Show HAS A CLOSE CALL CALF Sandy School Building Narrowly arr Bs capes Destruction by Fire Pire Sandy Aug 18 The Sandy schoolhouse an all rosin room brick building had bad a ncr nar narrow row escape froSt from fire yesterday afternoon At about p m Mr M Christensen the janitor who was working in the building thought he could smell something turning At first he took no notice of it but as the thie stroll irell became stronger he concluded to gw gu down stairs to see what was the mat matter ter On the stairs he ho met Mr Gilbert who had seen the fire on the roof from the outside and who was hurrying to into tu roof with a couple of buckets of tester The alarm was soon sounded town and a bucket brigade hastily formed and after about or twenty minutes of good energetic fighting the tire lire was entirely extinguished The loss lose will probably amount to a couple of hundred dollars That Thai th the whole building was wa not destroyed Is undoubtedly I Idue due doe to the fact that there was no wind It cannot be ascertained what was th the cause of the fire fIrer but it fe Is supposed that thata a spark from some neighboring chimney was wafted on to the reef which was very dry |