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Show DISASTER AVERTED BY DOG. Railway Bridge Is Saved from Fire by Wise Canine. Boulder, Col. Furiously bnrklng tin til it hnd attracted attention, n dog bolonglng to Hobort Wnllnco of Marshal, Mar-shal, saved tho Colorado and Southern bridge from destruction by flro nnd averted n potislblo disaster. In 1902 tho snmo brldgo was bndly damaged by flro Just boforo a train wns duo, and tho snmo dog called nttcntlon to tho flro by howling nnd a serious accident ac-cident to the train was prevented. Tho railroad ofllclals presented the animal with a lino collar at tho time Tho dog was heard barking, nnd nn Investigation showed that tho brldgo was In llnmoB. A freight train hnd passed over It n fow minutes boforo, bo-foro, nnd hot conls from tho firebox set tho tlmbors ablaze Tho station ngont at Marshall wns notified, while, Mrs. Wnllaco and her llttlo girl carried car-ried water from tho creek and sue ceeded In extinguishing tho llnmos. But for tho vigllnnco of tho dog tho strong wind would hnvo fanned tho flames Into a blazo of serious proportions. |