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Show f v . ' v J , .-. r t - - " " ' I ...... ;.i t,rft-jMiafr8:.x-.. lJw:V:;i.i.i u-m( , - Wednesday Blaze Hits McConnell Home j ' Cedar City Volunteer Fire Depart ment was called out at approximately ):!'() a. m. Wednesday to contain a fire, believed to have started owin"; to faulty wiring, at the Gladys McConnell residence at Smith 100 East. Iam:c was estimated at $",-fHH). $",-fHH). Most of the roof was consumed, con-sumed, or destroyed to the point of necessitating replacement and some damage was also done to the floor of the second story. Miss McConnell reporiod that she apparen'ly heard the lil.i:-e at about 7 a. in., but did not reali.e what was happening M::-s McConnell, Mc-Connell, who was living alone In the two-story lrick home, was moved to tho R. E. Wintorrose residence when the fire was discovered. dis-covered. All personal belongings and furniture and movable fixtures were taken out of the homo and stored by friends and neighbors eliminating damage to these effects. ef-fects. The roof was tinder dry and the flames were leaping 15 to 20 feet in the air from the roof when .the fire department arrived. |