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Show KANSAS CITY PUNT BURNS TO GROUND Kansas City. Mo, Oct. lo Fire that spread almost like a flash through the six story main building of the Southwestern Milling company at Eighteenth street and Kansas ave-rue, ave-rue, Kansas City, Kan., early today, destroyed that structure and the mills power plant, a short distance away. It was thought several men working on the upper floors of the mill had hetn trapped by the flames, hut the otficerg of the concern and firemen wore Inclined to doubt that there had been loss of life AH of the men bad not been accounted ac-counted for a short time after the big structure collapsed, but the fire officials said onli a search of the ruins Rben the heat subsides would confirm rumor? many of the employes em-ployes bad not escaped The loss 'was estimated at 5400,000 The mill had a capacity of 3000 barrels bar-rels of flour a day and was Kansas Cltv'e largest milling concern Four hundred men wore employee at the Plant. |