Show MILLIONS IN SILVER ENDANGERED BY FIRE NEW EW YORK April 16 Thirty one Thirty one one million dollars in in silver bullion bulion in the assay of office e at t N No Nd 30 ZO Wall Wal street was wa In da danger of pf f. f bin being mel melted ed by a tIre fire fre which burn burned d the basements basement for two hours hours None but the knew of of t th the fire re and they finally overcame overcame overcame over over- came It without assistance Next d or to office Is the su sub treasury b where where the government usually has hs ha from 10 oo goo f o to l OOOO- OOOO I stored In some wa fr fire in iri the sl silver siver veI smeltIng mel smelt smelt- meling Ing room room was was cI communicated to a barrel I of lard mixture sed li In lithe the smelting process There There Vece twenty three bar bar- of this inflammable mixture In the room and ant like a flash fah they were enveloped in a sheet of flame fame so Intense in heat that it was fe feared red the great treasure treasure trea- trea treas treas- ure in a vault vaul of the room would be melted meled There was no no time to close cose the steel doors dors of or the vault and the flames fames from the barrels were so close cose that it was impossible for any anyone one to approach approach near enough to shut them Fifty in the basement thor- thor drilled for or such an emergency were quickly at work despite the dense smoke All Al windows and scuttles were closed to prevent giving the alarm alar to the public and when after two hours' hours work the tile last vestige of o th the fire tre had disappeared disappeared disappeared dis dis- dis- dis appeared windows opening at the rear were used to cary carry out t the e smoke |