Show FIRE FISE FI AT THE MOUSE HOUS Blaze Originated in Furnace Room Under Executive Offices Dam Damage age Slight Washington Sept 26 Fire broke out at the White House late this afternoon and for tor a short while it was threatening It was not In the White House proper but In the executive offices which are being reconstructed in the presidents absence The blaze originated In the furnace room A hot fire had been made In the furnace to dry the plaster freshly put on the walls The furnace room was damaged and the blaze was communicated communicated communicated to the walls and roof Firemen quickly had bad the blaze under control So far as anyone anyon here recalls this was the first fire to occur at the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House since the invasion of the national capital by the British in 1814 when the capitol capital White House and most moot of the public buildings were burned burnEM |