GREAT FIRE LOSS.
NEW YORK. May 31. L A lire swept flic Jersey City-Erie railroad terminal covering 35 acres of j the water-front and destroying an abattoir, two grain elevators, three piers, and 15 barges loaded with thousands of tons of wheat and hundreds of head | of cattle destined for Britain. Witnesses said that the tire started J at six places simultaneously. It for six hours and the damage is estim-li a ted at, 5,000,000 dollars.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 154, 2 June 1941, Page 5
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76GREAT FIRE LOSS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 154, 2 June 1941, Page 5
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