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Show IROJOIS PURSUED BY FXAlfiEHRE Chicago, III., Jan 17. The Iroquois Memorial Emergency hospital, erected erect-ed as a memorial to the Coo people wlio lost tllelr lives in the Iroquois theater fire seven years ago, narrowly narrow-ly escaped destruction by fire yesterday yester-day just before it was formally opened open-ed for patients. j Fire was discovered In a pile of - j celsior In the rear of t'j place and for a time it was feared that serious damage might resulL A fire .alarm was turned in. but before the firemen arrive 1. spectators, specta-tors, led by Dr. Matthew Karasak, in charge of the hospital had extinguished extin-guished tho blaze. It is thought the fire was caused from a lighted cigar which was thrown into a pile of excelsior. |