The Washington Republican Washington County Friday April 26, 1901 A Lively Blaze. The fire bell alarmed people again Saturday night just about dark, and there was a lively hustle to save Fran CARTER's furniture store from burning. Mr. Carter was not in and the clerk was lighting the gasoline lamps. One lamp did not act right, the blaze was not confined to the mantle, but shot up almost to the ceiling, just as it always will when the burner is not heated sufficiently to generate the gas. The young man seeing there was danger of an explosion attempted to carry the lamp out the back door, but before he reached the door he had to drop it on account of the hot rod he was carrying it by. As the lamp fell the gasoline was spilled and the whole back part of the room was in a blaze in a flash. By quick work, using rugs and sample strips of carpets the blaze was smothered before it had done much damage.