Show I CRY OF FIRE FI RE AROUSES AROUSE CITIZENS Wednesday night at about the cry of fire aroused the people of Cedar and large crowds immediately rush rushed d to the scene which proved to tobe tobe tobe be the Ashdown residence in the southeast part of town I I The local telephone was called upon upon upon up up- on to notify Fire Chief Wilford Fife and his force of fire fighters who arrived on the scene with the fire firefighting firefighting fighting within a few minutes minutes minutes min min- utes after the call was given On the arrival of the fire department department department depart depart- ment the upper floor and roof was a n roaring furnace and it looked as though the entire building was surely doomed Chief Fife says that through the staying qualities of his men when they got in side under the burning roof the fire was confined to the roof and upper floor All efforts were directed to the preventing of the flames from getting to the lower part part of the building This had to be bedone bedone bedone done on account of oi the extremely low water pressure which was not more than ten pounds The stream from the of the fire hose would not reach more than full length of the large room As it was the fire department department department depart depart- ment did splendid work and prevented prevent prevent- ed the entire building from being consumed the roof only being practically practically tl lly destroyed and the upper floor badly damaged 11 Io- Io |