TOWN WIPED OUT BY FIRE.
The little town of Cloverport, Kentucky, was almost completely wiped out by lire on March 13th, The disaster was caused by the bursting of a natural gas pipe. Property worth half a million dollars was destroyed, and a thousand people were left homeless and destitute. , A very modern method of relief was resorted to, as the railway trains were at once ordered to the scene, as well as every available coach, and in these the unfortunates were temporarily housed. The railway company also hunied provisions to town, as every store and every mouthful of food had been lost. The Governor of the State atones sent 500 tents, and the city of Louisville lost no time in equipping a trainload of provisions and necessaries for the comfort of their afilicted neighborsThese suffered severely from cold, as the fire broke out in the early morning hours, and drove the women and children out into the bitter cold, while all who were able tried, quite in vain, to quench the flames or save some property.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 1 May 1901, Page 4
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177TOWN WIPED OUT BY FIRE. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 1 May 1901, Page 4
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