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Show HOG NEARLY BURNED CI7 Set Ablaze by Falling Lamp, An.:.. Unconsciously Gets Even with Man That Threw It. Tho entire last slclo of town n.i. rowly escaped being burned nt nl.i and nothing but prompt action upo. tho part of those present averted It. says a dispatch from Dresden, Tenn. Fnto Perry, a clerk at Tuck's via-taurant, via-taurant, went to his room upstair-over upstair-over the rettaurant about 11 o'clock to retire. Ho lit a lamp, which caught flro within, and Pcry promptly threw It Into tho street. The lnmp struck n town hog fairly In tho ntlddlo of tho back nnd exploded, covering the hog with burning oil. Tho squeals of his hogsblp could havo been heard half a mllo away as he awoke to the situation nnd tried to get away. Tho hog took a turn around n part of tho public square and returned to whero ho was first assaulted and ran under the restaurant from which the lamp was thrown to get release from tho llamcs. The blaze by this time had Just begun to make extra good headway and soon set the floor and rubbish under tho building afire. Tho alarm was rals..d aid the entire fire force called out, but for somo time they could neither ft the hog out or reach the fire. -Finally tho floor was torn up and wntfr poured through upon tho hog. who took tho relief offered of-fered him without a grunt nnd the flro was finally put out All losses, except tho hog's, were covered by Insurance. |