By this time the fire was more or less confined within the four walls of the musk merchant's godown, a door having been blocked up, which acted in the nature of a blast. The order was now given out to cease removing belongings and this brought considerable relief. A sausage merchant on the main street had invited guests to a New Year feast and the invitation had been sent out.
"Come, for all things are now ready" and some of the guests had actually arrived, only to see the [building in process of being torn down. In a sausage dealers a fire presents very little difficulty as ausage number 2, 3 and 4 automatic cally followed sausage number 1 to a place of safety: the only difficulty being an obstruction in the traffic. Two hours after the alarm the "all was sounded and the Mi graduate returned home soak skin.
Not before the musk fi had thanked him graciously for his timely assistance in attacking the fire. News soon spread through the city and people began to talk of the bravery of the young agent of the American Bible Society. Like Man-neville of 1934, Holder became for the me being the hero of the hour. and many were not slow to recognise what might have been the outcome of this terrible blaze.
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