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Show SjOMli people uro inclined to criticise Chief Stautoii's management of yester. day'stire. Someof the criticisms are unjust. un-just. It should bo borne in mind that a lire iu a furniture store is a very ditlicult thlug to handle. It is almost as bad us a (ire in a drug store or a paint house. Thb Diuwoody building was packed with goods of a rery combustible nature, na-ture, and furthermore the structure was a lire-trap. Tho lire had nd doubt been smouldering for hours, and when it liroko out, it soon got a big start. Tho vonder is that the firemen kept it con-lined con-lined to tho Diuwoody store. At oue time it looked as if it would destroy ud-joinhig ud-joinhig buildings, if not the whole Lloek. Some of the best busiuoss men are of the opinion that tho department bandied the lire iu an cllleient manner, |