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Show FIGHT FLAMES WITH WINE. Hundreds of Gallons of Bed Beverage Bever-age Used In San Francisco Fran-cisco Fire. San Francisco. Hod wine, hundreds ot gallons of it, wns used in lighting tho Ilamcs In tho Latin quarter on tho slopo of Telegraph hill, and tho wlno won. Th'o only avallnblo water supply was a well dug half a century ago. When tho flames seemed almost conquered tho pumps sucked nlr and the II ro began be-gan to gain. Tlio Italian residents broko In their cellar doors, nnd barrel after barrel of red Italian wlno was rolled oiu nnd their heads smashed In. Tho bucket brigade then turned from wa er to wlno. Sacks were dipped in wlno nnd used for beating out tlio lire. Ilcds wcro stripped of their blankets, and thc&o wero soaked In tho wlno and hung over exposed portions of tho cottages, and men on tho roofs drencned tho shingles and tlio sides of tho hoiiso with wine. Until 4 o'cloc; In tho morning tho light was carried on, much of tho tlmo wlno Instend of water b.s-lug b.s-lug used. Then tho tiro vaa practically practic-ally extinguished. |