A GREAT FIRE.
ST AMiX>HI -I IX FLAM ES. 5000 HOE SES DESTROYED. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. United Press Association. Constantinople, duly 25. The great lire started at several points, and two square miles were (leva sted. Eivc thousand houses were destroyed, and the damage amounts to £2,000,000. The Ministries of War and Finance escaped, hut the General Staff building are burning. • A beam fell on Skevct Pasha. Twelve alleged political incendiaries were arrested. The fire is still burning furiously. Pumps are powerless to cope with the lire, which spreads quickly owing to wooden houses and narrow streets.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 131, 26 July 1911, Page 5
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97A GREAT FIRE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 131, 26 July 1911, Page 5
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