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Show EARLY MORN- JNG BLAZE. Cdars Hole! Bxrt ftotrtjea1. Less fcttaatc. i4I5. Eaergetlc Work of Cltlxeas Kept Fire from Spreading tJKk of Proper Fire .Fighting Apparatus. Between 4 aad 5 a. in. Wednesday morning the startled ory of lire, and tbo dleohnrjjiHg of guns aroused tho populacu burtledly and oauscd them to batten to the 0rlara Hotel whoic they found tho berti burning lleroo- ly. ThoFo who lied oongregatod im-mediatoly im-mediatoly begun soaiah for lire hoso to attach to tho hydrant, when it was fouud 'there was no means at band tooonncot the boBo and get tho water to runing. Searob, however wbs tho means by wbloh a laruo mondoy wronob was Eecured and the water turned on, but not before the flro hnd gained suoh a headway that it was even to ho Impossible to save tbe baru and Ub contents. But everybody every-body turned their attention to keeping keep-ing tho flro from Bpronding to ad-JHCeut ad-JHCeut buildings, nud thoy were sun-oesfful. sun-oesfful. Tho barn uud contents were cornpfetely nonsumod. Besides the burn, there wbs burnod u buggy, two sts ot harness, 3000 lbs. of grniu, 5 tousofbay, 8001ba. (Ipur and 5000 ahinglep, with souo lumber and other articles wbloh usually arc found in and around such n plane. It is estimated that nt least $1500 worthy As to bow tho flro started thero is no moanB of dotermlniug. The sup-posit sup-posit inu Ib, however, tbot sbraeono was lt tha barn and carelessly throw n lighted match in the hay. Mrs. Boll tbo own or, alnlms to havo heard someono going out to tho barn somo little time bofore the fire was discovered dis-covered and every thing Indioatod tbat this was tha way the fire bo gan. It whs thousht for a time that It aslgbt have boon stalled from defective defec-tive wiring of tho electric lights, but this oould not be the case as tho current had not been on in the past eight days. One thing tbat makes It look fcaslbje that pomeoue might have careletsly thrown a lighted matob In the bay is the feet that on several ocoatloos oronds of men liavo ueau found In tbe barn, playing cards, fe)jl smoking and drinklbg. It being tba. habit of certain poople to congregate there when they could do bo without being seea, It Is presumed that some-oaa some-oaa under the influence of liquor Might have went there Wednesday aaornlng and anoidently started the fire. There Ib no means whereby it may absolutely be known who did It. |