Show SMALL FIRE GIVES DEPARTMENT TROUBLE While the loss to the building at 1083 Second avenue yesterday n. n afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- was Wad less than 50 50 the fire ire was one of ot the tho worst small fires that t the e department has had haq to fight in a a. number of ot years The Tho fire tire started in the basement in the absence of the owner of or the house Mr Whitmore Neighbors noticed smoke pouring pouring- from rom the house and called the department When tho the department and Chief B Bywater Bywater By- By water arrived it was necessary for forthe forthe or orthe the firemen to put on helmets hel bet mets niets to enter the house It was vms one ono of tho the worst little fires tires that I have havo ever seen The damage was slight but tho wa way the men h hatto hat had d' d to KO go into the basement of the house was something fierce said Bald Chief Chiet Bywater While Wane the cause of the fire tire has not boon been discovered It Is believed that thai It was duo clue to spontaneous combus combus- tion A second fire ire yesterday afternoon i one LIne no in which the loss totaled was at the home of Q B B. Kelly South Thirteenth East Again the fire started In tho the absence absence ab ab- ab- ab sence of ot the tamil family and Is to have been duo to a n. defective flue Tho The loss los was confined principally to tho the roof of ot the house |