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Fire Devours Club Cafe and Stores. Hero Fire Chief Fights Smoke
A blaze in the Club cafe basement spreads through the Story building destroying Braten, Canaty and Hines stores and threatening surrounding blocks. Fire Chief Alexander retrieves Ernest Robertson as he succumbs to smoke. other costs run high from property loss to a destroyed chamber of commerce trophies. Local departments from Livingston Manhattan and Belgrade assist. dynamite blasts and military guards help contain the fire.
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Ernest Robertson
Fire Department
Alexander
Club
Robertson
Club Cafe
Braten
163Rd Infantry
Willams
Dixon