Show I 1 L Z fre destros home and contents the borne I orne of B rt hanks hauls located upon upper church street t together gether with all he turn furn tura lure was destroyed by f fre re at about abolt 00 0 0 clock last fast sat arday agi t mrs hanks and the children had left the place b it a shelf t tin e be ore for the purpose of visiting oi 01 e of the shows and it is tho igl igi t that the blaze started from an over heated stove in the dining room when the alarm was turned in by neighbors the blaze had spread to such inch an extent that it was as immoss ble to save anything mr lbanks planks who is employed at the gintic tintic Aler cantile store arri arrived v ed at h s biome 0 0 within a few n mutes after theotre re e A was as report ed but the heat beat was into 0 intense that he found it impose I 1 leto remove any thing every article of f furniture firn irn iture clothing arso al at effects and a able piano went up in flames along ith the house wh ch ell was no doubt worth 1100 fur nishi iga igi and other art arti cles pc pp haps vt north orth in the neigh boyhood of 15 0 the house carried insurance of aaa oooo and there x was as an insurance policy of 90 on the furni ture owing to the fact that the building vv wc s upon an elevation almost ecial to that ot of the city s water tanks there was put little pressure upon the tire fire firehouse hose which the volunteer firemen and others hastily attached d to the nea est hydrant and for that reason reagon the residence of J E drscoll was in grave danger for some little time by the use of buckets water w m as taken tu to the roof of the driscoll residence and in this manner the blaze was confined to the one building the entire absence of wind was a big ad vantage in preventing the spread of the flames the house was owned ba b mr hanks father ed vard hanks and it is un der stood that it will be cebu it just as soon goon as the necessary material can be secured |