Show MORNING BLAZE I IN SHOE STORE Flames Confined to Basement of Walker Building Dam Damage age Is Considerable A fir fine which for fora A a time threatened to I destroy the entire D F Walker building on Second South street between Main and West Vest Temple streets broke out In the basement of the McGee Shoe company 23 Vest West Second South street shortly after 1 this morning and resulted In a damage that cannot cannet be estimated at this time The fire Sire was discovered by Patrolman Kast Heat at when he saw smoke roiling rolling up from frem the basement He prompt promptly ly lv turned In an alarm but before the de department department could reach the scene the In Interior Interior tenor of the store and the entire building was so J with Uh the suffocating smoke and fumes that It was difficult to reach the fire There was wa some delay dela In gaining en entrance entranCe entrance trance to th basement but the blaze was reached In time to confine the flames practically to the basement of the shoe tore store The origin of the fire could not be as u I this morning l but lut it it seemed laIn tan that It started In the cobblers shop In the front of the basement Henry Mc 10 I r GM ff cP proprietor of the shoe store stated that following the close clo of a special sale he and the tJ store attaches had been work workIng workIng Ing Ingo In the store until midnight sorting over th the stock He had beer down In fn Inthe Inthe the basement Just shortly before con can concluding luding the nights night labor and was positive positive positive tive that there had been no na fire or cause for a fire at that time The building is heated by br steam and the only stove of or oran any an character used us there was a small used by br the cobbler The cob cobNer Ner bici left the shop hop at t 5 last night and so SIJ far ar as a Mr lIr McGee leGee remembers the lamp was not net lighted during the evening The principal loss was confined to the shoe store but the amount be obtained until the appraisement Is made Mr McGee aid raid he the amount of stock on hand band at the time of ot the fire would reach or S1 OO and that Insurance to the value alue of SO tiO 1 per cent was wasI carried The larger part of the stock i I was toed toe l In tn the basement I Jeffs Smoke House adjoining the she ah 1 I store and the Zang saloon owned by George Iorge D Roper and occupying No 26 6 i W at lIt Second South street also als sustained I i loss tOS through smoke and water When the fire was ae discovered and as the building began to fin fill with Ith smoke I O GorJe org Houghten night watchman of or the I building hastened ned through the hallway b I amusing a 8 number of pennIe who wh occupied I pied pId pl d rooms on n the upper floors I I Vo o 0 accidents were vere reported |