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Show TENANTS DRIVEN OUT BY FLAMES New York, Jan 12. The" overturning overturn-ing of a pan of grease In a bowery restaurant early today caused a fire which droe two thousand tenement dwellers into the street, tied up elevated ele-vated railroad traffic for several hours and threatened for a time to wipe out an entire block of tenements tene-ments and lodging houses in the most densely populated section of New York When the flames were finally under un-der control, after an hour of hard work by an entire battalion, the total damage was declared to bo less than $20,000 Two buildings four stories in height wore destroyed, but fire officials of-ficials explained that as in tho case of the Equitable building, the land was worth more without these incumbrances. |