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Show PARROT CALLED FOR HELP AND WAS SAVED CHICAGO. Nov. Hei.ry A. .S. l. t. r, head butcher for Arimcr ! Co. was burned to death In a tire wlih-h i;d damage dam-age to the extent of to the lodging-house lodging-house of II. S. l'ewer. Morris H'.rns v.;is severe! v scorched. .'file firemen 111,011 their arrival heard cries for hip Horn the buililirjr and fought their way through the flames, only to lind that the appeals for rescue ctme fiom a parrot. Th Mrd was s:'.vd. The tire started in a vaudeville room 01, the lirst floor. It originated bat k of the curtam. and when seen' y the audience tne people made a rush for the doors. There was a Jam in the exits, but nobody was seriously hurt. An ftort was made to lower the curtain, which is said to have been of asbestos, but it caught and w:is destroyed by the tire. |