss which will probably rench $10,000,000. Tho flro started In a factory In Wellington Well-ington street about 9 o'clock.. In less than an hour tho flames had Bproad from building to building on both sides of tho street, until tho wholo block was a mass of flames and tho flro was uttorly bejord control ot tho local department. de-partment. Appeals woro sent to every surrounding sur-rounding city whoro flro npparatus could bo obtained, asking for assistance. assist-ance. Montreal, London, Hamilton aud lluffalo at onco responded. Chief Thompson of tho flro department and Goorgo Dowkes of Montreal uoro cut off by tho tlames whllo directing tho work of firemen from a roof. Thompson Thomp-son Jumped six stories to tho ground and miraculously escaped with a broken log. A mass of tangled wires broko his fall near tho ground. Dowkes has r.ot boen seen stneo, and It la bolloved ho porlshcd. |