A fire of mysterious origin destroyed last night the Shearith Adath Israel Synagogue in the middle of New York’s Lower East Side. The police and fire authorities are investigating testimony by two worshippers who were inside the synagogue which was housed in a five story loft, that they had seen a man running down the stairs of the building just before the blaze broke out.
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