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Show CONEY ISLAND MAS A FIRE New York, Sept, 5 The great crowd that thronged Coney Island last night had an aJdcd attraction provided for its entertainment shortly before midnight, mid-night, when fire started on the second sec-ond tloor of the "House Upside-down," a two and a halt story frame structure struc-ture which stands on Its roof and points its cellar at the stars, while all the furniture and appurtcpances are upside down. The fire started in the garret or ground floor and. spread rapidly. For a time It looked as If there might be a aorious conflagration, as the Steeple-chase Steeple-chase baths, just to the north, and a big picnic pavillf n -to tho south, were threatened. The blaze was finally extinguished ex-tinguished with a loss of 4,000. rt |