Show FIRE AT FORT canteen restaurant and cavalry quarters destroyed A fire broke out at 5 wednesday morning in the restaurant kitchen of the canteen building at fort mckinney A gale of wind prevailed at the time and before the fife big bi g could be gotten under control the canteen three sets seta of cavalry quarters were destroyed the tables stables were saved by covering them with wet tai paulins attempts tt ii ere mide made to blow up some of the buildings to stay the progress of tho the flames but they met olt little success in one of thesel explosions plo lons lieutenant gatewood of H troop was severely burned and had an arm broken by flying splinters two soldiers were badly powder burned mr washington of the wyoming inland telegraph company was asleep in the building in which the fire started ire ho was overcome by the smoke and would have perished had it not been for dr who crashed in the window made his way into the rapidly burning building and rescued washington at the risk of his own life |