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Show TENEMENT HOUSE IS BURNED AT MURRAY Special to Tho Tribune. MURRAY. Aug. C. A disastrous blaze occurred here at an early hour this morn- j Ing, when one of the tenement houses owned by John Borger was urncd to the ground. Tho house, which Is situated on tho west side, was occupied by a num-bor num-bor of Austrlans. They succeeded In getting their household effects Bafoly on the outside, but as the building burned so fast tliey were unable to do anything In the way of extinguishing the blazo. Tho house was valued at about $200 and was not Insured. Despite the fact that tho hour was quite early, the Murray Arc department, de-partment, headed by Chiof Con Gallagher, Galla-gher, made a record run to tho Bcene, and soon had a stream of water playing upon the blaze. Tho conflagration, however, how-ever, had gained such headway that tho efforts of the firemen were entirely useless. |