Show fire originating in rear garage destroys laris commission house I 1 gasoline explosion inflamed ga jaee in rear of store automobiles demolished excitement ran hish high in roosevelt tuesday morning when even before the fire siren sann Jed great atea clouds of 0 black smoke wet wei issuing jig from the garage in tl 11 rear end of 0 the cis L liris aris co commission mm I 1 house by noon some three hundred people had gathered t watch the oaring flames consume property properly valued v lied at the atre broke out in th garage where mechanic ernest I 1 oneil was waa working with wit an all acetylene ace tyline torch ills his assistant young li ardinger boy was wi k toward him carrying a pait of 0 gasoline which lial lad been used for cleaning auto parts when w hen I 1 spark from the torch flew into the pan causing an explosion which burned taco and hands when the toy dropped the pan flanks spread ly over the entire garage automobiles burned four automobiles one a truck owned by arch larsen which was bing rei paired in the garage were destroyed remove merchandise As soon as employees of tbt commission house houge were amaie oi 01 the fire they began bedan to lemoi mere merchandise lian dise and stock from m all UK store A crew of volunteers helped to catry carry groceries meats fuits and vegetables to a sate aiscan distance ce across the street A new shipment of goods valued at which had arrived earlier tuesday and were not yet unpacked in the back of the ston could not be savel loss loula louis carls of the L effs commission hou hobos ne valued his property loss at 7 te ie auto Ino biles in the garage valued at over ot of the loss for mr bals la ls ony only of it was covered by insurance su rance owner to rebuild mr laris announced that ho he would either rebuild the lail lai V Cominis sion house on the same proper property y or of go into business in some other section ot of roosevelt |