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Show FORT YELLOWSTONE BARRACKS BURNED i n MAMMOTH. Hot Pp rings. Yellowstone Park. Wyo., July II PI re broke out In the north end of the new stone barracks building at Fort Yellowstone yeaterday. completely gutting the upper story and of the north ell. One aoldfer-flreman wa seriously Injured by falling from the roof of. the building. The Are started In a storeroom on the upper floor, and aoon mad headway enough to so weaken the wooden roof supports as to let the heavy tile roof fall to the center of the building. One aoldier was overcome by heat and fumeg while working up under the roof, and only was aeved by the daring ef-fortg ef-fortg of a young man named Arthur New. who went in aad brought him out. A croes-mall between the north ell and main building la probably the only thing that aaved the entire building, a flne atone structure three and a half atorlea high, from deatruction. The cause of the Hr 1 unknown. The damage will reach I70O0. |