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Show MUNITIONS PLANT 1 WRECKED BY FIRE . Employes Sent Home and All 1 Information Given by Com- pany Officials. j Schnectary, N. Y., Feb. 14. The ' H munitions plant of the General Elcc- trie company was wrecked bv a firo fu today. The blaze was flna'lly ex- ifl tlnguished by the company's private jjj I fire department and no report was fl I made to the city police or fire authori- ties. Officials of the company with- H held all information regarding the lj - fire. jl 1 The employes of the munitions plant I III ' were sent home. It was reported that ill 111 the roof of the building had fallen In 1 1 and that the walls had been declared l 1 1 unsafe. i ml The plant has been closely guarded j j for some thime and no one was al- H lowed, to approach tho munitions ijjlfl building today. H The burned building was a small j j lli one story structure of concrete. For- jlljlj merly it was used as an overall fac- ! IK tory but was purchased by the Gen- IIK eral Electric company a fow months (! ago and made into a plant for tho It manufacture of shell casings. There n were no explosives or inflammable 10 It materials in the building. jjj f |