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Show A SPARK YlMlUil M'UEiU IE- STitccriox. AViEXSACorrespoiJciittelU the story of tho origin of the terrible conflagration which a short time since destroyed the village of Moor, In Hungary. Ho states that a farmer's wife was Ironing in her kitcheu, UiJng a flitiron filled with charcoal, when a spark flew ou end set fire to her muslin drer". In iirr fright she ran into the courtyard where her husband and his ieoplo were threshing barley. The barley caught fire from her, and was no sooner ablaze than the wind blew the sparks in all directions, setting fire to the thatcliol roofs of tlm houses, which stood In tun ng rows, forming tho main street. All was so sudlen and the peopV were so dumfounJed that fit a little time tliey could re. even call fur help. Mo-t of the Iliads of families were in the tine-yard, tine-yard, and their help was not avail aide until tliey l,aJ ltn recalb-d by the alarm lwll. The oil iictijle and the children In the Itoui had not pressure or mind enough to ss.tc theravelves. In Ilimgnry it lias not rainnl for along time, au1 llieweiUrwntainrd no water, so tiiat nothing cuuM be done to save tveu a single !i"Uj. In all 109 1iouk were d-trrjed and 11 famllits are without :i roof above their lu-adf. The liarvest was over aud the torn in the barns was consumed In the general confligration, wIikIi wns a terrible spectacle as night came en. Ten bodies have been fouii.I and several children arcm:ing. Xraily everybody lu tne neigiborliood Is sufTering from burns received In rescue work. |