The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-25
FIRE! FIRE!!!
That's Whot tho BIngVIIIs School house Was Almost Burnsd to tho araund Win but Was Saved From a Total Loss by tho Heroic AckshIOn of the Brave BngViII0 Fire Dept. Which Responded Prompt -.........



 What might of been a turribie con- flagrashion, a horrible hollycoust-a raging fire in Bingville, was narrowly averted laSth'Wednesday morning about 10 a. m. by the town-hall clock (which ain't korrektl, and lo:3O by our Water bury watch (which is korrekt): On the morning named, Jed Peters, our intelligent slSool teacher, took up skool as ushual at 9 o'clock prompt. Being as it was a cold, raw morning, Jed built tip big fire in the stove, so as to keep the room warm enough so that the skollers wouldn't set and shake and shiver in their seats like as if they had fits.
 We'll, the result was that the stove funnel which runs up through wood casing in the ceiiing got nearly red-hot, and the wood casing took fire. The first Jed lcnowd of it was when Little Tom my Barker hollered "Oh, goodie, the skoolhouse is on freP Follering this announcement of the fire by Tommy, consternashion reigned soopreme. Jed, with great presence of mind, started to rush from the skoolhouse to give the alarm, tripped over the woodbox near the stove, and fell in such a manner that he liked to of busted his face against the floor causing his nose to bleed considerably But undaunted, however, Jed jumped to his feet and run from the skoolhouse, hollering Fire" as loud as he could holler, while the children all follered him and joined in the chorus.
 It happend that Jason Tucker, the chief of the Bingville Fire Brigade who carries the key to the basement of the townhall where the water-pails is kept, went early that morning down to Snake Bend on business, and had took the key in his pocket At the alarm of the fire, several members of the Fire Depart ment who heard it, rushed to the town hall for water-pails, and when they got there, and found the door locked, they was almos. flabbergasted.
 Hank Dewberry, who is deputy chief, took the responsibility on his own snoul- ders, and throwing hisself frantically against the door, busted it open. After that the Fire Department responded prompt and run back to the skoolhouse carrying their wateT-pails, wkere they arrived all outen breth.
 They had the water pails, but the next question was where to get water, until Jed told them to go to the spring just behind the school house, which they done. Hank was the first tos reach the spring, which is stoned up and quite deep, and while endeavoring to dip out a pailful of water, his foot slipped and he fell into the spring, which was SO cold that it most nigh froze him to deth However, a water-line was formed, and water was passed into the skoolhouse from one to another-a pail would be full of water, when it left the spring, but by the time it got into the skooi house, there wouldn't be scaircely more than a quart in it. Hank Dewberry stood inside the skoolhouse, and when ever he got a pail with enough water in 1t to amount to anything, he would dash 1t from the pail up against the ceiling where the pipe went through and the box was on fire. Hank would miss about every three dashes out If