Thefirewasinthebilliardsaloonsureenough，andthebackportionofthebuildingwasinablazewhentheyreachedit。
Ladderswereplacedagainsttheeaves，andalineofmenwithbucketswerepouringwaterontheroof。Thelineextendedtothetownpump，wheretwoenergeticyouthsintheirshirtsleeveswereworkingthehandlewithmightandmain。Thehousesnearathandwerebrilliantlyilluminated，andmenandwomenwerebringingwaterfromtheminbuckets，tinpails，washboilers，andevencoalscuttles。
Insidethesaloonanotherhustlingcrowdwasbusilyworkingto”save”Mr。Saunders’property。Adozenofthemembershadturnedthebiggestpooltableoveronitsbackandwereunscrewingthelegs，heedlessofthefactthattoattempttogetthetablethroughthefrontdoorwasanimpossibilityandthat，asthebackdoorwasinthethickestofthefire，it，too，wasoutofthequestion。A
manappearedattheopenfrontwindowofthesecondstorywithhisarmsfilledwithbottlesofvariousliquids，”originalpackages”
andothers。These，withfeverishenergy，hethrewonebyoneintothestreet，endangeringthelivesofeveryoneinrangeand，ofcourse，breakingeverybottlethrown。Someoneofthecoolerheadscallinghisattentiontothesefacts，heretiredandcarefullypackedalltheemptybottles，theonlyonesremaining，intoapeachbasketandtuggedthelatterdownstairsandtoasafeplaceonaneighboringpiazza。Thenherestedfromhislaborsasonewhohaddoneallthatmightreasonablybeexpected。