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Show $10,000 BLAZE IMPERILS PAIR CEDAR CITY A near-tragic fire that swept one of Cedar City's largest business blocks Thursday caused between f 10.000 and 112,000 damage, it was reported Friday. The blaze started in the William Thornton Drug company coffee shop, on the ground floor of the C. S. A. building. Fire department officials said a short circuit or overheated electrical ' appliance was responsible. Mrs. Warren H. Bulloch, wife of the Iron county commission chairman, chair-man, and a 4-year?old son narrowly escaped suffocation. They were asleep in an apartment on the second sec-ond floor when the fire broke out. Mr. Bulloch is the owner of the building. Drug store officials said part of the store would be reopened Monday. Mon-day. The coffee shop was almost destroyed, however, and will not be reopened for about a month. |