Show PLAIN CITY HALL IN 4 BUILDING IS DESTROYED ARTER EXTENSIVE improvements people had celebrated the opening reopening re some furniture was saved from saturdays standard A defective flue is supposed to liae been the cause ot the alre at plain city that resulted la the total destruction ot the plain city amusement hall shortly atter noon today about smoke was seen to be ic suing from tha root on tho south falde ol 01 the building and soon flames forth and the roof began to burn briskly tha meeting housa bell was rung vigorously and the towns people summoned to fight the alre buz while there many willing hands there waa not enough water to stay th course ot the flames ant the worked i devoted their energies to taking oui the furniture the piano and chabis were safely removed but the remaining furniture was devoured by ahe flames the destruction of the amusement hall la sad blow to the 0 plain city during ehg paal month the hall had been renovated and made one of the finest of its kind in the state new floor root and ceiling had been put in at a cost ot several hundred dollars and the improvements had been completed but a few days ago last night the people hold a socail in the hall it being opened for th first time since the repairs were bf gun and all were greatly pleased with the changes that bad been wrought after the social the hall was closed as usual and tha furnace alre waa thought to be in a safe condition no ona had been in the hall this morning the residents of plain city believe the fire started from a detective eluo there wag on the bunding all abo people at plain city who were seen said that if there had been 1 water supply the fire could have been extinguished with bul little loss |