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Show NEGRO CONYHT HERO OF A FIRE Jolict, 111'., -My 1P.--A fire which ,af. one time. tftreatcn3d serious damage dam-age "to the "8tato prison here, destroyed de-stroyed the ehlrt factory here last evening, causing a less of 525.000 The fire, which wob caused by crossed electric wires, was pot discovered dis-covered until after the prisoners had been locked, in .their cells , for tho night. Led by Tucker Ballard, a giant negro, ne-gro, who In enrvel twenty-seven years and who hnti distinguished himself him-self at every lire for bravery, the volunteer vol-unteer fire department, composed of guards aDd '"trusties," put out the lire. , I , |