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Show HE HOSPITAL IS DESTROYED B FIRE Inmates of Wyoming Institution Insti-tution Escape; Loss Is Fixed at $100,000. Special to The Tribune. EVANSTON", Wyo.. Sept. 11. The Wyoming: State Hospital for the Insane was destroyed by fire about 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. The loss was estimated at 5100,000. One hundred and fifty men Inmates of the burned portion of the hospital were saved, and the fbimes were checked before spreading to the other buildings. In which were housed t he women of the institution. The cause of the conflagration is unknown, but is thought to have been due to defective wiring. The fire vras discovered in the attic of the rluht wing of the mn's buildlny. An alarm was quickly sounded and was responded to by the lotal fire department depart-ment a nd employees of t hi I'nlon Pacific Pa-cific railroad an men-nnr.le establish-' ments. Business houses eloped so t ha t the men mljfht nsdt In fighting the ; flames. As ihp city reservoir is almost on n level wit h the roof of the burned buildinir. the water pressure was so low . as to he practi ally Ineffective in rub- ; cluinET the flames. Fire extinguisher? i were brought in'o play. The w;ills of the burnlnsr huildins? fell fn less than an hour aftr the start of the fire au-l the stru--: .ire is r to" a! wreck. A new cuncrte buildinc recently abided to the Institution a.s sa fd throue'i the use of r'if:ii;-al fir" ox-tinculshers. ox-tinculshers. Th two other icn"'!:!!'-' ! i: women's hnsp: t.i 1 ar-.d x - ::v : dent's rps;dt-nee. wore u:'rn:';p'-i A large numl-cr of r-Jtiz-ns wr- ui-u: :ze-l bv Sheriff TwomMy to puard t'-e property prop-erty save'1 from the burned b ir. I'll pet. The loss Is covered ty insurance of J 75. 000. |