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Show ST. LOUIS, Juno 15. Losses conservatively con-servatively estimated at more than ?1.000,00u were sustained In a . lire' which raged for four hours tonight iu a manufacturing district bordering for four blocks tho Terminal railroad yards in tho southwestern part of the city. Tho plants of tho Iluttlg Sash & Door company, Fathman & Mlllor Planing Mill company? Missouri Stall-company, Stall-company, Koken Iron Works, a subsidiary sub-sidiary of tho American Brldgo company, com-pany, and the Mound City Box company com-pany were practically wiped ouL What appears to bo tho most reliable relia-ble information concerning the origin of the flro is that It started in the HuttJg plant irom a spark emitted by a switching locomotive ' Ten Thousand Spectators. Twenty-five' engine companies and , all available pipe lines of tho city fire department wore employed in battling with the fire. That there wero no ac- i cidents is considered remarkable, as tho crowd of spectators exceeded ten thousand, congregating In tho rail- road yards, whore switch engines were ' hurrying to and fro pulling rolling stock out of reach of the flames. Tho crush of spectators became so great ' that police reserves were dispatched to tho scene to clear Xhe tracks for ' fast mall trains, which were delayed an hour or two. The tenants of more than fifty flats J and dwellings left their domiciles carrying car-rying all they could of their possessions. posses-sions. This exodus was found later ! to have been unnecessary, as veering winds carried tho flames in another direction. oo i |