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Show FIREMEN OVERCOME BY AMMONIA FUMES CHICAOO, March Thirty flremea were ovsreome by the fumes of ammonia Sunday while fighting a fir which destroyed de-stroyed a warehauae of the Monarch Re- I frlaerator oompany aad oaueed a lU.vtfO I oaa. Daring rsscusg war made In oarrylng ! th unconacloua firemen from th burning burn-ing structure. It was neceaeary ta take them down the fire escapee, aa the lesblea of the els va tor In which tha res-, : cue re ascended snapped and the cace plunged three floors to tha basement with a load of firemen. Tha fire started early In the afternoon and raged with fury until lata Isat alght. Hive explosion of ' ammonia filled the building with fumes and made the work oC fix hi Ing the flames danger- uua. 1 " an' w.va fir-aaw 117 iwyaei With poultry, meats and butter. While attempting to seep front th roof by sliding down a rope. Battalion Chief tnrer bene me unconscious when he reached the fourth floor and dropped to the pavement. He fractured a log aad was Internally Injured. Twenty persons were ovarcoma by smoke In a fire that attacked the Harmony Har-mony hotel while the refrigerator plant, a block away, waa burning. They were carried to the street by firemen. Damage Dam-age to the hotel amounts to tlO.ooft, Ths plant of the ref risers tor company, which Is located at Raat Mich I sen street, lust across th Chicago rlvsr from the downtown section, burned more furiously fu-riously at mklntRht than at sny time since the firs started. Fire Chief ftey-feriich ftey-feriich said, however, that tha bias waa under oontroi. |