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Show ONE' WOMAN IS KILLED; ' ANOTHER LOSES REASON IN FIRE IN NEW TORE CITY - -- 1 Ii Panic Which Followed Explosion of Lamp, One Fair Boarder Rushed to Rosf and Jumped Down Air Shaft. NEW YORK, March 23. One woman was killed at a small fire caused by a lamp explosion In West Sixty-fifth street early today, and one woman probably will lose her reason from excitement. ex-citement. When the fire was discovered, Mrs. Edna Wallace frantically aroused three women boarders, one of whom was Miss Eleanor Price, and then fainted. Miss Price went up on the roof to escape and Jumped down an airshart. She was Instantly In-stantly killed. Mrs. Wallace became hyfterical when revived and was taken to Roosevelt hospital, "where it was said her reason was in danger. The property loss was nominal. WHOLE TOWN TURNS OUT TO FIGHT FIRE; SEVERAL WALLS CATCH FIREMEN. SHELTON, Neb., March 23. A falling fall-ing wall caught several volunteer firefighters fire-fighters here at 11 o'clock this morning. Fred Colby was dragged out of the "debris "de-bris alive. It Is not known how many persons are buried beneath the walls. The fire originated yesterday In the office of a newspaper, and three buildings, build-ings, with their contents, were destroyed. de-stroyed. The ruins were fanned Into a blaze again this morning, and Morris' drug store, Southerland's drug store and Hart's hardware store caught fire. The town being without fire protection, more than 300 men, women and children turned out ot fight the flames, which, aided by a strong wind, threatened the entire business district. |