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Show FIRE ON NORTH MAIM DOES SOT DAMAGE I Blaze in Foundation of McCor- niek-Mrlnfyre Building Quickly Extinguished. A fire in the newly laid foundation!: of the Mclntire-McCornick building on ( Mam street, just north of the Mcfor- nick building, which broke .out at 2::?C f o'clock this, .Saturday, morning, result , j. ed iu a Iofs of about .00. Fire do jl pnrtmcnts Nos. 1 and 2 responded, rcn- J dering exceedingly efficient service, and extinguishing the last spark at ,'i:15 o'clock. i The fire was caused by hot ashct j from tho furnace of tho Calloway, 1 IToock & Francis building, which is in t the ba?ement of the McIntirc-McCor , nick building, and is lo be used h i both buildings, the ashes having bceii dumped on a pile of kindling wood h: the basemen) of the latter building. i John Walsh, night watchman, anr B; tender of the furnace, discovered the fl&i blaze and turned in the alarm. It if If thought by Chief Glore that the fur- I naccs will not be injured. The fire was confined principally In the lumber used as a framework in the construction of the concrete wouldr.. i The cellnr of the MeCornick building was filled with smoke, the blaze, how- ! over, not having extended into that I building. B |