Show STUBBORN FiRE I THREATENS CITY GITY HALL DAMAGED One of the most stubborn fires ManU Manta has had to fight in recent years threatened the City Hall and Its contents early Tuesday morning and did damages for at least two two- thousand dollars the total amount of or insurance carried It required more than two hours of or effort to subdue the stubborn flames that were confined in the south half of the basement The Tho inability to get at the flames because they were vere in the tho basement protected by heavy stone foundation walls walIs with only two outside openings made subduing them difficult and the zero weather added to the un- un comfortableness of ot the men men None of the records records or office equipment were destroyed though every paper exposed in the least was as subjected to a severe smoking and th the heat scorched man many of them to toa a a dull m grey color All AH the records were filed In the cabinets and drawers I thus reducing their exposure to a minimum No water was applied into the recorders recorder's office or the council chamber A new floor will willbe willbe be required in these two rooms and the rooms will wiIl have to be repainted and papered County Agent Stotts Stott's office was also subjected to a severe smoking and the effects affects of ot the heat that left their mark on every paper get The City Hall Is wit with h a full house basement divided into two I north and south compartments rep rep- orated by a corridor traversing the rhe entire east and west length of the building These corridor walls walIs i iro set up in stone and the first floor joists and the I above partition walls walIa The north basement room is still In n the rough and is used as a storage room for coal and water works sup sup- plies The west three quarters of the south room was as fitted up as the ity jail the east quarter was fitted S s a storage room for electrical sup sup- olies Each of these rooms was planked clanked up all around with heavy flanking lanking and it was this planking which was a fire It is thought the fire started in in inthe the b bidding bedding in the tho jail room and that it had smoldered for hours developing into a seething before it wn was dl discovered covered at welve o'clock at night by Milton 1 tarmon armon No direct outlet either eithe are windows are arc available rom this room and no nean of fi fighting the fire was Available until holes were cut in the foundation which took valuable time hue Until n the time fire was get at able the effort was WiS concentrated in holding the flames James from spreading One young man from Gunnison his name was not obtained who was was- enthusiastically interested in aiding was overcome by smoke and was wa subjected to a severe struggle before I he ho could clear his lungs It wa was past two o'clock when the time last vis- vis ge of fl flames me were subdued The jail had bid d not been occupied but It was open |