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Show A MIDMUIIT UliVX.K Tliellrat IVordMecllnr Home, nt Olden, Ol-den, Couiplrttlj' llralrejid. Tlio new I'iral Ward luecllng-liouMi wna comphitely dialrojnl Ly Or hottlj aftir midnight Ina. night Th alarm wna flrtt given by n awltch en-lilno en-lilno lu the Union I'Aclllo freight arde. A moment later Ihe department depart-ment wia on Ita way to the fire, but arrived lo fin 1 that there waa no valor In tho hydranta. Tho brigade tried to 6M1u water from a ditch, but everything wni froxen rvilld. A lhounnd fiet of liono waa run out, ami the aUunivr agitn al(rniteil to obtain waler from a eprlng. I hi place waa nlau froxen and Ihuilrcnifii wirecomieIled loatati Iny nnd ace the atruetura duvoured by Ihe lUmv. Tnn fire first, made lu np-i-eftrancii through u comer of tbu belfry, elo-aTbi the roof. 1 1 u lil not bike long for the flame tn irrcnd, and thortly ufier the arrival of thodrtiueii tho roof andn)ar!lon of Iheaoulhand weal wallcolUpat-d The llame i HmUal thu a Ucplu mid In a few uilnuli It fell with a cra.li. Tho Uau-tlfulitalnedglvaa Uau-tlfulitalnedglvaa window were burui-d out one n'ter another, and ouo hour after Iho fire waa ducovrrud tho aacrt-1 iillflce waa a toiuplete ruin. Thu origin of thuflrulaiiniytlcry. 1'artle ilalad thai Ihe building conulned no flru fur healing ttur'm-e for aomo dm iiant, ollure alale that the hot air furnace had been III u )ee(crdiy, while bdiel aaaetl that oven had there liven ft fife In the fur-narttt, fur-narttt, It would have been lm-jaalbtu for the flame to break out where they did. The building waa hardly loin I Icted aud waa one of tho moat Impce log atiucturiw In that wet Ion of Ihe city. WhltUtker and Htotie nra Ihe arcnilrcti und hull ten. The loaa III fill ou tlio i oulractori, aa tbu I ulldlug had not betn acivtted by thewnrd. It u valued at tsun, Inaurej for f'HM. A lavrtyatatnltbatir tho fin-uieu fin-uieu had tikcn Hie right direction mid rlruug Km featol lioaitthey could have obuilurd all the water nuertiiry. 5funrf.irit |