One machine, under Assistant Station Officer B. S. Somers, was sent to the scene.
As the firemen arrived atthe scene, they saw that the fire had been sextinguished. An examination showed that someone had broken the roof open and had thus ventilated the premises and ppt the blaze out.
The mystery was cleared when it was learned that one of the ex-mem~ bers of the Brigade, now an old man, vas keeping a shop in the vicinity.) Tt was he, who, learning of the fire. ran to the house and remembering all that was taught him. broke the roof open and extinguished thejflames.
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