The Iola register., 1902-01-31

There was a small fire in the ALI
Right Bakery Monday night which
did no damage on account of being
discovered in time, The men employ
ed there left the bakery about twelve
O'Clock to go across the street to
chile stand and while there large
fruit box near the oven caught fire. 1t
was easily extinguished and the dam
age is slight.
When the fire broke out the second
time Wednesday it was fought from
corrugated iron roof on a shed in
the rear. The iron it seems has been
there long enough to get rotten and
when two heavy weights like Harry
Brister and Frank Travis got on it
it went,through with them. Brister was
behind and broke through feet first
but Travis was not so fortunate and
went through head first. Both Of
them lit on Jim Barton and the three
had a merry little mix up in which no.
body was hurt.
MO. PACIFIC BLAZE
That spirit of destruction that seems
to act with malicious and knowing
purpose to destroy a town seems to be
lowering about again. 1t is generally
called the "fre fiend" and is said to
make three attempts before it quits.
Monday there was a small fire lin
Cementville, and that night there was
another.
This one was at the Missouri Pa
cifc depot. There is a gas lamp in
the mems waiting room close by the
ticket window. 1t got too close to the
wood work or got out of order, for
about 10 o'clock last night fire was
discovered at the side of the ticket
window. The window was burned out
before the flames were extinguished, =,
but no further damage was done.
These cold, windy days are just the
worst time possible for gas fires.
Watch your lamps and your stoves
for the gas is likely to come up ifsthe
weather moderates ands :overheat
woodwork.
THE BED CAUGHT FIRE
Sunday night came near being a
sad lone at the home of Probate Judge
Smith, and to put ban on the use of
hot irons for cold feet instead of the
older safer method of sticking them
against someone's back.
The Smith children went to bed with
ahot tlat-iron wrapped upin a blanket
at the foot of the bed to warm their
feet. The iron had become too hot,
however, and gradually burned
through its wrappings. This was
discovered and the Judge got up and
thought he had put the fire out. But
at O'Clock Monday morning the bed
clothes were found to be on fire and
the children fled in alarm from their
couch and the Judge tossed the burn.
ing clothing from the window. There
are so many dire possibilities in a
fire in bed with children that the fam
lily feels right happy over the burning
of the clothes without any further
damage.
FIRE ON SOUTH COTTONWOOD
Tuesday the fire department was
called out to fight: fire at 502 Soutl
Cottonwood The flames had mad,
considerable headway before the boy
got there and they had some :harC
, fighting. 1t was burning up next tC
= the roof and the house wass ceileC
next to the roof so it was almost i'm
possible to get to the Aames. Th
boys say it was the hardest fire t
fight they have had.
Considerable damage was done t.
the house, probably $500, before tn
. flames were extinguished. Some o
: the furniture,was ruined also. Tha
upstairs was burned and that belo,
water soaked before it was removed
The house belongs to Fred Forste
> and is occupied by f. p. Logan of tn
- firm of Pinckney and Logan plumbers
No one seems to know for sure no,
VI the fire originated. Some of thos
e around claimed they heard an eXplo
a sion just before the fire broke out. Th
is family thought they smelt smoke a
vs. noon but could not locate it,
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