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Show FIRE SWEEPS IDAHO TOWN. Leading Business Establishments Lose Heavily in Conflagration. Filer, Ida. Damage estimated at more than $300,000 resulted here September Sep-tember 17, when practically the entire business district was wiped out by fire. Cause of the blaze has not been determined, deter-mined, but it started in the basement of the Filer Mercantile company. Before Be-fore any effort to combat the flames could be made it had spread to surrounding sur-rounding buildings and the entire town seemed to he burning. Efforts to combat the flames were not effective on account of the low-pressure low-pressure of the water system, and the main buildings that were on fire before be-fore efforts to stop the blaze could be started were doomed from the first. Many are of the opinion that it was of incendiary origin, although no evidence evi-dence to substantiate this theory has yet been produced. Insurance was carried on most ol the buildings', but it is difficult to estimate es-timate the extent of the damage until all reports are made. Many professional profes-sional men and others lived in rooms above the store buildings and practical:;.- all of their personal belongings were lost and wore not covered by insurance. |