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biro ~ o[ undolormine~-=~=~brig'in~- °
caused cottalde_rabte damage> in= ~ a •
~u•oodehed ••and atoteroom . a[ ~ tits
' houso occupied ~Ly 4Yillfam Poa,
managor ot~tho toeal Sataway atore,~
saturday ntteraaon. One-halt of
rho building bed been built into a
Pratt room-wiih sawdust walls and
caf itvg, and was, being uaod for the
storage o[ household goods belong-
lag to aha ownor of rho property,-
The fire aPParently started In
soma dry gears behtnd the shed and
when dlacoverFd""heft"""67i"in6ed. _ffie
esnr wall and into tfio attlo abtsae~•
the store room. When the Pkra de-
:Partmont arrived on the hcona,-
(which, Ly the way, was !a leas 4haa
.tivo minutes from the tlmo fife nl-
arm u•as phoned 1a ), the~fire had
(crept Into soma rubhfah on top of
~ the sawdust and !t was found ~~se~-
lanry to eat a__¢olo !n the root to
drown It out. Tho household goods
in the,etarerooro were oarriad out
as rapidly as possible, but not bo- •
[ore some damago was done -Prom
tenter.
tYhon tiro fire was ^est d~scover~
od by td re. Poe, sho.caltad her slater,
111sa Anaa Ptoty, and with ttio`aeaist- ~
sacs o[ two nelgirbor ladles, ~ con•
uected a garden hose and kept the
[lames 1n check until the fireman
arrlvsd. Their heroic efforts prob•
~nbly saved :the entire structure ~.8ttd
pose161y iha hones itself from Ifurn•
fag, nccordiag to statemesta from
~vetahhors who rushed to [Ae acCm•
i when they saw tho smoko.
~ • Thla the waa -fife tlrat toss of tits
new alarm eu•Itch recently installed
in ttto telaphonv atffca. Jtr. Jack
ThnrP, aeslstnot tiro chlo[, _was to
charge of the bonrd=nt the t}me Ehe
alarm was sent in. He at once
cloned the etvttch which -started the
flro siren, turn_ed_ the board ovae
to bls wito and ran to the ltts~hall
.te get oat the LrLek. 88VeP41 vol-
(unteora also ran to his aid and In a
:Pew aeeonds toe track was on 9ta
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