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Show BLEW I ITOritTRnOM LBAKINU t 9 0AU8K8 FXPLO-SION FXPLO-SION IN l APITOL BUILDING Itemr I , rrlrelta tsnrnmrni.nl Mel. n,, ll.,.llM nsi,i-,a ! "1 (..m. line ittrk Wash 11. 1 f ; m, r,p0,on nud fir r. ,keil the sup,,,,,, r,Mlri room ai I tl , room Inunnllitely ad Joining It n the main tbs r of the Wpltol lie damage u , m.imou. The enlir, nlral hatrrn wrt of the groat marl 1 pile, from the main floor totbesiiii rranetn base 110 1.1 luetic all) l 111 is of mill. 1 lu fnree of thotsplrti, 11 wa ao lu ire that the coping stone un the out. r n Is just cast of tl nt when lb. splo-lun iKiurrel utre bulged 1 ut n irl) two 1 111 he ntndonsln n I that art of the tAill ling ncro blown out ai I Ineked doors wire forced from tlulr lilngus quite I 11 feet from the . 1 or f II 1 In f tinned the splosu nsonulek-1) nsonulek-1) as to seem practical I slmnliatieou with It 1 lie explotlou shook the Im-meiiM Im-meiiM siriieture toll foun.ltlon.and wa htard Mttrnl nqiinres fr nt the taplh 1 It occurred In i ninnll nwin tightly Inrloseil b) lirarv stone walls In the subterranean bam mi ut Imrmxll nlel) below the main tntrauie to tho old cspllol building In this risiiu waa a SOU light ga meter will. Ii teas fed by a four Inch main erj little gas I useel In that part uf the building, but at the time of the ixploklou tho gas had not been turned olf at tho meter me-ter Thu meter Itself ws wrecked and tho gas injuring from the main, caught lire- Hie Haines originating from Hie explosion darted up the thtft of tho elevator, evhleh had tieeii com-pletrl) com-pletrl) deslroyeil b) the force of tho ' explosion, nud cominiinlrntisl with the reeniril riKim of the supreme court tho ofllcc of lho marshal of the court an I the supreme court library lie fore the flame could be auhdurd the , rleelea document In the record room had lietn almost tolntly destrorl nud Sertoli damage had been dime In the marshal oftlec and mniu minor ronui In tho iminedlato rltlnll) No Intelligent ollmate of the money los by the explosion and tire can yet be made In tbo opinion of rapllol ofllclal and mechanic who examined the structure the loo will reach prob- I ably COO 1)00 to tho building Tho lost on the library and records can scarcely Ibc estimated lit dollam and rent A million dollar could not n place thciu, liecause of many of them no duplicates are lu existence Among tho losses which will I most sincerely regretted rn thus uf ImsU "0t ttlleflustftrMrliltJsm.t olh.r distinguish! d member of the supreme court, which were arranged oil small pedestal about tho supreme court chamber In tho smukc ami ruin which followed the explosion these valuable workt of art wero cither badly damaged or wholly destroyed, and with Ihclr destruction the country hat Buffered an Irrepnrnblc los. Many of the 111 have lieen treasured as exhibits ex-hibits In the supremo court chamber for half acenlur) |