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LAS VEGAS AGE Las Vegas,^Nevada October 12,19^7 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1947 T R A ^ *? *? AAAAAAAAj HUGE FIRE Complete destruction of the . L-ah Wholesale Grocers and the Las Vegas Distributing Company warehouses at 510 South Main street seemed in­evitable this evening at 7=30 o’clock when this paper went to press. The fire, which reached the proportions of a roaring in-' ferno, was first noticed at 7:15 : o’clock. The central city siren,s used only to call volunteers,: was rung as the size of the fire was noted. Trucks from i the central, sub, and North Las; Vegas departments responded as did hundreds of volunteers | who crowded to the scene of I the holocaust. Also threatened was the Clark County Wholesale gar­age joining the distributing company on the south. Jerry S Masek is cb-owner of the Vegas : Distributing Company. Owner of the Utah firm could not be determined. The fire destroyed an al- i most perfect observation of fire prevention week in Las-; Vegas. Total damages of only $50 had been noted prior to this ! evenings’ conflagration. | The _ fire came as a blow, to many of. the off-duty firemen.! The firemen are holding their annual Firemen’s Ball tonight in the War Memorial building and off-duty smoke-eaters were called: away from the scene of prepar-J ations to help fight the huge! blaze. ;