Show fire destroys destroy van buren residence fire which broke out in a v ash house adjoining the residence of ex me maor or F C van buren on thai day last completely destroyed that outbuilding together with ith clothes bedding etc which were in it and damaged the he residence to such an extent that repairs will cost coit co it almost dh as much as the construction of adew a new house how the fire stalled is not dafin bitely known but it is supposed thit tbt a spark froma from a fire in the baid aid where mrs van buren had been making soap got under the wash ash house and started the on oil when it was discovered it was mas under onder such headway that it was impossible for mr me van buien to it him self or to get help heip in sufficient tune time the heat beat from it was ao w intense thet that it ignited tle me north side of the real met dence and soon scion smoke and id flames were corning coming up through the shingles in the roof and it looked like it would b be impossible to save any port odthe of the house buse an urge large crowd gathered rither hurriedly however ind with buckets and tubs of water from the creek were able to check cheal the flames io be slightly until the fire hose haze was connected A herou heroic fight for about thirty minutes sue ceedee in extinguishing the blimes but not until the roof met was so badly charred and the north wall that it will have to be replaced so the loss lose would have been ahtie greater rf if thi structure bad burned to tile ground much of the furniture the library etc were removed undamaged but it I 1 is understood I 1 that h at much of their winter clothing bed bad clothes etc were in the wash house and were completely burned up Fortunat Fortura tl fK the wind was in ill the right direction so that the flames dian didn spread to the correll corral or 1 to the rr premises mes of neighbors lack of any on the presumes premises makes the loss lofs a complete one through the kindly feelings of friends and the common ny ity generally however a sub tion was started bufore the flames lied had entirely died down which about to assist in replacing clothing etc which was deavo desfred des foed ed |