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Show uu Fire Rases Business Block iii Alameda ALAMEDA, Cal., Jan. 9. Fire of unknown un-known origin late yesterday razed one block in the business section hero at an estimated loss of ?200.000 before it was extinguished by combined efforts of Alameda and Oakland fire fighting forces. Lack of water, due to a submarine main broken by a dredge recently, hampered efforts to control the flames as they spread rapidly under the impetus im-petus of a high wind. No one was injured, in-jured, although several rooming houses and private residences were In the affected af-fected area. |