CITY IN FLAMES.
BLAZE TWO MILES LONG. tFEN. TiiOUSANT) HOMELESS. By Cable". —Prtst, Association.—Copyright. , \ , JSEW YORK, June 26. Nearly half of the old il witch city'' of Salem; rich in historic buildings, was devastated by 'fire, which caused a loss of 20,000,000 dollars, and destroyed 1000 buildings, including a score of manufacturing establishments. It also made 10,000 of the 45,000 inhabitants of - the 1 towii' homeless. The fire .originated in a leather factory and swept through the shoe leather district, , ruining every building in a curving path two miles long and half a mile wide. . Burning embers started a fire in two other sections, comprising the fashionable residence districts. For a time the whole city seemed to be doomed. Several buildings were dynamited, and every * available line of hose directed against the approaching flames. ■ No fiitalit/.es are reported, but 50 injured people were admitted to the hospital.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 121, 27 June 1914, Page 9
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