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tle- --F`fi'e,'"'Fi•liicit . is su_gyos-ed-_ to have
Bly atnrted~ Prom rtxia Prom a chttttnes,
ti+f -pa.rtiaiTy deatroyeil the -roof of tlh0
~~ old aicen house Just west of the Feder,
de -erateci cihurci~ In this cit}' :ti'onday
3n- noon. -The- house-°tt•tts ocdupied by
ia_ the G:--li•. \tttyN family "and is on•ned
t' • _~, the .t3tree daughters oP lira. Alice
~t.e. Finley, whb passed away some years
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heture. being discot•ered by neighbors. t
ttl• F3y the -tTnie_.the P1re~Ylen itrrtveii the t
hx, whole roof tt•ns ablaze,-with the `ti'ttir,
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ee' ~ a' tnaaQ of flame". The firemen ran i
ax ' tt=ttek nli$ another larger ~h•nae [rom I
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n hydt•ttnt on the cc,rner oC Front and i
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ask atreeta:'"1°lttr'hlg'h ln•essure atrennt ~ t
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Prom the pump ,proved very effectlva~ ` ;
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,d. ; :and the fit•e waA .extinguished in ». ~ c
on j very Pext• minutes. The final mob-un ( t
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ite ; oP amttll binzes +sas accomplished by : t
it,-, 1 the use oP the small booster hose,
of ntrr~ under high F>ressure. I 1
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While kart of the Plremen tcere en-
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nd gaged llt PiRhtlnt; the flames In th,~ : t
~a• attic, other firemen rind neighbr::, un-; 1
lea d~ r the dii•ecriun of t'hlef i~rrntx•~
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ceri•TecT' ou4 ctl~-Piirnitnre irom~ burls' e
• k tl®eta of the house and tlius sate=7 k
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any damage thereto.
~ The buTiding RuP coi•ered by incur-
• sore and tv)11 be t~epaired at once
t~ . The !lays fatutly .are living tempornr- i
lit' in the Jttlce 3i~'e3•a houaN trhil.='
looking for n Hera lorgtion.