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Firemen fTom several Area 5 cormunities..including Waxahathte, Corsicana, and Ferris...converged on the Ennis Compress Company today after fire broke out at the fir and eventually caused an estimated 3-quarters of a million dollars damage. Company manager Roy Mc Brayer said roughly 4-thousand bales of cotton were.destroyed...and although the blaze is completly under control...it will smolder for several days. No injuries were reported...and the cause of the fire is under investigation.