GRASS FIRE DEVELOPS INTO COSTLY NEAR CONFLAGRATION
Handicapped by Old Equipment, Rockford, III. Firemen, Aided by Neighboring Forces Control Threatening Blaze
VIOLATION of the rule of never opening a door in the face of fire was a major contributing factor in a $300,000 fire which leveled a five-story furniture showrooms building, damaged five other buildings and resulted in the death of one man who leaped or fell from a third story window to escape the flames in Rockford, Ill., April 15.
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