an incredibly short time, followed soon after by the entire de¬ partment, but by the time they arrived it seemed that any living thing in the building was past help. Firemen tore away one comer of the building, how¬ ever, and took out one of the horses, but this animal was so badly bumed it was killed the next day.
Peculiar circumstances surrounded the fire. In addition to its terrific headway when the alarm was sounded, almost as soon as the firemen ar¬ rived, there was a heavy explosion from within the building', and the fire carried along the wagon shed, which extended almost to the Inn, so that it seemed that in spite of all that could be done, this building would also catch. Close, hot work, however,contributed, because ft* expreaaea tbe sincere appreciation of one of Mn. Morrison's neighbon:
We extend our greatest sympathy to Mn. Isabelle Morriaon for the loaa of her 17-year-old son, Henry Morri¬ son, of Co. P, 15th Infantry, who gave the supreme sacrifice for his country.
Henry enlisted at 16, sailed to France in December, where he reached hia 17th year on July 18, 1918.
Mn. Morriaon waa ofllcially notified Monday, January 6, that he bad been killed in action between the datea of Selitember 26 to October 2.
God grant her grace to overcome the extreme sorrow of the loea of her only son.
MERRICK
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