FIELD OF DESOLATION.

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FIELD OF DESOLATION.

TWF.NTY-FTVE SQUARE MILES BURNT.

FIRES EXTINGUISHED ; ONLY SMOK-

ING EMBERS REMAIN.

CONFLICTING BELIEF ORDERS.

(Received April 23, ;1Q.49 p m.) . • - NEW SORK, April 23. ' The fire is extinguished, and only smoking embers- , remain. Twenty-five squaremiles were burnt.

- The most distressing • tMhg during tihe first few dys was the conflicting orders .emanating from- tihe Municipal, State and Federal authorities Afterwards the officers conferred- and agreed that supplies and relief be placed in the hands of the Federal authorities, to be distributed un- > der General Funstons orders. j