Show LARGE TIRE FIRE IN COLON jack francis who is well mown own here and who has been ving ng in panama for thelast the past ew w years writes a very ahter ting sting letter to one of his friends lere re regarding the great fire in he e city of colon on friday 30 in part he says four hundred and thirty uil dings in an area 6 vering ta blocks about 1912 19 acres or I 1 i third of the city of colon were ere plemely destroyed on Ft friday iday april ril 30 in the most destree w fire which has occurred on is isthmus since the american upa tion the value of the destroyed is es estimated timatea approximately of his is amount about resents presents the loss in buildings d the loss in contents n buildings many of the build nga a were of the ramshackle ip ype pe built of scrap lumber and ere re quickly consumed in the anies ea five people were killed eight aured ju d so seriously sly as to be ed to the li hospital and hotot 11 twenty injured to mhd ex ant of re requiring quiring dispensary roat at ment ent about people ere re rendered homeless los losing ing t 1 the same time nearly all their rhonal property the buildings 0 nema em elves selves belonged in most 0 es to absentee landlords the 19 c broke out at about and v I 1 nii rAil lutes after the fire started eimire are companies were on the wei e they also sent fire corn com roles ea from frol pan panama ma city bal pd an galun gatun atu a and d with the as 1 ce of bf 0 tue p boats polke police wu livili civilians n and n soldiers they au S antly uy foug fought t the fire for |