Show 4 S AUDITORIUM IS WRECKED BY FIRE Early Morning Blaze Does Damage to Skating I Rink and Meeting Place FIREMEN ARE INJURED Stubborn Blaze Gives Fire Pire Fighters Hour Flames Flames Hard Battle for Hour Are Checked Fire believed to have hac orl originated tram from roan sparks leaping out of or the stoke stole holo hole of ot ofa ota ofa a boiler furnace on to a pile of or kindling wood caused dama damage c estimated at nt to the Auditorium skating rink CC Richards street early yesterday forenoon After Atter making a thorough In Investigation In- In of or damages yesterday Fire Chlor W. W II Glore placed loss to the tho building at tt and the thc contents at In their battle against the thc stubborn flames numerous firemen received plight ht Injuries J. J B n. Simpson hose hoac- man inan o of No 0 4 company compan was struck un under under uner un- un der er the rl right ht eye ce by a falling falling- brick which cut a ga gash h that required stitches to close Lieutenant Davis S S. Mills I also of oC No 4 compan company sustained a deep gash ash on the thc right arm from a 0 falling window sash saih and Harry Hammond of or o. o 1 aerial truck company wrenched lila Ills ankle arkle In a leap from the root roof of ot the Auditorium onto an adjoining roof The Injured were attended b by Dr C C. M. M I Benedict Smoke slowly ascending from the eaves of or the Auditorium attracted at attention attention attention at- at a as ear early as daybreak yester yester- da day At j 20 o'clock clock B. B M. M Harmon one of ot the proprietors of ot the Horseshoe bar West cst First South street became alarmed by puffs of ot smoke and called the fire department When hen Chief Chic Glore Giore observed that the fire had gained unusual unusual un un- un- un usual headway he sent In a general callor call for tor or all available firemen and apparatus H He no directed the battle a against aln t the flames from an elevation el and shouted his 1118 orders ordera through a me megaphone aphone Within With With- in un tin hour tho fire was as under control Recently the thA Auditorium was leased to the Salt Lake Ice Rink Kink company compan of ot which J J. J W W. Mellen Is president an on Orl Originally l- l Phillip S. S O OMara ura Is secretary nally the Auditorium was built b by the Clayton Investment company Several rink was operated operated oper oper- years ears a roller skating In the building b by Mr O OMara lara who promoted and organized the Ice Ico rInk Tink company This organization org had Intended to put In a a. real ice rink In Inthe Inthe Inthe the building and manufacture the Ice with an artificial Ice plant The present present pres pres- ent nt owner oner of the building Is the Salt Lake Auditorium association According to the Investigation athie of at k Chief hie Glore the building was valued at oooo and the contents at In Insurance Insurance In- In carried on on the building ag aggregated aggregated re- re gated and on the tho contents 2500 |