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Show ' Aid Sent to Great Manufactur- H j ing Town From Points l H j Twenty-five Miles Away. H TORONTO, Ont,, Jan. 26. A ser- I H ious fire Is in progress in Peterboro, h H an extensive manufacturing town, 94 I .M miles northeast of here. Y H Wire communication has been in- ( terrupted and details so far aro meager. P H Lindsay, a town twenty-five miles i! H away, sent aid during the. night to b JM help fight the flames. Peterboro Is a port of entry to the , U H Otonabeo river and has many manu- ;L H factories of iron, wooden ware, j H woolens, etc. It has a largo export j trade in grain, pork and lumber. The f H famous "Peterboro canoes" are manu- j 1 far tured in the town. The population l H is about 15,000. f |