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shrring tie rnrnmHrIfckprlifo Broagfai foe Ikir Dm; fades to See IkJeiietfreDepvtseot Sin flwPnperty.fcidiy aifbl saw another cogent raaaoa Hows why our neighboring viikge of Lock-port •boaM ba aanaxadto JoUtt.At 9:10 an urgent appeal for tbe Joliet lire department was nest down by telephone, which request was responded to by sending itriamrr No. 1 and bdee cart No. \ with five firemen to the flamr beleaguered hamlet The was loaded on a fiat car |or tie JU*on read, and tbe run of five mile* made in minutes. Tbe special sidetracking at when tbe steamer was unloaded and ftarried to tbe ‘anal bank, back of where th^* Ira we* eating up part of a block.Sffi| The village fire department had tried to Sqoeicb the first*, hut a pnny stream from ■ :Wm. length of hoee from a fire hydrant, •aimed only to make the fire burn fiercer and when it we* seen that tbe entire west flMe of tbe bu*)n«*e street was liable to lay Jffli a*bt*. it joewrred to the matter iind to •all for aid The placer on Sre were tut saloon of Mr, fUban, wb«*re tbe fire started from cause un knows, ami tbe saloon of Mr. Ryan; the botcher shop of John (red dee and tbe barber fllM» of FYed Worst: ail one story end a half twiidhxr4. occupied o»ero«ad by tbe families St tbe proprietors of tbe places of business underneath A* soon as tbe steamer struck its put the flatnae satwfded: all dancer of farther oonfl*-i was averted, and tbe Loekport oitisen a sifb of relief. JobOt department reached botae at4:'J0 ' f mornmc, tired, wet and dirtj.Ward owned three of the buildings ■ i owned tbe building be oocapied.91* entire loes will be about $*5,000, partially tWhtd wMk insurance.
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The Joliet Republic and Sun
Joliet, Illinois, US
Fri, Jan 17, 1890
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Clint C.
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