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Show FIRE DOES $800 DAMAGE. Woodmansee Block and Tenants Suffer From Midnight Blaze. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, March SC. Fire at about midnight mid-night tonight did $800 damage In the Woodmansee block at 2159 Washington avenue, th loss being distributed among several different firms and professional men. Tho McCurly-Korn Confectionery company was the heaviest loser. The fire was discovered a few minutes beforo midnight by Merchant Patrolman Richard Plncock, and It was a half-houi i before tho Humes were under control. It Is said to have originated from an overheated over-heated stove In a store room in the rear of S S, Smith's real estate office, on the iccond floor of the building. It burned throuKh thc roof and the rear wall, and the water used by thc fire-fighloro did much damage to" the stock and fixtures, of tbe confectionery store that was below. Besides the McCarty-Kcni company, those who suffered losses were S. S. Smith, real estate dealer: the Boylo Hardware coni-n'anv: coni-n'anv: Thomas, photographer, apd Dr. A. V? Holtlor. dentist. The building Is owned bv the Woodmansee estate, and tho damage done to lfls covered hy insurance. |