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Show Firemen Save Building From f Damag( t- The efficient work of the fireme l- Sunday prevented what might hav ir developed into a disasterous fire an . saved damage to the apartment c Miss Ardena Atwood by careful ap plication of water by means of th e new equipment. s Smoke was discovered pouring ou a of the, building occupied by the tele c phone company and firemen wer e summoned. Locating the source o the blaze firemen entered the apart i ment and soon succeeded n control! -! ing the blaze in a clothes closet, i I double flue was found to have causa the fire, sparks having fallen int clothing in the closet from the flu hole. , This could have been a very dis asterous fire as the telephone office f are located in part of the top floo of the building and the Christensen' f Thrift Store occupies the grouni floor. Adjoining this building is th Boren Market and joining the Borei Market is the H. W. Clark genera ' merchandise store. The wind wa l blowing from the north and if thi ' blaze had once got a good start i would have been hard to control th flames. During this fire, a certain persor who is known to the firemen, too money from the bureau in the roor where the fire occurred. It shoul be returned at once to save arres J and exposure. |