Show DEAF MUTE INSTITUTE BURNT the fac facilities for educating the us unfortunate I 1 deaf and bumb persons of utah were wen greatly reduced saturday afternoon when ibe large now new two story etory brick structure on the U utah tab university block in this city was practically destroyed by fire the fire broke out about this afternoon in the most moat mysterious man ner for two hours the she department boys boy worked with all the power they possessed the task of extinguishing extinguish mg the flame was waa a must difficult one on account of the low pressure pree eure of the water in the mains maine Ro however wever the work was carried on lun until the last ember had been put out after the bib baza za bad been completely extinguished and the excitement had died away a NEWS representative asked professor metcalf what tile his opinion was as to its orgia and he replied that he was standing with mr nora vail vall the university janitor a short abort distance away when he be heard beard a noise resembling that of an explosion on turning round he saw the roo roof i open and groat great tongues of flume flame and smoke moke hurt burst forth mr murray of the rocky mountain Moun iain bell telephone none company while eating his big lunch on ibe top flor floor of the dooly block sall and beard the same thing from the aita club dining buom professor metcalf can only account for the conflagration on the theory that te ta explosion t was wa the result of the be accumulation mu lation of gages which could not es ea cam cabe from the attic for the reason that no vent pipes had bad been provided for that purpose par poBe he says bay there was waa no kerosene ke rocene or natural gas gaa or anything ot of that hat character in go the building the theriol rodj of the structure Is entirely detroye and the wall floors and ceilings con COB ider sider ably damaged from water there was waa little or no lose lo 10 to the furniture J Ju W atthe we son to press brethe the patrol wagon in ia bringing firemen crosby aou earl from the scene of the be conflagration both men were ben ri bously hurt by falling tim timbered bere but the extent of their injuries cannot be told at this time far earl it Is ascertained Is i much more severely hurt than crosby the progress aa of the conflagration was watched by many hundreds hundred of people who sincerely regretted to see ae it consumed cone umed by the he fiery flame ei the great clouds of smoke that rolled up into the air caused many persons at a ul al stance to believe the rumor which spread 1 wib lit marvelous re rapidity city that velty biting me he UnI itself w was being destroyed by fire happily this statement was not true had it been the loss loan would have boon been irreparable even as aa it is it will come as a very heavy blow to the people of the territory jut just what steps will be token taken to provide for the wards warda ot of we the destroyed dei troyed institution cannot be stated at this big time and perhaps will not be known until the regent of the university shall have time to get together and od consult over the be matter the building WAS wa finished in 1890 from an appropriation of made by the territorial legislature of that year judge hark Har harkner knem new chancello of the when aeo by a representative at 4 this alter after DOOD stated bated that the building oot cost separate parate ee and spar apart rom the furniture insurance In aurance was wai carried to the amount of the low it Is ia estimated will largely exceed that sum eum |