BIG FIRES,
eoojo. .' , v. ' szpp t i BURNING OF A' SKY-SCRAPER. THE WORK OF ARMENIAN SECRET EMISSARIES. ' . DVjTEtEORiPn—rnEBS ASSOCIATION—COPIMGHT. New Yorlj, January 20. 'According to the "New York World," the lire in Parker's- thirteen-slorv sky-scraper— which resulted in the killing of three firemen and the injuring of twenty-five, and in £300,000 damage—was the work of the Armenian Hurctakis Revolutionary Society, after a fruitless attempt- to blackmail Armenian merchants, who were tenants of tho fourth floor. NEWCASTLE BLAZE. ; INSURANCES. Sydney, January 21. buildings, destroyed by fire at Newcastle, wcro insured for £14-,500 in tho Lancashire Office. They were valued at £25,000. Tho stock was insured for £100,000. It is believed tho latter is largely covered by tho United Company, which has tho risk distributed.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 101, 22 January 1908, Page 7
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