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Show Section olSheol. Clifton, W. Va., 14. Tills town has a miniature Infernal region. It luu been doing business (or tho past eight months, during wheich period it has claimed ono victim and continues to mako tho inhabitants who aro so uniorti'nato as to live near it qnito miserabblu. It is ,i bed of fire coyorlng about an acre of ground und situated on the situ of the old Clifton nail works. It is under n thin crust through which flames burnt forth and light up tho town at night, throwing out gases nnd Bending forth unearthly noise, which strike horror to hearts of the inhabitants. It has been burning sincti last April, havinghoaiistnrtedby a groat conflagration conflagra-tion then. All efforts to extinguish it havo been unavailing and it is a constant con-stant source of alarm. Tho other day a workman passing fell into the bed and beforo ho could bo extricated wan asphyxiated and his body nearly binned to a crisp. Another man fell In ycstci-diiVi ycstci-diiVi but luckily was res:ucd before serious harm befell him. Four out of the six applicants for membership to tho local A. O. U. W todgo wero initiated Saturday evening. The lodgu lias an enrollment of KS members mem-bers at present. The new members aro F. J. Uradloy, Jos. A. Murdock, Win. II. Murdock aud J. M. Duke. lloir. |
