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Show QUICK WORK AVERTS POSSIBLE FIRE PANIC LONG BEACH. Calif.. Feb. 5. Flic ' Ubbbbbb believed to hav been of incendiary IH origin, burned fiercely for a time Frl- 1 ; ibbbbb! da) Iti an ante-room of the municipal 'Ubbbbbb! auditorium, where thousands of per- nLH sons ' re attending an Industrie I I position, it was announced todaj bj I the fire department. I'bbbB To avoid possible panic, the flro de-partment, de-partment, summoned when the watch- 'man discovered the blaze, closed tho Lfl 1. loops between the ante-room and the I 'auditorium ami at considerable risk to themselves, extinguished tho fire. The firemen said their hands were blistered from acid which had been H ! sprinkled about the room. . Spectators at the exposition did not 1 learn of the fire until later. '1 |