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Show HOTEL WAS THREATENED. Conflagration Nipped in the Bud by Chief Bywater and Firemen. Fire was In a fair way to reach a point between the wally of the Manitou hotel at 123 East Third South, whence It would have spread over the entire structure, when Chief Bywater and two members of the department quenched It late yesterday afternoon. The trouble originated from a kitchen range, set square nn the lloor. A still alarm notified the department. When the threo firemen and a chemical reached the place they found that tho llames had been for some time eating their way beneath the lloor. As eoon as boards were pried up the firemen found the timbers and lloor boards were feeding feed-ing a hot little blaze. They managed to put this out after some dltllculty. The damage wua slight. |