Ice Caused A Fire
iuite a bad fire started in the unoccupied house of Mr. J. J. Parshall, No. 30 Jefíerson street, last evening, but was extinguished by the fire department after a hard fight after about $200 damage had been done. The fire when discovered had made its way from the cellar to the attic, and was blazing on all the floors. Mr. Parshall has had hard luck with the house this winter. His tenant moved out without giving him notice, and the house had been vacant a month before Mr. Parshall kncw it. The water pipes froze and burst, fïlling the cellar with ice. Mr. Parshall set up a stove and started fires in that and the furnace, for the purpose of thawing out the cellar. The man who was to attend to it was out when the fire started. There is still ice íeft in the cellar, besides a foot or two of water which carae through the firemen's hose. This water last night was of lukewarm temperature from contact with the hot fire.
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Ann Arbor Argus
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