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Show Blaze Had Lasted Long. A delegation of officials of fire departments de-partments of western cities was on a visit to fire headquarters in New York city a few days ago and their talk turned upoon lg fires In their experience. experi-ence. "We had a big fire In our city a fw years go. Th blaze wasn't entirely en-tirely extinguished for nearly a week." said one of the vi Itors. "A week may Mcm long In some cases, li-.it we b.i.d a fire In this rl;y that v ; t,t t xdr g :lf l vd In two years." said Coii.u.is: lonr WaUo with a smile. "It was only the ether day that I ordered n fi:tltrit up to Hiker's Island Is-land In :he East Hivr to throw wat-r on a five that startid two years ago The fir wns in the ground th-tt had ben reclaimed from the water by duici ir-g cinders and other refuse from th rlT. In n I'e of thi ra!n p.nd water the i;n J.-rcroun I fire ban persisted. Th red i' tit n of the cln 'er$ and rc?ue to ai-hes has caused the ground to kink " |