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Show iLGGIliFLEll OJSfffl 01 FIRE! I i b i Costly Furnishings De-j stroyed ; Officials to Investigate In-vestigate at Once. f LOG A X, Pec. Th Mormon tmule a: Iv.ican. built ami furnished at a cost . of a aprox ::i:a t r .y .".ivn.'.i ;u;. t.l: fc. mous. ; as orn: ol' ii!- nii'r h.mdso'ne build in ss ; in p'f stale. da:::ai;i'd by fire T'vs- , d y nt:;,H to t'-e c:.:uu of about $ PV- ! t 'the lempe was the fomth to be; b'll't by the .Mormon people and the sec- or:d to be ioumi'i; led in t'tah. The cjr- tiers lone was laid hv Prsidm Bngha m I 1 Young in 177 and the binMing was ucdi- ' j ca'ed on Se;U' ii!. r 17, PM. j Tiie fir-' was discovered by person:; lv- 1 ing near tiie temple shortly before Sj o'clock Tuesuav evening ami an alarm, seat in. The fire depa ri meat responded ' and the blase, which was found to have ' started in a i loset under the main flair- I way in the cast end of the building, was! soon extinguished with a small hose, j Later, ho.vever. fire again bruke out or. j the third floor of the structure and for a ' ! time threatened the entire building. In j I fighting this blaze it was necessary fori tiie firemen to use their large hose and j engine and an Immense amount of dam- i ase v. as done by fire, smoke and water' J before the blaze was finally subdued. j Tne closet in which the first fire origl- nated contained the electric switchboard, from which radiated the numerous htiht-! I lug wires to ail parts of the building. The ' j janitor of the building is said to have left a pan of highly inflammable polish on the j floor of the close! and it Is presume t hat some of the wires me! ted their lead -pipe I casing and sot fire to the floor, after I which the flames spread lo t be polish, j which added a dangerous impetus. p also is presumed that the fire on the third ! floor crept up from below. It is said to be difficult to arrive at anything near an exact estimate of the loss. The building was supplied with costly tapestries, rugs, carpels and furniture. furni-ture. In addition to a number of magnificent mag-nificent and expensive paint lugs. These, of course, cannot be replaced and the loss will be keenly felt from an artistic standpoint, stand-point, entireiy aside from the great intrinsic in-trinsic value of the articles destroyed. The insurance on the building recently lapsed. As soon as a report of the fire was received re-ceived in Salt Take. David A. Smith of the presiding bishop's office, Joseph F. Smith. Jr., of the quorum of the twelve apostles and John Lawrence, chief engineer engi-neer of the church buildings in Salt Lake, came to Logan to make an investigation. President Serge F. Ballif of the Cache stake announced tonight that repairs on the temple would be begun tomorrow. |