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Show PAINT SHOP BURNS Lack of Water Hampers the Work o Firemen. Tho old paint shops of the Oregon Short ,Llno Railroad company, between North Tem-plo Tem-plo and Third and Fourth West streets, wero totally consumed by lire Friday night. Tho alarm was turned In at S:33 o'clock, tho apparatus appa-ratus from station No. 2 and tho steomor. truck and assistant chief from No. 1 responding. re-sponding. As the water presjiuro registered only sixteen pounds It whs Impossible for even the steamer to pump Water fast enougli to fill tho hos nnd secure a pressure that was effective. Whllo tho value of tho building was estimated at IIUQ, as It had been abandoned for several months by tho company and was to have been torn down, tho real loss Is nominal. Tho cauga of tho flro la unknown. |