A number of fire engines are still playing upon thesmouldering ruins which mark the scene of the conflagration near the General Post-Office yesterday. The last flames disappeared by 11 o'clock this morning, An official report says the cause of the Gre is unknown. A large number of warehouses, from five to six storeys high, have been burned and have partly fallen.
The burned. district is surrounded by enormous crowds, and the railroads are running excursion trains from the country. In spite-of the magnitude of the disaster only two tremen were slightly injured during the fire.
Over 300 firms are seeking new offices.
The following summary of news for the week ending Friday evening, November 19th, is telegraphed from Bombay to the Rangoon Gazette
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