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Show KV , HOLOCAUST IS POSSIBLE. ! Bg President of Insurance Company Says H "God Help us If New York Has a HHa Fire Like San Francisco." kkS Now York ,Jan. G. Tho Moirltt H i joint legislative committee of inquiry B aljourned slno dlo today, still with no word from tho missing city chathbur- lain, Charles II .Hyde. Hag John Smith, his secretary .testified VB that bo did lot'know where Mr. Hyde VB The closing hours of tho session HH i wo'-u glen today to fire 'insurance. Vfl ' Harold Derrick, president of tho Nl- HBf i agnra Fire Insurance company, told I & tho commltteo that New York 'may soo i" BUC, ,, fro ns devastated San Fran- Vm ii VJ "A holocaust In New York," he said, VM "is quite within the bounds of possi- H hillty .We'hnvo an excellent tiro de- SB partmeut and an efficient chief, and lSJ thus far they hae Jumped on every iVM ' flro aud put it out: hut no fire do- jVt partmeut ovw extinguished such a VM conflagration nnco It got under way. VtjT It only ceased when It reached a HjHj t a natural obstacle. SjV "If Now Yoik over has a fire liko lVJ $,. San Francisco, God help us. There BH Ms ' would not he a solvent Insurance com- H '' pany left In tho world. No ono could VM compute the billions of loss." H Hurried chiip construction hy spec- H ulutors and poorly Installed heating VJ plantB, said Mr. Herrick, v,oro respon- H sible for ana-third of all fires, and a lSJ creator share of their spread. |