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Show Iowa Paper Destroyed By Fire Pes Moines. Ia. Fire of unknown origin, starting in the paper storage room of the Des Moines News shortly beforie 3 o'clock Tuesday morning, wrecked the newspaper plant and gutted gut-ted the entire News Arcade building. Loss to the News' plant is estimated at $200,000. W. E. Battenfleld, business manager of the News, estimated the loss at $75,000 to the building and $125,000 to presses, linotype machines, types and other equipment. The News will publish its newspapers at tie office of one of the other newspapers news-papers here until temporary quarters quar-ters are established elsewhere. |