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Show EXPLOSION OF GASOLENE CAUSING EXCITING FIRE Ojierator Set on I'laines and Conteuls of Ilulldlug De(njed Loss Cowr-cil Cowr-cil by Insurniice. A firo in tho rear ot tho Hoynl Clothing Cloth-ing store, Monday, caused consldor-ablo consldor-ablo excitement for a time and but for tho quick work of tho firo department depart-ment might hnvo resulted In considerable consider-able loss. As It was tho damage- will probably not exceed ?2!0 nnd Is covered cov-ered by Insurance. Tho damago consists con-sists In tho destruction of an electric motor, n gasollno washing machine, several gallons of gasollno thrco suits of elothos nnd tho roof of tho little building In which tho firo occurod. N'o ono knows tho real causo ot the fire It might hnvo occured from a short In tho motor or a match In ono of tho suits. John S. Vnrnoy wns operating op-erating tho washer In which wns thioo suits of clothes and several gallons of gasollno. As ho raised tho lid nil nt onco thoro wns an explosion, Vnrnoy's fnco wns scorched, his clothing cloth-ing ct n'li'o and tho whole Intoilor of tuo building wns In flames. Tho dopartmont arrived within about throe minutes nftor the alarm was Font In and had tho flames undor control. con-trol. Thoro woro olevon li-gallon cans of gasollno In tho building. Tho firo v so hot that It melted tho onpn from all of them, yet only ono exploded Had tho others exnlodcd probably tho fire would hnvo been sprond to tho surrounding buildings. |