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Show (Fiafccar, Algeria, Weatern Africa and l.ido China. The Spanish pavilion offered a remarkable re-markable reproduction of the Alham-bra Alham-bra palace at Granada. The court of Lions and several of the ruins of Mute were represented in which- the Spanish government exhibited some of its national treasures, such aa tap cstrles, paintings, armors and Jewel of the former royal families. An interesting feature of the fair was the houwo of Rubens, which wa the official pavilion of Antwerp. Bolide Bo-lide representative cxhlbila of. a'l L'ancbes of local activity,, the pavilion pavil-ion contained a retrospective exhlbl-t'on exhlbl-t'on of flemish art of the Rubens period. pe-riod. U was announced omc time rtfore the opening of tho exhibition "that many of the leading museums of the world would contribute masterpieces master-pieces iu their possession. King Albert Inaugurate! the colonial colo-nial section of the exhibition on April 30. EXPOSITION IS MASS0F FLAMES RRUSSELLS. Aug. 14. Fire swept the great nolglan exposition tonight. The flames were given Impetus by a high wind and soon destroyed tbc HeJ-L'lan, HeJ-L'lan, English and French sections. It la believed the whole exposition will be destroyed. Two are dead and 30 injured. The White City of tho world's fair, as the Relgians have called their 1910 t-xposltlou, is tonight a mass of flames and smoldering ruins. A hpark falling fall-ing Into Inflammable material In the telegraph building burst up in flames, which, driven by a high wind, swept rapidly In all directions. Soon tho Belgian, English and French sections were destroyed. The firemen and detachments of so'dlers called to the scene found themselves baffled by the gale, which carried the burning embers to all parts of the grounds. " The loss Is estimated at one hundred million dollars. dol-lars. To tho left of the main building rose the picturesque roofs and spires cf Hruzelles Kermesz, a Delglau Cone) Island, with water chutes, toboggan to-boggan slides and scores of sldenhows 'J his place was alive with Sunday crowds and before they could be gotten got-ten out with any semblance of order, the Kermesz was afire, Tho crowds oceanic panic-stricken and mon, women wom-en and children fought madly to escape es-cape The exits became choked with the struggling masses and men used their lists to clear the pathway. Many were trampled under toot and badjy Iniured. An engine corps from Antwerp attempted at-tempted to dynamite tho buildings la the French section In the hope of chocking the fire, but the flames leap td across and engulfed the Italian, Russian, Australian, Japanese, Chi nese and Norwegian bullding3. Forty bouses on the Avenue Solboch, ad joining the exposition, were destroyed At tho time of the outbreak not leaa than 100,000 persona wore In the grounds and the Kermesz. Troops were ordered out and came at double quick to aid the police In clearing tho great grounds. This was accompllsh-fn accompllsh-fn In fair order, except within the limits of the Kermesz, where the vast crowds became entangled In an almost al-most Inextricable mass, fighting desperately des-perately to find an escape from the fames which swept vigorously through tho tinder-like structures. Soon the enormous facade tumbled !n ruins. Considering the rapidity of the conflagration, the small loss ot lite is marvelous. So far as Id known up to a late hour tonight, only two are dead The injured as officially announced uumber 30, but probably numy hundreds received minor hurU. Ah the flames reached the menagerie 1: was decided to shoot the beasts, but the heat drove back the soldiers Mid the anluiaU were left to their fate. The multitude of people were ci liven back to a safe dilsance and watched the thrilling spectacle of the destruction of the White City. Tongues of fire mounted high Into the heavens and llamlng embers were carried car-ried off by the wind and fell upon tin residences beyond, setting them on f) re. The fire finally was gotten under control. The Relglan and English sec-lionet sec-lionet arc in ruins, while all the other sections, Including the American, were partly destroyed. Rands of thieves engaged In pillage and a soldier was stabbed while attempting at-tempting to arrest three men whom li3 found rilling a Jewelry exhibit. The aggregate loss will be enor mous. The diamond exhibits are i c-avy sufferers. Belgium's White City stood near the end of the avenue Louise, the fashionable park drive upon the west iJe of the Brussels, which leads out to the beautiful Boise La Cambre. The national building, that of th . Belgian section, rose majestically on a slight elevation facing the main entrance. To the left of the mala L'llldlng was the Kermesz. A. magnificent quadrilateral of tho garden was surrounded by the four concessions of France, Germany, Holland Hol-land and Italy. The Italian pavilion vas built after the Renaissance style of the l-4th century. The Herman section was grouped around tho mala pavilion. Eight large halls were devot-ed devot-ed to exhibits of railroad companies, agricultural machinery, art an 1 education. edu-cation. The Netherlands section Included In-cluded an elevatcfj road bed. One of tho most striking features of the French section was the palace of ag-ilculliire ag-ilculliire Bn,i horticulture, special pa-xilion pa-xilion being devoted to Tunis, Mnd.i |