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BIG FIRES IN GLASGOW.

HISTORIC SPOTS IN DANGER.

DAMAGE TOTALS £160,000.

(Becoived 0-45 a-m.)

LONDON, September 4,

The premises of the Glasgow Co-opera-tive Society, in Argyle-street, Glasgow, were destroyed by fire to-day, the damage being estimated at £IOO OOo".

Shortly after the blaze had been extinguished a second big outbreak occurred an the Trongatc, one of the chief streets of Glasgow, which forms a continuation, under another name, of Argyle-street. Twelve business premises were destroyed in this blaze, including the historic Tontine House, a well-known cafe. Other historic spots, including the Glasgow Cross, which is situated at the intersection of the High-street and the Trongate, were endangered, but were saved by the efforts of the firemen, four ef whom were seriously injured, z The damage in the second outbreak ia estimated at £60,000.

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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 211, 5 September 1911, Page 5

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BIG FIRES IN GLASGOW. Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 211, 5 September 1911, Page 5

BIG FIRES IN GLASGOW. Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 211, 5 September 1911, Page 5

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