FIRE IN N AWNING PLANT PERILS 3 Loss from a spectacular fire that endangered the lives of f three men menat menat menat at the Smith Adams company Edison street was estimated Thursday at 2000 James JamesM M M. Adams manager of the tent and awning company company and two Edward H H. OBrien O'Brien of Fern avenue and Lue Luc Bloomquist Bloomquist Bloom Bloom- quist were working in the shop hanging up large sheets of canvas which had been waterproofed by byi i dipping into what fire department investigators said was an Inflammable inflammable mable solution At p. p n m. m Wednesday a sheet of flame swept through the canvas canvas can can- an- an vas and the shop became engulfed in thick black smoke The three ran from the shop The alarm was turned in first by by- Fireman Harry Stromness of headquarters company company company com com- pany off duty and in a garage near by None of the workers was burned Fire Chief Walter S S. Knight and Battalion Chief Lloyd B. B Egan who directed activities of three companies companies companies com com- in the long hour-long battle against the flames blamed a friction friction friction fric fric- tion spark static electricity for forthe forthe forthe the blaze They explained that a tiny spark such as would be caused by rubbing two pieces of the saturated fin-saturated canvas together would ignite the cloth Loss was placed at 1000 to the building and an additional 1000 to contents including a light delivery delivery delivery ery truck and ana a small roadster housed in the shop