Show Waiter Fhelpa Burned Oat TCAKECK N J April 2The handsome hand-some residence of William Walter Phelps was destroyed fire last night at a few minutes after 6 oclock Aloud A-loud report was heard from the art gallery gal-lery at the southwest corner of the building The flumes at 01 ca fillad the gallery and long tongues of fire snot from the windows The bail fog wes lighted with gasoline and it is thought the explosion and fire were caused by a defective gaspipe Jtiy 9 oclock the entire inside of the house was burned out ana nothing but the walls remained re-mained The house was mostly composed com-posed of stone Hackersack firemen tried to get to the fire but the distance is threa miles and the roads were very muddy There was no water so that they could have rendered no service The loss will t > p 5300 000 The house stood in the midst of Uwn Drives and shrubbery in a park of 800 acres set apart from an estate of 15 000 acres which reaches from Hackensack to the ground and was peaked and towered and gabled on the sides |