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Show UNIVEHSITY OF t J I All Bl'FFMUFBOM FIRE. fbj.lral Hull. lb, a It. It,.l--I,a. ta ftvS.OAO r.lll. I otere.l l.y I ranee. The I'hy.li al building lit the University Univer-sity of I'lah. at Hull Lake, burned lo tbe ground Krhlay mnriiiiig, cau.ing a loaaof S.'-,,iKl on the hulliling and con-tcnta. con-tcnta. The loaa ia fu'ly covered by In-sursuce, In-sursuce, snd the aim, Mure will be rebuilt re-built aa soon sa pn.aihle. A Mrtion of the epparalua In the building was aaved, and Ibis haa been moved Into the workabop. T he cause of the fire Is unknown. The fire W'sa discovered by bnys residing re-siding nesr the grnunila, snd sn alarm telephoned lo the lire station. Owing to the long run, fully twu milra, uphill up-hill all the way, and a delay ill getting tha water turned ou, Hie Hie gained Such hesdwsy that It could not be checked. An explosion of chemicals scsttered the flauiea throughout the building before the Are department arrived. The structure which suffered from fire Is nesr the north wesl corner of the nnivcrsity grounds Ita dimrnalone are OU'xl'.'U feel. It cmtiilncd on the first floor the shop., mechanics! druw-Ing druw-Ing room, tnlncrsloKy room aud chemical chemi-cal supply sture'roouj. On the second floor were the ptiyalcal laboi atory, French aud Uerman rooms, aud pltyai-cal pltyai-cal aupply atore room. The third floor contained three chemical laboratories quslltstlve, qusutltativs and normal the chemical library, chemistry claa. room., and atore room for chemical uppliea. The ofllcea of Profraaor Acres and Profraaor Wilcox of th. chemlatry department. Itlchard Lyon, profraaor of mining engineering. Professor Pro-fessor Arnoldaon, In charge of ioatruo-tloo ioatruo-tloo in French and f ieruian, and Ueorg. Hllver, In charge of the ahop, were .l.o In the building. The Are atarted In the qualitative chemlatry laboratory, In the northeast coraer of the third floor. It may have stsrted from ft liunaeo burner, carelessly care-lessly lsft burning under ft shelf. It msy hsvs been due to Hie spilling ot phosphorus or some other easily Ignited Ignit-ed chemical. The cause will probably always remain a mystery. |