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Show APARTMENT HOUSE DAMAGED BY FIRE Kire broke out at the Hewlett apartments. apart-ments. 123 East Seventh South street, yesterdav afternoon, cHuini? n los of about $.oe. The fire was due to ashes from the furnace which were rlpposito-i In the basement, ifrniiing a wooden partition which immediately broke into flames. Dense smoke poured, from the buiklins: and it was feared that the lire would spread) to larse proportion?. A larqe crowd jrathered. but no flames were seen, the water directed on the smouldering ashes and the blazintr partition causing the smoke. Tho llremen succeeded in extinsuishinp- the Are after work i rig-about rig-about fortv-five minutes. (.'urlaltis in the respective apartments were damaged by the smnke, while the or-.-upants fled to the street, fearing that the whole structure would be destruid. |