Show I NAT GOODWINS FIRE Famous Actor in Incident While Here That Became Known Only Yesterday Yest f Several nights ago along in the early earl hours of the morning the at atthe atthe the fir fire department depar was aroused from I his slumbers by the ringing of or the tele telephone telephone telephone phone Upon Upeo taking down the receiver an excited voice informed him rim that there theme was a fire down at the Knutsford hotel He said it a very large one but the smell l of smoke strongly pervaded d the ni corridors and n be k knew there r rt was a lire fire some place in iii the building In Pie He did da not wish the t apparatus 8 to he called out u as it would alarm the guests so 59 two men were weme s sent Bent nt down don to te the hotel with a hand chemical to determine the cause of the tb smoke The firemen free were informed that the smoke seemed to come came from the third floor and a careful cul search serch on that flight th foor was made aD but revealed rele nothing noting I The cause of all the excitement was wa not discovered Te until next day dy It I seems that Nat Goodwin GowA who wh was ws a guest gest at the te hotel has bs a strong stron aversion avon to the te glare of an electric eric light l As he be did not wish wh to be b entirely in the dark rk he be improvised a lamp lap shade out of a towel in the room rom Lying down on the th bed b h h he soon sn dropped dropp Into Lyng Ito a deep dep sleep Soon Sn the light bulb got ot t very warm and set st tire fire fie to the towel twel This ver burned for a while and dropping Thi onto the bur dresser set st fire tire to seine ome me of ot the de ont famous t actors neckwear neke From the ap appearance appearance taus of things next morning there I must mut have bave been quite quit a blaze for a time but Goodwin Gowin slept lpt through it i all aU and never discovered that there had been ben a afire afire fire until disere next morning The cause cuse of the fre th smoke m in t the t hotel that night would I probably never ve have haye been b known had hadnot hadnot hadnot not the chambermaid who cleaned cleed up the theP room next day reported the condition t of I things P Goodwin very wisely y said noth nothing J lug ing story ig stor about abut leaked leke O it and a out had bt left town before the I |