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Show $1700 DAMAGE DONE JY BLAZE I Garage Man Escapes From Flaming Coat A garage, manager Tuesday had narrowly escaped serious burns snd perhaps desth when his coat began to burn and ignited a can of Caroline. Caro-line. The gasoline fire spread i through the Marsn Auto Service, 130 Kast Broadway, and did damage dam-age estimated at S1700. A short circuit in wiring let fire to the service coat of M. Thirl Marah of 747 Garden avenue ss he wss working on sn electric battery charger, it waa reported. "I ran for some water to put out the flames snd I tripped over s two-gallon csn of gasoline snd spiUed It." he told J. K. Plercey, i fire department battalion chief. It took firemen about an hour to put out the blase. Damage to the building was estimated at 11000 and to contents at (700 by Chief Piercey. Mr. Marsh put out the fire In his service cost snd was not Injured. |