| Show rim 1 1 n I NOTES Immediately after aCter the tho was got ot under control the department nt at once applied one of or the tho steamers to the water ater out of ot th basement to pre prevent vent nt damage to the foundations f un The roomers In the Swan Swall block were a jolly joll crowd of people Ater they got out of the building some of at them th II scanty congregated on Oi the tM street laughingly compared compare notes nOleR of ot their narrow escapes sc pes At 1 the smoke so dense on the sidewalk the tho firemen working In front of or the tho building were almost Sf ca ted The police cleared the tho crowd back the lire lines were extended to the tho car Immediately ator the fro lines were and 1 nil the men got down own to work Ire 10 bridges were laid on the tho car tracks and the heavy State street cars were enabled to run without doing doin any damage lo to the tho hose hoseAs oso As Al severt of ot the brave fre fighters staggered out of or the ba ment their clothing dripping with wih wat r and their eyes almost bleeding from the effects ot of the tho strong smoke they ther demanded to know the man was as who said they the had a 1 snap nat At 1230 nil 11 the hose hOlc on hand was as In InU U e und and still the big blaze was wal not In he least leMI under control Chief Immediately Issued orders for more hose a 1 wagon alon two men were dispatched to headquarters for tor tho necessary material Manager Sanborn of ot the Leyner com company company pany was WAi one of or the busiest men at atthe atthe the lre and did much to assist Chief and his hi men In their work He Hese se Iet men en al work getting etting the machinery out of the way 1 and anI two lines of hose were soon stretched through the place to the rear of the Swan building Tho alarm was turned In at t 1045 fifteen minutes minute later Inter the tho Ore lighters with wih the IRnee of ot several Merl police policemen men had hd tho crowd crowl pushed back Into Inlo the le of ot the street fire lines stretched ll the sidewalk None ono were admitted within the lines with wih the exception c of DC firemen fremen and news newspaper paper men menThe menThe The Final Inal boy bo was aB much mich In evidence and was wa decidedly to tok keep k p him within reasonable bounds was wn wasa a n task entirely too to great creat for the tho ten policemen on hand The were to 1 sec lee the th blaze blae and sec Iee It I they Old They Thc rushed rushell onto the tho sidewalk climbed trees tres and secured reserved on telephone poles One On amu ant nt at the same Bame time 5 Incident of ot the fre was na the tho action of ot Mr Ir Pauls doff a 0 water From the time of ot the alarm the canine Mood as Q it at guard at the rear of ot tho building nO resolutely re refused r I fused to leave the grounds A h smoke gre more mo dense the faithful would move moe hack back a ml nil then resume his former forer station Fir smoke water made ma e no difference to toMm Mm and aM he remained there ther despite de pile tho th efforts of ot tho firemen fremen to drive him While smoke moke was OM pouring out Olt of ot the upper Morles s of ot the building ome ono one ret Fet up the tho excited cry cl that women were WEre sleeping In the building Several would be bo heroes her made a dash dl h up stairs hut but soon Ron dashed down don again n Ih co copious pious tears tar Ono One young lady Ind was re rei cued cuell by one of ot the firemen and she fell tel half hal fainting onto a 0 trunk on the side sidewalk walk A moment later Inter a man came tumbling downstairs with wih a I bundle of In hid hl arms ara and unconsciously dumped It I onto tho young ladys Indya head A young man whose hofe name could not nt be learned essayed el ac to do the heroic and announced d with lh a flourish of ot his hands that he would woul save O some tIM of or th th valuables In the Swan building WIh Vl h hA A 1 handkerchief tied over oWr hi hl face he dashed bravely In n few fe mo moments ments the crowd eod 19 pent Into a I con convulsion of laughter nt o the sight of 0 tho young man down don six Ix It at n t n a Jump affectionately teb clutch clutching cutch ing J with lh both hoth hands a I small R rent nt coal cal oil oi lamp The oil 01 was dripping over his hla clothing as 81 he ran 11 to n a nearby and carefully dtp lepo UC the lamp lampIn In a wife place He va rai oon by a couple of youths bearing a feather fet r pillow plo and a a pin |
