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Show BIG FIRE IN SEATTLE Times and Denny Build-ings Build-ings Destroyed in Early Morning Blaze Flattie. Wash. Feb. 13 The Seattle Seat-tle Times building, a four story brick ( structure at Second avenue and Union Un-ion street, and the Donny building, fivo stories high, adjoining the Times building from the north, were pnrih wrecked by fire early today with a Idfp estimated at 1260,000, fully covered cov-ered by insurance The cause of the Hrr- is not known The fire was dlscoered a few minutes min-utes before A o'clock. Before the alarm could be turned in the flames had pprad throughout tho upper portion of the Times building A few employes at work at the time escaped safely. Aftt-r two hours of hard work thej fire was confluod to the two upper floors of the Times building, containing contain-ing Mir- ( nmposing and editorial rooms and the three top floors of the Denny building Much damage was done by water in the lower floors of the buildings! and In the basement press room of the Times. |