Show I Thursday Fire Badly Damages Westen Store Stolle A fire discovered ered about this Thursday evening resulted result In great dama damage e to the Western Store and stock of merchandise belonging to Mr and Mrs J. J E E. Kerby The fire which had been burning for some time before being discovered had started near or In the wall of the older part of the th-c structure which structure which is frame construction construction- and work ed up into the roof where It was I ver very to control The fire boys bof were on the job in three minutes from the time the alarm was sounded but had to chop Into the tin roof end and then soak it down Smoke and water damage is expected to run high A stock of Christmas toys and other merchandise in the storeroom store storeroom storeroom room between the Western Store and the Riley Drug was also damaged dam damaged damaged aged with no estimate available at this writing It is believed this damage will not be more khan han tw two or r three hundred dol lars A crowd soon gathered to watch the fire fighting operations operations opera opera- watching in the drizzle of rain that was waS falling as the I fire department boys fought the I smoke and blaze |