IN THE PACIFIC. 



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severely by fire, and in all probability will 

 continue to do so until steps are taken to 

 organize an efficient fire-brigade, and arrange- 

 ments made to insure a good supply of water. 

 On this occasion, even had water been pro- 



THE GRAND HOTEL, PANAMA, AFTER THE FIRE. 



curable, the fire-engine belonging to the town 

 was out of order, and the nearest- one was at 

 Colon, nearly fifty miles away; a locomotive 

 was sent for it, and returned at 4 a.m., by 

 which time the fire had burnt out, and a 

 million dollars' worth of property had been 



