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Show YEAR OF THE BIG SNEEZE Wave of Ker-Chewing Begins in Drug House When Sulphur Takes Fire Chicago, Feb S This year of grace mat pass into history as the year of the great sneeze,- taking rank with the "year of the great wind. The chorus of sneezes was on the first floor of a wholesale drug house iu West Lake street. In two minutes min-utes the wave of sneeses spread over the second floor uutil presently 125 employes, hatless coatless, and ker-j chewing explosively, rushed into the, street. Explanation of the outburst was i found m the burning of 225 hags ofj sulphui in the basement. Crowds, attracted by the gongs of the fire engines, rushed to the scene, i hut retired, sneezing The fumes I Bpread to adjoining buildings and their occupants emerged on the street rednosed. red-eyed and sneezing Firemen rushed into the basement but quickly retreated dragprm with them twel-.r oi' their ininiiier who: had been overcome by the fumes. They, too, were sneezing. So pungent were the fumes that onl one stream of water could be applied to the tire Those manning this hose were relieved frequently to sneeze the fumes from their lungs. The sulphur burned stubbornly but 1 llnallv w as extinguished. Still j Bneezlng, the firemen returned to their stations. |