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Show TREASURY ROOF I AGAjNON FIRE Menacing Glow Cast on Wnte House Awakens Harding's Household WASHINGTON. May 3. For the second time In three months, flromen early today battled with ft stubborn fire on the roof of the treasury department de-partment which for a time ftasumsd menacing proportions as tho flames, i burning through a long superstructure leaped high In the nlr end cast a threatening glow on the White House,, while sparks wafted across to Its sur-, rounding terrace. When discovered at 1:4G a. nv. the flames already had gained consider-able consider-able headway and were 30 or 40 feel high when fire apparatus arrived at the tcone Gaining Impetus about that time from a dull rumbling explosion which firemen believe was caused by building materials stored for use In the present work of raising the roof of tho structure, the blaze cast a bright glow on the night sky over the downtown down-town section before it began to sub-sldo sub-sldo under the effect of water from a dozen hose lines. The While House and Washington monument stood out In sharp relief In the fantastic light of the flames. HJUUIlflUa Uioi a 1 1 Awakened by White House attendants. attend-ants. President and Mrs. Harding dressed dres-sed and from a window watched the firemen battle the flames In the nearby near-by structures When checked after about 30 minutes min-utes of effort, the flames had burned entirely throught ono section of the superstructure which ton the section of the build! (hat divide? the court and had spread to partf; of tho centra! portion of the roof. I'nofflcial estimates, esti-mates, however, place the damage at not more than 175,000, although it Is not known whether this adequately took Into account the possible damage from water The blase apparently wa of much the same nature as that which occurred occur-red on the treasury roof during office of-fice hour, when hundreds of om-; ployes were In the building, last Pnb-I ruary S. This was extinguished with-, out heavy damage. OXLB BUSINESS FERE OMAHA. Neb. May 3. Fanned by a stiff breeze that drove billows of! dene smoke upon firemen, hindering their efforts, and sent showers of burning embers through the air, menacing men-acing nearby structures, fire early today destroyed ft three story brick building In the heart of the downtown business section. Loss from the fire, orlirin of which has not been deter- ' mined, ls estimated at S100 000 Two firemen were slightly injured I by broken glnss ORPHANAGE BLAZE! BAN RAKAEL. Calif, May 3 Flro starting from a defective flue lm- periled 12 children in thr nursery oi j tho Presbyterian orphanage at San Anselmo. south of here Tuesday and' destroyed the orphanage Ths loss was estimated at $100,000 -Oil . |