WATERFRONT FIRE.
STEAMERS AND CITY BLOCK
DESTROYED
DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT £200,000.
(By G»ble-—Prau AstociaUoß.—-Copyright.) NEW 7 YORK. March 13. A fire on' the waterfront at Portland, Oregon, destroyed six blocks. The damage is estimated at £200,000. Two steamers, the Cricket, loaded with asphalt, and the Glenroy, with wheat, were destroyed.
The crew of the Glenroy were rescued with difficulty.
Helped by tens of sulphur and asphalt stored in the vicinity, the-nflamee spread with amazing rapidity.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14917, 16 March 1914, Page 7
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