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Topical Budget 246-1: U.S. Warehouse Fire (1916)
 

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Main title. "An enormous oil warehouse in the United States, is completely gutted, despite the efforts of the firemen to control the outbreak". Pan smouldering roof with firehoses trained on it. Water hose trained on smoking window. Ground view of firemen and equipment outside the smouldering building; firemen erecting a ladder; firemen leaving the smouldering building.