Show FIRE RAVAGES CHURCH SCHOOL Early Morning Fire Costly For Pre Pres Presbyterians Firemen Are Hurt Salt Lake Lako City Damage Damage estimated at more than was caused early Friday morning when fire swept through Converse hall administration building of Westminster college on Thirteenth East street Two firemen were slightly injured In a fall of eight eight- toen teen feet when a 1 ladder overloaded with men and hose broke Foreman Boshard suffered a fractured rib and Conde sprained his left ankle Efficient work of the fire department department department depart depart- ment and cool headed coolheaded headed efforts of the Westminster students from adjoining dormitories saved educational and business records of the college and part of the class room equipment but the tho colleges college's entire library of volumes Including the volume 2500 private library of Dr William DI M. M Paden Ia Pa- den synod leal missionary and former pastor of tho the First Presbyterian church was completely destroyed The Paden Taden library was regarded as one of the tho finest private collections in the west The fire which spectacularly Illuminated illuminated Illum illum- tho the early morning sky is believed be to lIa have havo 0 been caused by spontaneous spontaneous spon spon- laneous combustion The blaze swept upward along tho the main staircase leading from tho the main floor to the upper floor and Clure or Oo- Oo Ulle thle tower which d adorned the Converse Converse Con Con- verse building Firemen were able to control the flames to the tho two upper stories and the basement floor containing containing con con- the chemistry physics and anti Mo Lie- laboratories was undamaged other than from water The fire tiro was under control within an hour after the fire equipment reached the blaze I |