Jersey City, Nov. 14.
Fifteen persons wore serianly injured and 900 famille rendered homeless as the result of a fir the saltpetre plant of the Richardson Chemical Company. The damage Is estimated at $1,000,000.
Scores of people were ut by, which was scattered fora radius of half a mile by a series Jersey City, Nov. 17.
The second big fire within a week occurred yesterday when two wharves belonging to the Erie Railroad wore burned and 14 barges were destroyed, The damage estimated at $2,000,000.—Reuter's American Service.
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