FIRE IN AMERICA.
GREAT DESTRUCTION CAUSED By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. New York, May 10. A fire which broke out in AfcaJanta, Georgia, on Saturday, destroyed six blocks of buildings in the business quarter of the city, including two large hotels. Before the conflagration was extinguished damage to the extent of a quarter of a million sterling had been caused. Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, is a flourishing city with a population of about 100,000. It possesses many fine buildings, including a, university for the education of coloured young men and women, and the Clark Theological School (coloured Methodist). In September, 1864, the city was captured by the Union troops under General Sherman, and the business portion was destroyed by them on leaving a month later. Since then, however, its prosperity has been uninterrupted, and its growth rapid.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13747, 12 May 1908, Page 5
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