A DEVASTATING FIRE.
FIVE MILLION POUNDS' DAMAGE. ONE HUNDRED THOI2jAND HOMELESS. MANY AWFUL DEATIHS. Pros Atsoeiaiion—By Telejrrapfr—Copyright. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 1. (Received August. 2, at IO.S a.m.) The monetary damage by the* recent tire is estimated at £5,000,000. One hundred thousand people are shelterless. . It takes two hours to drive round the devastated area.
Thousands -are living in th© ouahards and vineyards, and the danger from, cholera is alarming. ■ Many were burnt to death. iSoinc took refugo in -underground where rain water had collected, bnt on the hoxrsas collapsing they were boiled alive. The arrests of suspected incendiaries continue.
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Evening Star, Issue 14634, 2 August 1911, Page 5
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98A DEVASTATING FIRE. Evening Star, Issue 14634, 2 August 1911, Page 5
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