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[[preprinted]] December, FRIDAY, 24. 1897. [[/preprinted]] Tempt. + 6 [[symbol for degree]] at 6am [" [ditto for Tempt.]] + 14 [[symbol for degree]] and Barometer 28.44 @ 73/a " [[ditto for Tempt.]] + 14 [[symbol for degree]] ' " [[ditto for and Barometer]] 28.65 @ 6pm Cold - windy - Ground covered with snow - Both Collieries idle L.V. not running cars - Limited number of men working - Last night about 10:30 P.M., a fire broke out in house #36, (rent roll) here at New Boston - Quick response to the cry "fire" and active work, on the part of Americans, prevented, what might have been, a conflagration - Poleanders live in this house - Were burning of coal in stove - a defective flue. was the cause - At first it looked as if the block would be burnt, but it was quickly controlled, - a hole was knocked through the back, from the attic, and the chimney was opened, where the walls were the hottest, and buckets of water did the rest - The Poleanders looked toward saving their household goods, etc, while the Americans put the fire out - A high wind was blowing, and as the houses are built closely, we are [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] and others, [[strikethrough]] are [[/strikethrough]] fortunate [[strikethrough]] in [[?]] checking [[/strikethrough]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] December, SATURDAY, 25. 1897. [[/preprinted]] Tempt + (about) 18 [[symbol for degree]] at 73A. " [[ditto for Tempt]] + " [[ditto for (about)]] 18 [[symbol for degree]] ' [[ditto for at]] 6pm Snow covered ground - Every body off -