FIRE AT SALONIKA.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13966, 25 August 1917, Page 7

FIRE AT SALONIKA.

AN AWE-INSPIRING SIGHT, ENORMOUS LOSS SUFFERED. (Per Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) (United Service.) PARIS, August. 2)!. The Salonika lire'was an awe-inspir-ing sight.' It was ;i mile - wide, the avenue ; of flame devouring everything in its course. The entire business quarter on the sea-front was destroyed, and the l loss .was enormous. The insurance estimates are from lw,o' to three million pounds. .The Allied military rendered the utmost assistance, though (he scarcity qf water was a tremendous drawback.' • Each Allied army is providing for "the destitute, and the British alone are tending :'O,OOO homeless. While the fire was burning three enemy aeroplanes dropped bombs,

EVIDENCES OF LAWLESSNESS. PLIGHT OP TERROSISED PEOPLE MOEE GjERMAX FIUGIITrULXESS t( Australian and •N.JS. Cable Association) Received August 25, 1.10 a.m. SALONIKA, August 24. I A remarkable fca'ure of the great fire was that it started at several' places 'simultaneously. -Fresh outbreaks constantly 'occurred as others were tackled. Half ,thc city was blazing within two hours. The terrified refugees fled; from quarter to quarter, vainly seeking safety as the flames spread. ■ , . . German aeroplanes dropping bombs increased the- terror of the refugees. When the seafront was ablaze a holocausc seemed-likely, but the British Navy look oil' the huddled crowds, and the Army motor lorries evac;;:tcu thousands by road, " '.)