OCR Text |
Show BATTLE WITH FLAMES. Fire at Tonopah Destroys Twenty-eight Twenty-eight Business Houses. Tonopnh, Nov. Tho ilro which broko out In this city Monday night raged for fully two hours beforo the (lamos wero checked. Ono entiro block of business houses, with tho exception or tiro Butler theatro, was burned to tho ground. Tho flro department de-partment was slow gottlng to tho fire, but the volunteer department and citizens did good work. Twonty-eight Twonty-eight business houses nnd six residences resi-dences were burned. Considerable stock was saved by citizens packing tho goods to places ot satoty. Tho flro could bo seen at Goldflold, thirty-llvo thirty-llvo miles away, and telophono communication com-munication brought over 2,000 feet ot hoso In forty-llvo minutes In an nutomobllo. |