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Show BLAZE IN PROGRESS BLOCK CAUSES SCARE Fire, Smoke and Water Result in Damage of About $5000. Fire In the Progress block Tuesday afternoon at about gave every occu pant of Ihe building a had scure and even ahirmed the members of the fire department depart-ment at one time The hiaze originated In the re.nms occupied bv th Wells 1ml-orlng 1ml-orlng establishment, and i- hard rK was confined to Unit portoln of th.- bulld-Iijk. bulld-Iijk. although the Herald company ahd Friedman's olothlng store a ls euffi r d lo some extent. Cruise cf Fiie Unknown. The exact rausu of the fire Is unknown, although fin men who were on the scene north after the alarm wan turned In, detected the ndm- of gasoline and give as tio ir opinion that it was this explosive which causirl ih. hlw. Mr Wells was the first to discover the lire arid an ln-Stant ln-Stant after hfl hud called at the top of his voice for someone to turn In an alarm, a cull was sent from the editorial rooms or tin- Herald to the central department. de-partment. Companies n une, two and three responded and within on hbui the flro was out. Dnmnge May Reach S5000. The tuiiorinp establishment carried $i!0oi Insurance, but the proprietor claims his It BS will exceed this amount bv IKmO. ami ij the Herald and the Prledma'n clothing store suffered considerable loss, it mav bo that the total amount will foot up iiOsi The ilolhltig store suffered mostly from the wider which leaked through from the rooms above The business office of the Herald suffered from both water and smoke. |