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Show FIRE BLAZES KEEP DEPARTMENT BUSY i A total of five fires with an aserepUo m loss of less than $5no w yesterday's record t the fire department. Tho msl fire, which was the only seriuus ne, destroyed the one-storv frame wnf,6 :.culed b' Mrs. .Martha Slier-wood Slier-wood Ob Xorth Thirteenth West street. lze was not discovered until the bulling: was a mass of flames. There, s no fire hydrant within six blocks of the place, accordiner to Fire Chief W. H. .r' i"1"1 nn headway could be made "sJT rlre "'llh ''hemlcals. Tho loss a estimated by the chief to he 5100 and Is not covered by insurance. J nt second blaze occurred when boys 'vine'r r .sh:'v'nRs In the abandoned factory at Second West and Th.H ,E',uh streets. This was os-tuiKui os-tuiKui shed before any damaKe was done. Vn, u 'r',fl" station. Second South fir e"1 SIre''ts. caused tho third at 51(i 1!-nvalcr estimated the loss A shed in the reitr of 1157 Kensington J,;'"!!" "iiiKhl fire dtirlnc the cvenlnK. l the blaze was put out before much damage was done I'he last call for the day was at 415 P.! .? :?(''1'0"d ''::,st iwt, where the soot in the-clumney cauKht fire. niaUintt a spectacular blaze, but causlmr no loss. |