Show LUCKY BLAZE ir if such a thing thine is possible the fire which cons consumed uniel the little warehouse belonging to fishburn Fis liburn sons last laft monday morning mornant g was just such ii a blaze the warehouse was totally destroyed entailing a loss of ajo to 1101 b but u t t the h e ha handsome ud s 0 m e b business u sl ne s s houses ot of F fishburn la li b u rn S sons 0 n s an ami t 1 A L 1 W compton which were ignited were saved hence the expression which chich forms the caption of this article francis 1 hid had been burning sonie some waste paper in tile the back yard soon after opening the ris fishburn liburn establishment lish ment tor for the days business and went inside the store for something returning in a few moments to find the frame warehouse a mass ot of flames A strong south wind was blowing and of course everything was dry as tinder so ro the flames had a joyous time eating up the building anil and to 10 further satisfy their hunger leaped over to comptons comptois Com art gallery and FIsh fishburne burns main store building where they found ready material to burn in the window casings casl nga the alarm vas nas promptly turned in the firemen responding in fit less time than it takes to tell about it but when the hoo was coupled to the hydrant at Mci ac alas lasters comer and tho the water avater turned on on there came a s only about a fourth of what bat it should be tile the hydrant was defective tile the lames flames roared and crackled greedily consuming their prey and for a almo it looked as though a great conflagration would result haq was finally obtained however and the attention of the firemen was directed to extinguishing jhb flames on the two business blocks which was accomplished in very short order the damage to these buildings will he be very normal something in the neighborhood of 75 each which lie lies principally in charred window frames broken glass etc considering what might have been the fire was certainly a lucky one and the firms damaged are congratulating themselves upon their narrow escape |