Show fire destroys Wai croom of witmer fm Fam iture store Three threatens ens other buildings the ire fire alarm siren tuesday ev ey ening beav een 6 and 7 a clock called the volunteer fire department to combat bat the most threatening bla that hag has occurred in vernal for or several years v vohen hen the rear portion of the david winner witmer furniture store located in the center of the buAl business district wag was ablaze the storage room was crowded with fur tur liture mattresses and other material and when the department arrived the entire building wae was filled with dense I 1 smoke As the building Is edged in between two brick structures the only means of entry available were by the front and rear tle the firemen succeeded in confining the blaze to the witmer building and after an hour of hard work ex the flames the library building was in danger for a time and pari part of the idumea and equip men hastily removed to the outside mr air V atmer and his hi wife bacon ho con duct he the eto eta e bad closed the doors at I 1 OCIOLA and tone gone home ah it ly the alarm wag was sound I 1 the flames being discovered by a passerby he ie firemen were mere great ly hamper I 1 in reaching the flames in the storeroom at the ear of the building by a door 0 go o secured built and fust ened that it withstood the combined effort efforts of a core score ot men to break it down after a delay of at quarter hour it 11 w wae finally yah tab eu in by means of a sledge hammer the damage to the and contents is 1 estimated at 30 in eurace to the anious of 2800 on the building and stock k of dise as e carried by mr vr witmer the interior it the building was 1 divided into two room and itil over 1 heated tove in one of these is the cauce if the destructive blazt |