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Show YERTERDAY'S FIRE CAUSED MUCH DAMAGE H Stock of Millinery and Ladles Fur- j H nlshlngg Has Close ; Call Ifl Tho flro department was called to M tho rcscuo of tho T. D. Roberts' , IH building about four o'clock yesterday '' , afternoon and had it not been for tho spraying nozzlo which did effective j H work In tho basement thcro is llttlo ' doubt that tho stock and building would havo today been in ruins. Tho causo ot tho flro Is not known, i but it Is supposed that Mr. Roberts !j loft a burning candlo in tho basement M which soon burned down and set ll flro to tho straw hats which nro al- fH ways kopt In tho basement. Tho first ll ovldenco of flro wns dotottcd when suioko was soen coming through tho ; window bnrs on tho sidewalk . As I soon ns tho cellar door was opened Sl a blazo broko out and It looked as If tho building wns doomed. Tho flro M department responded quickly nnd as ; soon ns a holo.was chopped Into the floor of tho building and spraying r nozzlo put to work, tho cloud of i smoko which wns belching from win- , dows nnd doors, subsided nnd It be- camo evldont'tho flro was under con- :H At this tlmo ot yenr, Mrs. Roberts HH carries a heavy stock of spring mer- ? chnndlsa. Its valuo was not known jH ns It Is not qustomary to tako an In- 'H ventory. Howover, ono merchant jf placed tho valuation ot tho stock ot IH merchandise at $25,000, thnt ho said IH was conservative. One thousand dol- fH lnrs of lnsuranco Is carried on tho IH building and throe thousand on the iH stock. Tho dainago will In all prob- fl ability reach this amount. !l |