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Show oo CARLOAD OF AUTOS DESTROYED I AFIRE Taking fire in an unaccountable manner, a carload of automobiles, forming a unit of a Southern Pacific freight train, was destroyed at Promontory Point, last night. Trainmen noticed smoke issuing from the car, when a short distanca from Promontory, and made a strenuous strenu-ous effort to locate and extinguish the fire while tho train was in motion. Falling In this, and fearing a spread of the fla'mes to adjoining cars, tho burning car was cut out of the train and sidetracked The fire destroyed three Mitchell automobiles. |