Show THORNTON RESIDENCE BURNED BORNEO fire broke out ahi about t noon on a friday last in the attle attic of the win U thornton residence on the east siide ad of town p practically trally demolishing demolish mg e be before I 1 me the he flames fiam could be extinguished it is presumed that the blaze started as a result of a defect defective ye flue and as soon as i was hacin t red b mr ThOr lit 11 1 daugn is tei M mis T H mera 1 I ers a who no m with ith be her hin hudband band and children were occupy ing 9 the residence od odo O the alarm was given and people rushed from all paris pans of the city with buckets hose ste etc but bemuse because there ainia was no water in the ditch which passes the place and the water ater tap leaked little could be done except to get the furniture out of the house until the fire hose boss came had ha wt hatm be been lal callable lable at i tonie ament meni cenat it 1 i thought that th the blae could have been b e im extinguished before much damage was done but because there wass was none those who had assembled disband of any hope of min saving it at all the furniture was removed to a safe distance however and when the fire hose arrived the blase w was extinguished saving only the walls walk of the building and they are badly baal chill charred mrs myers m was as remark remarkably bl J calm through it all and showed better judgment in the situation than did a lot of me men w who la w were present anal all that accounts at s to a great cut extent t for there being no mi I 1 loss of h hOise hla holu effects her husband was in all the north side mile of to town nn men assisting sting his bro bm he her with a new houe and knew nothing thing of the fire until it was all 11 out |