Show FIRE RAVAGES CHURCH SCHOOL early morning fire costly for FOP pres byte rians firemen fireman are arc hurt salt lake city damage estimated at more than was caused early priday friday morning when tire fire eft swept opt converse hall administration building of westminster college on thirteenth kast fast street two firemen were slightly injured in a fall of eight teon teen feet when it a ladder overloaded with men and hose broke foreman bosgard suffered a fractured rib and condo conde sprained his left ankle efficient work of the tire fire depart ineat and cool coolheaded headed efforts of the westminster students from adjoining dormitories saved educational and business records of the college and part of the class room equipment but the colleges entire library of volumes including the 2500 volume private library of dr william al paden s missionary and former pastor of the first presbyterian church was completely destroyed the paden library was regarded as one of the finest private collections in the ho west the tire fire which spectacularly illuminated the early morning sky is believed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion tho the blaze swept upward along the main staircase leading from the main floor to the upper floor and superstructure or gothic tower which adorned the converse building firemen were able to control the he flames to the two upper and the basement floor door con the chemistry physics and blo logical laboratories was undamaged other than from water the fire was under tinder control within an hour hopr after the tire fire equipment reached the blaze |