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Show Fire Destroys Joe Ferre Home The home of J. II. Ferre, located on North First West street, was almost al-most totally destroyed by a fire which broke out between 12 and 1 o'clock Tuesday morning. In th structure was seven rooms and ; that remained after the blaze hud been conquered were two of the rooms located at the front of the building. All the effects in the k: chen, a bedroom, bathroom and other room that were burned were a total loss. Some of the furniture and other oth-er effects in the front of the building build-ing were saved by the early arrivals at the fire. The loss is placed at $3,000 by Mr. Ferre. Insuance on the house and furniture was $2,800. Mr. and Mrs. Ferre retired about 11 o'clock and according to statements, state-ments, there had been no fire in the kitchen stove late in the evening. It was nearly one o'clock when Mr. Ferre was awakened by the intense heat and crackling of the burning fire. He immediately sounded the alarm and telephone central was notified. no-tified. Calls were sent to many homes and shortly after volunteers were at the scene. Early arrivals caried out much of the furniture and household effects from the front of the home, but efforts to save any thing from the kitchen and other rooms proved futile. Some difficulty diffi-culty was found in- connecting the hose with the fire plug and this prevented pre-vented successful fighting. The city ditch was turned in and with the bucket brigade and the successful operation of the city fire hose, the blaze was soon under control. When the alarm had become general, gen-eral, volunteers awakened from their sleep, flocked to the scene of the fire and all worked valiantly and Mr. and Mrs. Ferre deeply appreciate the services rendered. Mr. Ferre is at a loss to know how the fire started start-ed and "the conclusion is that it was the result of defective wiring or from spontaneous combustion. The fire demonstrated several things to be seriously considered by the citizens and the city officials. Two points that should be foremost is a distinctive and proper fire alarm system and the organization of a volunteer fire department. This matter has been brought before the public on several occasions and while the city has been comparatively fortunate for-tunate with fires, fortification by the organization of a firefighting brigade bri-gade and a good alarm system woi ,d tend to greatly reduce the losset. |