FIRE IN A WATERLESS CITY.
CONFLAGRATION ARRESTED BY ' DYNAMITE. By Telegraph—Press Association—CopyricMMontreal, December 29. During the temporary failure of tlia water system a lire broke out hero and destroyed a block of houses and stores. There were many thrilling escapes. The fire was got under only after the extensive use of dynamite to destroy houses in the fire's path. The Canadnn Pacific Railway Company's engine-shops are closing owing to the lack of water.' • . Seven thousand men ara idle. . . The loss is estimated at half a million dollars. ; "
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1945, 31 December 1913, Page 7
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87FIRE IN A WATERLESS CITY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1945, 31 December 1913, Page 7
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