Show A mil LY WVHNING Our dispatches contain tho description of an extensive conflagration in St Louis which defctrocd u half million dollars worth of proper in a very short time nnd < l which could not be subdued bv tho firemen until it had expended its force on all in reach A Minilar lire occurred re edith in Denver where sovcmllmil < lhlH liiirne 1 ho ijulckl ind furious that the efforts of Ibm liremen Wire flllil Iluto caws were owmt miinlv to n w ml of sufhcluit priPHtiie In the w itu minis or lire plue3 to fLe1 I tho cnjncsor thiow hosn htieams high enough to do I an good and for the furlher rCIHon the pics cut drouth h id ren leio luvtr thing as in llamible is tinder Iheso cases hlioul Ibo I-bo a warning IJ JIll ut > luthontirs for m i isu of an extensive Ilio bet e tin usual trust m the iliutanci Ittwcin houbps woul 1 atoll nothlii is a thouir of Iteavy sparks would ignite my bull 1 log ill the < ity licnilo a eaicfulhusband IlIg lIf f the w itcr tiipph ill thc ipjiar itus in tliuclt including water plllgs hlioul 1 be tested occasionullv alll 1 such rules enforce 1 is would nt times in sure a full boa 1 of water in the latter 1 iheso little mattcisbiem novel to rlnku the mill1 of thoo In iiuthoritv III mv largo I cit until it Is Iota Ink ind in tin SI louis ease it is proven that lack of t f naieiTumh I nud I nut l htvrH1 en MJ eiused tliu loss of fouoon i woith of liiojerl tIe escape so far fioiu laie fires In this iil should not lull tIn itt plo into a careless and false security for a few moment thought tlven to the i cils ability to cope with n large fire will convince the moil skeptical that even rassible precaution is nccossar The fire department is limited and tho nppar atns none of tho best while the territory to be covered h its services is in no WOY roportioncd to its power for going to or mttlng out fires In each home the owner or occupant should observe such j rce iiillons as he i < tttj and In that way great wilanco ran be given to tho legu ardcpaitmont In case of need It is n common thing fur eoplo i in the vicinity of a fire to look Ullj on until the nruval of the enamel when Iher should take I nttaiit Hteps to nil 1 the dcpirlment for Iho enroll that if the fire fhoiild 1 escape control by tliu dcpirtmont their own ionics would he ill d ingcr 1 101 tho next two months tho greatest iccautions arc eeessar on tho bolt of all householders onvoid < l a conflagration In this city and It is to ho hoped that all of them will ud the nutlioiltles bv l all means in their power to sio w itcr anil remove all cllltllces i of tire about their promises If n fire ovcrSjilns heidwa In this city in the tuna mcntioiicl the usuil will prove that our remarks are tiincl |