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Show WYOMING HQSPITAL DESfflOJEDBV FIBE INMATES OF WYOMING INSTITU-.TIO.N INSTITU-.TIO.N ESCAPE LOSS IS FIXED AT $100,000. Cause of the Conflagration Is tin-Urrknown tin-Urrknown but Is Thought to Have "' J Been Due to Defective Wiring. ' iS:vhns1 n. Tin- Wyoming Slate ll'u.spilal I'm- I hi- lnsiini' was deslroyt'il t, y (if,- about: 4 :.",() o'dm-k Tuesday af- ti-riicxui. Tin- loss wiis I'SIiiu il Ht $11)0,01X1. One hundred anil lil'ly men linnules i;f the burned portion of the hospital were saved, mid Ihe Haines Mere cheeked hefore spreading to the ol her buildings, In which were housed the women of . the Institution. ..The lire was discovered in Ihe ill lie of the right wing of the men's building. build-ing. An alariu was quickly sounded nnil was resiionded to by the local tire department and employees of the Union Un-ion Piicillc railroad anil mercantile establishments. es-tablishments. Business houses closed no that the men might assist in fighting fight-ing the flames. As the city reservoir Is almost on a level with the roof of the burned building, the water pressure pres-sure was so low as to be practically .... , flumna Ineffective in suuuuuib um ......-. Fire extinguishers were brought into play. The walls of the burning building fell in less than an hour after the start of the lire and the structure is a total wreck. A new concrete building recently re-cently added to the institution was wived through the use of chemical fire extinguishers. The two other buildings,- the., women's hospital and the superinteiiient's. residence, were un harmed. A, large number of citizens were ' deputized by Sheriff Twoinbly to guard 'the property saved from the burned', building. The ioss Is covered by insurance of ?75,000. Wanted Him Warned. A woman was explaining in the Jpf- j ferson market court about some of the more violent features ot the life she leads with her husband. "Last night." said the complainant, "he comes home and slams me three times in the right eye. I tells him he's a loafer, and he gets me twice in the left eye. Look at 'em. But. judge. I love him an' ,1'ist want to have him warned." Ami the court seized the opportunity. "In a case like this." said the magistrate, 'love appears to be principally in the eyes ot the complainant." New Yorfe Times. |