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Show RESIDENCE, DRUG STORE, A MEAT MARKET, CONSUMED . " HI HUE AT RICHMOND I Water Works Fails to Give the Protec- I tion Needed. Some Fiirniture and I Clothing Rescued but Damage Will I Reach Several Thousand Dollars. H An early flro at Richmond yestor-I yestor-I day completely wiped out tho A. A. I Thomas Drug Storo, and rosldcnco, I also tho butcher shop of Jack Mur-I Mur-I dock. Tho blazo is .ealil ,to havo I started In tho rear of tho meat mar-I mar-I ket, on account of a defectlvo lluo. A. A. Thomas discovered tho firo at I 1:20 a. m. yestordny morning and I tho alarm quickly spread to all parts I of town. A responso was mado by I nearly every ablo bodied citizen but I tho flames had' 'taken 'such a hold on I the meat shop building and as tho I hose for tho, water' mains did not work very good, it could bo seen that tho building Jojtnlng was doonied. I Every effort was made to clear out I the furnlturo and clothing from tho I Thomas residence, and considerable bed clothes and furniture woro saved but still tho loss will run Into socr-ail socr-ail thousands of dollars with but a small Insurance. Tho residence of A. A. Thomas Is apartments In tho rear of tho drug store and part of tho drug store build !" Mr. Thomas camo to Richmond q'bout fourteen yenrs ago and " thru his close attention to buslnrns has liut't up a thriving drug trado In tho northern part of tho valley. ', Tho people of Richmond extend their sympathies to tho Thomas family fam-ily In this great loss. Mr. Murdock carried alor; with tho lino of meats, a small stock t groceries and his loss will also nmount to considerable |