Show Fire destroys detroy Ritz Sprouse-Ritz in Roosevelt An early morning fire of undetermined cause completely destroyed the Sprouse-Ritz Sprouse at 94 South 2 West in Roosevelt Monday ACCORDING TO reports a truck driver was going through Roosevelt at approximately and saw smoke issuing from the top of i the building He stopped and called the fire department which arrived on on the scene at The firemen finding too much smoke and flames at the front of the store retired to the rear of the building and had to cut their way through a steel door to enter the building According to Dave White of Radio Station when they gained entry about 20 minutes later the store and goods were a total loss The Roosevelt fire department kept water on the Dairy Freeze which is next door to Sprouse-Ritz Sprouse and confined confined confined con con- fined the fire to J just t the one building |