TERRIFIC FIRE IN CALLAO.
A most extensive fire has taken place in. Callao, originating, it is believed, in the Hotel Corifranza, situated in the Calle de Constitucion. The fire extended on along to the house of the prefect, and every house was burned up to the Roma Hotel. In another direction every house was destroyed to the first opening in the -street, three or four houses beyond the building formerly known as the "Club Mercantile. Again, on the other side of the street, houses running from Calle de Sosiego to Calle tie Ptligr'o were also burned to the ground. Altogether, some 37 houses were totally destroyed, and 27 others seriously damaged. Property amounting to one million dollars has been lost, of which nearly 80,000 was insured.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 984, 3 October 1868, Page 2
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126TERRIFIC FIRE IN CALLAO. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 984, 3 October 1868, Page 2
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