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Show I'lie oil Wfst Triuplo Sit eel. About 7i3i) o'clock lott evening thi retldenU of the soutbwutttrn part thu of city were arouie.1 by the occurrence of a 11 to on West Templo Htttvt, bitween Muth and Tenth B.tith ttreeU. A gentleman realllng In the Fifth ward, who happened to be reluming homo from tho Bunday uvoiilng services, was one of the tlret to discover tho flro. He battened lo the locality mentioned, and was tbo first one upon the premises. Thebulldlng-vasufbrlckiinjan tinconi-luted tinconi-luted one, the preparatory work fr plastering the Interior being undir way. Tho flames weru making great headway upou the partitions and wills wheu the gentleman arrived. Ihu windows had beeu closed with boards nailed on tho outside, an 1 theto wire promptly torn nil; but It was dltouver-ed dltouver-ed that nothing eould be done to save the structure from the flames, The second ntrlval tijioit the scenu a gentleman gen-tleman on birseiuan, turned lu au alarm by ttlephune. Wheu the Hie flrudeptrtoicnt arrived, h weor, tho building wnt so far dettroyed that they did uut deem It neootary to attach at-tach tho bote to the englue. Tho property lelongt lo Mr. J,. N. Jenkins. Though the hull ling w nut completed, Mr. Jenkiut had foitu nately secured an losuranen iiulley upon bit 1 roperly, Tbo lost It p laced |
