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Show THEY SAVKll THE ANVIL. An Isrlf Mmiiltig Hun am! L'uprr- 'ccdeiitrd Itrcerd bf the lire Hiparlmiiit. An alarm was tent In to thn mtln lire depsrtmsut at f:03 o'clock this morning announcing that (he city tool homo and blacksmith shop at the coiner of Hecond Ho u Hi and Thirteenth l.ut streets was on fire. The tire laddies lad-dies respoiidul with characteristic promptness anJ were soon on their way to the scene of the bltze. On their arrival, after a long and hard rtin,lhey found that llio building and all of Its contents had beon burned to the ground. Not wlihlng to return without tiavlug accomplished touio good, Jiny made an cilia tUoit to rescue some article from the smouldering lUmes that would ervu to remind the city fathers that the municipality waa pot. e.id of nu excellent and effective department. For n time their acarcli waa lu vain. Finally one of the boys who It noted fur his keen eyesight and good Judgment, anw the anvil emoug the embera and by the aid of a wi.ltliy colleague saved It from destruction. Htreet HuieivUor ltlnes was so plcam il that he dedans he will urn the huge Iron block as n laer Weight on Ills olllce desk. The building WM coinusl almost entirely of lumber aud burned rapidly. It It supposed to huvebreu set oil llio by au lucendlary. The Iom will amount to al-uut l!&0; nu liajuraoce. A keg of powder which wa uied for blasting pur;0M'S, and stoied lu the building, eiploded with such violence H'foro Hie tlremeii rtached the ground at to bo beard all oier the city. |
