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Show MPT IMffiS The Territorial Reform School Burned to the Grouad. Th OceapenU icai. 'rottt th Burning nalldlnj and Find Refusln th Military Academy Th Territory Out About 55,000. Special to the Dispatch. Ogden, June 24. A blaze broke forth from tbo roof of the Territorial Reform School at 8:20 o'clock yesterday yester-day morning and continued with fierce and desolating effect until about noon, when it was gotten under control. All that remains now is the blackened reminiscence of a structure that was erected by the Territory at a cost of 155,000, with 810,000 added for furniture, furni-ture, the whole beinz coveted by insurance in-surance in the sum ot 830,000, with a loss of 540,000 or more, The building was erected in 18S9. and consisted of four floor and abatement. abate-ment. Upon the first were the offices and dining room, the second was divided di-vided into class rooms and the third and fourth to the dormitory. There were 40 boys and 6 girls inmates at the time the fire started, and these were all removed to the military academy, where they will be provided for until uch time as the structure is restored. The fire was discovered while all the inmates were within, and it panic threatened to follow the alarm but for the composure of the officials, who quietly conducted the pupils to the space without. Attention was first called to a dense volume of smoke that arose from the dry roof upon which a quantity of soot had deposited itself. The chemical engine that is kept at the institution was resorted to, but in the absence of a ladder of sufficient length to reach the roof, it was practically prac-tically of no service whatever. Situated Situ-ated in the extreme northeast portion of the city, the fire department experienced ex-perienced considerable difficulty in reaching the Bcene: In the meantime the flames had gnawed their way to the interior of the building and were cut- j ting their way through rafters to the lower floors, until they were literally a furnace of flame. The fire department depart-ment was making a desperate effort to prevent them, however, and while there is little in the crumbling walls to comfort those who stood by after the fire was under control, the boys are entitled to much credit for their effort. A call for a meeting of the board of directors was promptly posted. The board had just decided on the construction con-struction of an annex to the building, but this program will at least be temporarily tem-porarily abandoned. Of the inmates in the institution the large percentage was from Salt Lake, but in the confusion that reigned it was impossible to secure the personnel. Farents need have no fear of their security, se-curity, however, as they art all safe at rttie rjailitary actideuiythe only casual ty reported being that in which Charley Char-ley Brighton sustained a sprained ankle. It looks at this time as if the walls would all have to be razed to the ground and the building constructed from the ground up. |