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Show Snake Crawled Into Hose , . He is of the opinion that the snake, frightened by the tumult attending at-tending the fire, crawled into the hose and was carried to the engine kouse. where it crawled out when the hose was hung In the chute to dry. During Tumult at Fire in Cincinnati Reptile Took Refuge In Fire paratus. Cincinnati. Capt. "Billy" Thompson and fire crew 39 were seated in the engine en-gine house at Clarion avenue and Montgomery road, Evanston, when a euccession of yells came from the cellar, cel-lar, where Plpeman William Gehringer was fixing up a hose nozzle. The firemen rushed downstairs and found Gehringer pointing to an immense im-mense black snake that had coiled in ope corner and. as it had no means of escape, evidently meant to fight. Captain Thompson and Lieutenant Perry Doyle put an end to the snake's life with clubs. When measured it was found that the serpent was a few inches over five- fe"t in leneth. Captain Thompson I Fnys that, the company went out to a I smail nie in a foundry on Northslde iivti.ut a It days ago and, after the LL-lv: v.-i extinguished, the hose was unwound and laid for some minutes In the high gras and weeds adjoining adjoin-ing the building before it was placed In the wagon. |