Show BIG FIRE biard to estimate the thedac darn f age done at night the flames lighted iho the Surround surrounding log country and gave to the clouds of smoke that As bended a lurid glare london as fira firs brigade entirely inadequate american tire fire insurance cam parties said to be heavy losers lindoo nov 20 A number of fire engines are still playing upon hie tie i saoul during ruins which mark the be scene of the thet great conflagration near the ger eral post postoffice office yes erday the last flame flames disappeared at 11 this morning the official report says the cause is unknown A large cumber number of warehouses from five to six stories high have been burned and have partly lallen salient tb abr whole ca coveting heiing an area of by yards bounded by nicholls square edmund cewin crescent australian avenue paula alley and red cross street the burned district ts is surrounded by enormous crowds crowds and the railroads rall roada are tannin running excursion trains from the country in spite of the of the die dis aster only two firemen were slightly elight ly injured during the work of extinguishing the flames about fires firms are seeking tor for ner now offices the estimates of the amount of damage range from to too but according to the beil best opinion liou ibe the loss Is to about console and india three per centi cent have fallen heavily on the belief thai that the losses will be heavy bales sales by in aurance companies and most ot of the tile lo 10 euranio companies compan iee hares thares have dropped 10 lo 10 0 20 0 shillings I 1 the standard is in its financial u article thle afternoon alter noon says il it is believed that tle auw ol 01 the fie the losses will tall fall upon american kine rican insurance companies tile insurance averatt take talle an cati the losses the estimates esti matei from to it its ie a fact that dozens of we burned out brals were not insured inen red in some cledea be cause they were considered lo 10 be unde customers and in doers the locality has long bedou considered dangerous dan giroua by insurance companies the latter assert sensational rumors regarding gardine re the losses have been promoted on the be stock exchange in order ta to influence Lt all the historic treasure ot 0 Cripp legate church were removed including the records rt corda of oliver Crom welle marriages marria marri agel jre burial and the deaths of the th plague in 1665 new york yort nov 20 A dispatch to the world from london lo 10 fridays fire ti a quarter of a mile in leneth length were involved warehouses mere ere destroyed important firms and hundreds of minor were burned out and damaged at fit a ose estimated close upon at mid inid night the scene was wa ap palline tue the fl flames arnes had been extinguished but vast blocks of as far ar ae as the t ye could rech reach richt right and left were one hue huge furnace arnace filled with a mass ot of aug ashes on which streams from num ceroua hydrants deemed to make no pen I 1 fible Impre impression sjon the street i ran like rivers twenty tte steamers te amera amers ere pumping water gapin windows ol 01 burned out buildings while the sky overhead for miles around re the land lurid glare of still elowyne embers im bere every avenue leading to the scene odthe 0 the fire was blocked by police the tile reason why the fire as rained tamed such gigantic dimensioned dimen sione Rions wa met becaas of the highly inflammable character of the contents oon tenis of the dry drs goods and tobacconist warehouses where ir 1 originated second beza pe of te tse ex reme difficulty of log it effectively Sect ively owing to the exceptional nar of f the surrounding streets et few of 0 theet streets permit two vehicles to pass ast and the lire fire brigade had therefore gret great difficulty in the engines eni rines and getting them into position the delay thas thu q caused gave 91 ve tha fire headway in the early of the fire the cea tied tore ia up through the elevator 1 ot of the warehouses ees and pred 1 tr each floor with incredible then buy bursting sting out through the windows wind 0 we they reached the tile front of the ho bootee a see on the opposite eide side which lioi smoked oled und and cracked until their wood work ork broke into fire it will be several daya days before the fire if complete lv extinguished pd and aba rains thoron explored he conviction ia Is filly tener that the lon london don fire brize brigade ie is entirely too email small to deal with a areat emergency but the energy and course of the men are fully recognized |