Show j v 1 svituon I ESCAPE1 I limo tire III I IpuiiLlli Cellar III Iv irtcriioon boon after 1 elock this afternoon smoke began issuing I from tho cell ir of vl 11 Upmans store on Mam street and in a short tune tho sidewalk lit Urn vicinity vvts thronged vvith people The alaim was sent to tho fire department but before the brigulo turned Walker Bros hose cart was run ovoi to the scene and tho hose were soon attachec 101 hydrant near bj In the meantime a dozen or more men were busily eugiBed in eirrv ing water into tho cellar where the file smouldering and they had kept the blue from making mud headway Before I stream could be gotton to plii through the private hose I PlO firemen arrived IL with then cart and in a few moments they had a stream into the cellar The fire was out almost in stantlv and as soon as the smoke and the eiowd had cleared iwav all was trinmul again The loss will amount to prjttuill nothing is the cell ir eontamed onlv a few old packing boxes and other vvortl less materials A little delay woul have provpn very serious ind the escape from one dostructive file was I very narro |