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Show uu Business Block Swept Away.inia Spectacular Spectacu-lar Blaze Omaha, April 13 Tho fire whlcii carl this morning swept away one of the principal business blocks In tho ret-all section ol the cit. caiibcd a loss of probably $350,000 and put out or businera several Important retail re-tail concerns. Tho largest or the banks of the city was at one time threatened with destruction and only extraordinary efforts on tho part of tho fire department, the entiic forre of which, Including the day shift, had responded to a general alarm, prevented pre-vented a much larger loss. The firo was the most spectacular seen In the city for years and at one time, when a large stock of fireworks began to oxplodo, nearly caused a street panic' among' the, thou?auda who had gathered to see tho conflagration, Manager Harmon of the MeCroy company's 5 and 10 cent store was dangerously cut by flying glass when he rushed Into tho store and secure 1 $1,100 in currency which was protected protect-ed only by a cash register. |