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Show ptock into the street, in an endeavor to save them from the destruction which he bel cved to be creeping his way. The sidewalk was littered With packages of lea, coffee, brooms and ' other groceries, and the entire equipment equip-ment of the store, including glass show cases, scales, coffee grinders, etc. These were ah returned to their places withlu an hour, and a watchman watch-man secured from the city police station to care for the damaged binding bind-ing and Its contents during the nitht The fire was caused by the overheating over-heating of a ran':e which had been left burning during the absence of , the proprietor of the store. The fire In the range. It is believe 1, became , so hot, that either the soot In tho chimney, or the woodwork near the stove or pipe caught fire., and started ( the conflacvaMon. I The building was owned by C. T. j Ilutchington of Silt Lake. It is not . known whether there was any in-j in-j surance on the structure. I The damage to the stock of the I groceryman consisted of several bar-1 bar-1 rels of sugar, and a dozen or so bngs I of flour, with other perishable goods, which was rendered valueless by the drenching received. On the way to the fire, one of the hose wagons s-u-t a soft spot in thf cement, on Washington avenue near Twenty-Sfcond street, where the road is torn up and half blocked by the repair work being done there. Fire Chief Can field complained Inst night that the condition of the street at this point made It quite difficult for him to get his apparatus to the fire promptly, ami rendered one of his wagons useless. Had the f(re been further advanced, he declares the chances of the department In securing secur-ing control would have been enhanced by the absence of this wagon. Krelnes carried a small insurance on his slock ar.d equipment, but, declared last night that It would not reimburse reim-burse him for more than a small portion por-tion of the poods destroyed. FIKSTROYS , SMALL STORE Fire broke out in the rear of the building at 1C40 Washington avenue, at 9 o'clock last night, and, despite the quick response of the firemen to the alarm, and their effective work in exUutuishinK the flames, a loss of $1,0.10 was Incurred by the oecupaut, and the owner, jointly. The building was occupied by Samuel Sam-uel Krelnes who runs a retail grocery and candy store on the lower floor The upper portion of the building h id been used as a dwelling apartment, but has been unoccupied for some time. Kreines after the closing of hi.? store for the night early in the evening, even-ing, went with bis ramily t.. the j town section, and when he returm.-d found his place of business in flames. The entire rear portion of the house was on fire and a crowd of peoule gazing )n silence at the beautiful spectacle spec-tacle of the blazing furnace. The alarm had been sent in by neighbors, and the fire department sent three hose wagons, Including a chemical, and the automobile chemical. chemi-cal. The firemen did good work, and soon hat! the flames uader control but in extinguishing the fire with a quantity of water, they damaged, or destroyed the greater part of the J groceryman's stock, which was stored in the rear of the store. Tbe buildlnr was Completely gutted from roor to his-Mm-nt in the rear, with the roof almost burned off. The hose of water and the cheniicil tubes were played upon the flames with good effect, until, within an hour of the giving of the alarm, there' wast not a spark nor a sign of smoke to be seen. , Wbeu the fire was at its beicht. Kreinc, with several men assisting attempted to remove hi- entire store1 |