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Show ISOLATED HOME LOST IN BLAZE Fire, believed to have been caused bv defective electric wiring in the attic, at-tic, destroyed the house located at 93-i Orchard avenue, owned by Mary A-Srhaer. A-Srhaer. assistant department Dianagei at Wright's store, and occupied by William Hansen yesterday afternoon. A small part of the furniture was saved. The house was partially Insured, In-sured, but there was no insurance on the furniture. The alarm was received at the fire department headquarters at 5.24 o'clock, and by the time the equipment had arrived the roof was falling in. Neighbors turned in the alarm and the equipment passed the family on Cros street, while they were walking to-word to-word "Washington avenue to take a street car for the downtown section. It w.is Impossible to iel water on the fire, due to t lie house being located lo-cated two and one-half blocks from the nearest fire hydrant and to the fact that the small ditch In front of the house had ery little water In It. |