MISTOOK IT FOR FIRE.
Sky in the West Had Appearance of
a Conflagration.
"We haven't enough hose and ladders to reach that fire," remarked Fire Alarm Operator Gilpatrick last night.
"What fire is that?"
"Oh, no fire at all; just a red light in the sky over west. The wires have been hot for three hours with inquiries about the location of the blaze. This is one night I have been busy without any fires."
"Why should people be alarmed at a glowing sky?" was asked.
"The excitement has not died down from the Altman buiding and the Eighth and Delaware fires, I suppose."
And then an alamr came in from a real fire at Twenty-third and Park, which caused a further congestion of business.
