PHILIPPINES FIRE.
HUGE DAMAGE. One Hundred Thousand Homeless. Press Association —Copyright. Manila, April 8. Fire- destroyed one and a-half square miles of the populous.' Tondo district. A hundred thousands persons are homeless., one was killed and el even were injured. The entire Manila fire department and troops fought the blaze for four hours. It started in a laundry, and a iiigh v.-'ind drove the flames quickly toward Manila Bay. Abatement of the wind prevented greater damage. The damage is estimated at £200,000.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 403, 9 April 1937, Page 5
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82PHILIPPINES FIRE. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 403, 9 April 1937, Page 5
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