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Show topnado or nnc. Over Hl.ooo.ooo lot WIlhtathrK Iloort lu . tork. New York, Dc.S. In blinding ntlntlorm tho matslvo block of build-lng build-lng on Ilroadtvay, No. 1 to 1J0, and included lietween Murray and Warren streets, wat almost destroyed by fire. Within three hour more than n, million mil-lion dollart' worth of properly wo de-alroyed. de-alroyed. The fire began In tho five-story brick building occupied by tho men's fur- ntthlng firm of Roger, lVet A. Co., on the toulhwetl cornerof llrondway and Varren street. Adjoining tho llog-ere-reet building nnd south of it wa i the tnngnlflcent white building of tho Home Life Inturanco company, and next lo thlt was tho brown-ttone build- I ing of tho 1'osUl Telegraph company, erected at acott of mllllont.only a few yetrt ago. Within a few mtnutet afUr the dl-eovery dl-eovery of tho Ore, the llogers-l'cet building wa n roaring furnace, and an alarm hail been turned in, which brought more than a score of engine to the scene. It wat but n short tlnio when the flame had eaten through the wall of tho Homo Ufa building, and were roaring high above that lofty ttructure. Thousand! of people had gathered on tho scene, and the blinding glare of thu Home lit up tho loner part of the city, liven In the downpour tho great crowd of people grew, and tho pollco reserve were called out from many atattun and kept tho people back for blocks, flmat ahotvert of spark were carried In all direction by the gnlc, that blow sixty I miles nil hour. It wa a picturesque Are. Chief llonncr and several Inturanco Intur-anco men place, the entire lots al e i, ooo.ooo. |