Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-01-16 | Page 1 | Snowballs to Fight Fire.

Snowballs to FI Fight ht Fl Fire FILe St S1 Louis Louts Jan Jarm 16 The The frame residence reel resi deuce dence of or Mr Ir and Mrs Max lax Lillie In Jn Richmond Heights a St. St Louis suburb completely destroyed b by CIt fire Thursday night while they were at atthe t the theater It Is believed that the fire started from the time furnace The fire iro was discovered by neighbors too toolate late lato to save the tIme home but the adjoining adjoin adjoin- log ing houses were save saved by hurling hurling- large loose snowballs asal against the walls and antl the fire was checked until tho Limo fire department de dc- de- de arrived Mr an and Mr Mrs Mr Lillie LiilIe and und their guests knew nothing of the the- tire fire until the they left Ifft a street car and started toward where their home had been seen