Bergen, Jan. 16.
A great fire swept the town yesterday and to-day, but it is now under control.
It spread through twenty different quarters of the town rendering thousands of the inhabitants homeless.
Among the buildings destroyed are the Central Telephone Exchange, four hotels and three schools.
Stavanger is offering shelter to four thousand refugees.—Reuter. Christiania, Jan. 16.
The outbreak at Bergen is the largest fire on record in Norway. The damage is estimated at Christiania, Jan. 17.
Details of the fire at Bergen are lacking owing to the breakdown of telegraphic communication.
The man-of-war Eidswold has left for Bergen with provisions and clothes for the destitute. The Government is providing sugar and corn, while engineers have left to build sheds for those who are without homes. King Haakon and the Minister of War have also left for Bergen.
Later.
The damage done by the fire at Bergen now totals over £5,500,000. Four hundred valuable properties have been destroyed. One person perished, while some others were injured. Cloth bianketa and pro-the re
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