Show PROMPT ACTION AVERTS w I SERIOUS CONFLAGRATION t r Fire started In some unknown manner mannor t l' l came carre near destroying destro tho the building building- occupied 1 pied by the McCarty l Hat company at 36 Af 1 South houth Main street last night about 11 1145 45 1 The blaze spread from a box of ot papers In the rear of oZ the building through the tho partition to the s salesroom Vh When n tho the I LirA fire was as 15 discovered ered b by Policeman Betz it V 5 f. f had gained considerable headway and It j was wes a Q miracle that the firemen got it un unI und under un- un I d' d der dr r control The Tho damage t to the building t was about 50 and to tho stock about I The buildings joining tho the hat stoie Jt were not damaged v i-v S y- y |