Show nearly 1 a big blaze last evening between 9 and 10 main I 1 street came near having a conflagration while mr L mccarty was blowing out a lamp the oil caught fire and exploded the lamp falling to the ground round and scattering flames and fire flie all over the establishment some parties near by rushed to tho the rescue and were about th throwing rowing water on the blaze when he dick w with ith felicitous presence of mind prevented ve anted them and succeeded in extinguishing the fire with a blanket As the blaze occurred near a corner where whisky and other inflammable articles are kent kep t the escape was as fortunate as narrow As it is mccarty iminter austain sustain I 1 a dama damage e of only a few dollars 1 through there the breaking aking of the lamp the destruction of the blanket and the scorching of the wall |