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Show LITTLE DAMAGE IN BLAZE AT MERRILL HOME The Preston fire department was called out early Wednesday morning morn-ing to extinguish a small blaze at the M. O. Merrill home on the corner cor-ner of Oneida andl Second East. Little damaged, resulted from the fire, but .Fireman ,H. B. "Shell" Allen suffered a broken leg and painful bruises when he fell off the fire truck on the way to the scene. The alarm was sounded about 4:30 a. lit. Wednesday after smoke from an old awning had awakened members of; the household. Apparently Appar-ently a spai'k had ignited he awning awn-ing which was rolled up and lying on top of the garage which joins the house. |