Show MAN AN FIGHTS BLAZE SINGLE HANDED ll AND IS HIS LOSS Herald Special Price May lay 27 Despite Dc Despite the educational educational lional campaign waged waed for tho the past five iho years cars by the national board of lire fire underwriters calling upon the tire public to turn in an alarm Blann to the thc fire Ire department department depart depart- ment as soon as a a. bl blaze zo is discovered O. O T T. Brooks proprietor of or a furniture store here herc yesterday attempted d to ex extinguish ex- ex a a. blaze which ho he discovered disco in the basement of his store and as re result result re- re sult suIt ho was nearl nearly suffocated The loss to the store was estimated at Brooks Brook narrowly escaped with wilh his life HIe according to his story He became became be be- came camo blinded by the tho heavy smoke which developed in the basement soon after he descended In an attempt to get o-el at the heart of the thc fire Ire and it was as only after a hard struggle that he managed managed managed man man- aged to escape The recent floods destroyed do- do the water main here and the tho fire department experienced considerable considerable considerable consider consider- able difficulty in extinguishing the blaze hampered by the lack of or water Water with which to fight the fire tire was secured from the canal half a mile a. a away t tay |