Show I I I FIRE DESTROYS JERSEY RESORT Seaside e Town Suffers Four Million ill iou Dollar Damage OCEAN CITY N. N J. J Oct 12 By By By ByThe ByThe The Associated Press Swept Press Swept by fire the heart of this south Jersey seaside resort today was a mass of ruins Driven cn by a a. brisk ocean breeze the blaze blare which started at 7 o'clock o lock last night in the Unger Arcade building ing at Ninth street and the boardwalk wiped out O approximately 50 buildings Including hotels cottages shops and an theatres before It was brought un un- under under under der control four hours later Mayor Mayo Joseph G. G Champion estimated the damage close cloce to The boardwalk between Seventh and an Tenth streets was almost completely destroyed The TIle Arcadia cafe the theW Hippodrome r a pier and amusement W tOl cu center several r motion picture houses and a score scare of shops and other bus bus- business busIness iness plats places pla es along the walk were ere burned before the flames spread in In- In land Nearly all the buildings were of o frame construction and were quick quick- quickly ly consumed An explosion of gaso gaso- gasoline gasoline line In a boardwalk garage arage was held h ld responsible for the take spread of the flames to the th cottage and hotel sec section s see see- e- e ton tion on Wesley Atlantic and Ocean avenues a Here the structures were mostly frame and anti for a R time it was feared dp would have to be re resorted re- re resorted resorted sorted to in order to check Use the fire Among the larger hotels destroyed were the the Sea which contained 1000 rooms room and I as valued at and the Nearly every structure from Crom the boardwalk to Wesley avenue a three blocks Inland between Eighth and Tenth streets was either destroyed or damaged Among the private homes burned were those of Mayor MaOr Champion and Dr W. W P. P Haynes The latter was one of the show places of the resort I |