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Show rire llaa.il 3:is reel In Ike Ala Tha new Kaat river bridge, iBpro-ceaa iBpro-ceaa of construction between New York ami Jiroultlyin. waa tlaTiT'Y to tba amount of at least I.vkvxio Monday alght by a Are Hint raged for four Boure 313 feet In the air, on tba auniiBlt of the great ateel tower on the New York aide. There wua probably no loaa of life, fiwing to ire enarmoua htlght of tha tower It waa impoasibls to leach tha lira with any apparalaa la tha lira department, and tha flamea, after flavouring all the woodwork oa tlia top of tha lower, aeUed on tha Umber falsa work of the two fool brldgea suspended from the main cables, burnlog away tha atlpporU. Nearly 1 ,IMh),uoo feel of blazing lumber fell with a crash and a blaa luto the BIrcam. The falling foot bridge carried away a acort of lighter cables aad guys, which trailed In tlia water, rendering It necessary for the purpose of aafcty lo alop all trttllenp and tluwn the river, Tba atrascr I'urltsu and ulhcr crafts had narrow eacapca while running the gauntlet of the II cry brands that fell In sboaera from the burning bridge. The flra waa the moat spectacular conflagration thai haa ever been aeen In New York. |