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Show World's Fair Building Destroyed by Fire. Tho Missouri state building at tha World's Fair was destroyed by flro Saturday night, resulting from tho explosion ex-plosion of a hot water heater In tho basement. Instantly tho flames shot up through tho rotunda, and tho north wing and cupola were a solid mass of flames within ten minutes after tho explosion. ex-plosion. Tho loss canot bo estimated accurately, owing to tho temporary nature na-ture of tho construction material, which bai no salvage valuo. The principal loss Is In tho contents of the building. The building cost $145,000. and in tho building were $7C,000 worth of furnishings, tho most valuable ot which were portraits of former Mis-sourl Mis-sourl governors and supromo Judges. Thoso cannot bo replaced. |