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Show GREAT GYMNASIUM DESTROYED BY FIRE Building of Columbia University Is Mass of Charred Eu ns Loss Is $100 0QO NEW YORK Oct 10 The Colum b a univers ty rymnas urn build ng a two story brown stone structure 75 by 1 5 feet des gned by the late Stanfo d Wh te and bu It twelve years ago nas a charred, water soa ed run to day w th all but the walls and the electric power plant m the basement destroyed by the fire wh ch gained swift headway early th s morning If heat and water have weakened the walls the loss will be heavy If they Btand as strong as ever it is bel eved $100 000 will be siiff c ent to rehabili tate the building The structure housed the university heat ng and power plants the gyninas um sw mm no- pool and indoor race track paraphernal a and troph es of oarsmen ed tonal rooms of the school of journal sm hun dreds of students lockers var ous of fices and the un vers ty restaurant in which, it is believed the blaze or g mated Vt one time the fire threatened the dorm tones and the tho sands of stu dents and teachers sleep ng there were roused and sent to the grounds |