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Show THOUSANDS IDE HiELfSS BY FIRE DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE SWEEPS MANILA, CAUSING LOSS OF THREE MILLION DOLLARS. Razed Area Consists Mostly of Small Native Structures Occupied as Dwellings and Stores, Extending Extend-ing Over Thirty Acres. Manila. 1'. I. Fifteen thousand persons per-sons were made homeless here in a fire. The fire was the most destructive destruc-tive here in more than twenty years. It destroyed ."000 houses in the northern north-ern secrion of the city, a native quarter quar-ter known as the San Lazaro district. Two bodies were found Saturday in tbe ruins. Police estimate the loss at S.'l.OOti,-000. S.'l.OOti,-000. The razed area consisted mostly, of small native structures occupied as dwellings and stores. It extended over thirty acres. American sailors from the flagship Huron of the Asiatic fleet anil American Amer-ican soldiers from the Manila barracks bar-racks were cheered as they marched 1 into the burning district to assist in fighting the flames. They razed houses surrounding the burning area, making a fire break which halted the progress of the fire. lied Cross workers before daylight began assembling food and clothing for the homeless, most of whom spent the night in vacant lots. An initial appropriation of $10,000 was made by the city council for relief work, and subscriptions have been opened. Search in tbe ruins revealed bodies of Zosine Santos and his 12-year-old nephew, clasped in each other's arms and encircled by the iron hoops of a large water barrel. It is believed that when their escape was cut off by flames, they took refuge in the barrel, bar-rel, filled with water, hoping to save their lives. The wooden staves burned. |