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BOWIE DAMAGED BY FIRE WASHINGTON D C June 8 The grandstand and clubhouse at Bowie Md were destroyed by fire early to ¬ day with a loss estimated between 75000 and 100000 100000A A night watchman discovered the fire and notified Mrs Barbara Bau mann telephone operator but the de ¬ struction had proceeded so far that there was no hope of stopping it itThe The judges stand stables and out ¬ buildings were virtually wiped out Few horses were quartered at the track at the time of the blaze and so far as is known none wore lost lostLack Lack of fire fighting apparatus seri ¬ ously hampered the efforts to control the blaze Several hundred persons from around the countryside helped to extinguish the fire
