Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-10
INSTITUTE BURNED.
U'ah'S Deaf Iuts Building BadIy
Damaged by PiIs This afternoon.
LOSS WILL III HA.p 10 DEAR.
HERE Was, ilowev. r., Itrlal Insur-
ance IN the rGi..E w u.uUg
t. $50, OOO-U.yb. .rr,L

Tue facilities Tor tI1ndsg tho r..
ur!ons,e deaf bGi no a..s
.tAn wore greatly f'..o ! ,su a..,..
s5On when tho las" . 'ff.'
Utick structure On tie o.. auv..r..
rlock 10 this city sas .i.y.,puy 90
troyrd by fire.
The fire broke out about 1870 'uis
afternoon IN the most myslruuus 90 ..
ucr. For two h uts the uulaIuu.t
toys worked with all the power iryF
possesscd. The tusk OF extiu.. shI.a
the naues wns INST ~ as
enc on account OF TIE IHF
ptcfsJrc Of the water iu tH' o.
However, the work was carr. .a CO..
tii tue last embcf had been yut .l.
After tho bitzl hal been cYmIiy,iy
uXunguishoI anu the eKCiiVmpl. lHu
died away, D. NEws fepT,truia" ..
asked Professor Metunlf what 900. q. '...
ion was a. 10 It's Orgiu, nuI
replied that he was standing with 81.
NordyGll, tue Uuivcrsity lautOr, o.
short distance away when uu heaI4 s
noise resembling that Of au tNplysil. .
On turning t0ulu Hu raw thr fU1'
smoke burst forth. Mr.. murray, Of
the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company, while eating bis luLCh on
tho toy door " the D15ly bljcs,
saw ami heard tue came thing from the
Alta club uiniuR rom. fto'cttof
MvtCaif eau only account TOT the
UoUiligTaiiUu ON the theory that { o
explosion was the rpsull Of ,hu uugu.
OF Haa
cate rom the attic ioT the reason thai
NJ vent prts had been provided lot
that puu Usu. lie says there wis uu
Kerosene, uf natural gas ut nuy thing o.
tGAt character tn the building. Thereof
Di the structure Il entirely destroyed
aud the whit, floors and ceilings con.
.Hvau.y damaged from water. There
wa little VI NO i0ss to the furniture.
just a. the NEWS goes to press the
patrol wagon In bringing Flfrmcn
Crosby anu Earl from the rCUnr Of tue
c1ufitgfatiOu. Both men were SER.
Uusly hurt by falling TIMBER, but the
extent OF their iIjuusa cauu9t le tUl1
az this time. EAtl, Il ~ GscsIiaiuUi is
much more severely huf. than Ctosby.
Tho ptogttHs " the CuunagtaiiUu
wac watched by many hundreds Of
ItNNlr WHO hlutNItlg lttINllfu 10 see
II consumed by the hUry names. The
great clouds u smoke mat rolled ~
into the air caustd many persons 40 a
distance TO believe the rumor. which
spreAd with marvellous rapidly that
tue University igsuf was being dee.
tfoyci by hre. Happily this state.
meut was not true. Had 10 bOru tue
loss would have been iftUpafable.
Even ~ It - % viii come ~ very
heavy blow 10 the people VI the Terri
tory. Just what steps will be taken 10
provide Tor the war.s OF the destroyed
Institution cannot be- slated 90 lnis
time aud pCrh.ps Will not be
known until the regents Of the Uni.
vefsity shall have time 10 get together
and consult over the matter.
The building was finished Ia 1890
from an appropriation Of $780, 900 mAIr
by tht Territorial Legislature Of that
year.
Judge HaTl;uesF, chancellor OF the
University, when seen by u NEWS
representative at O'Clock this alter.
noon, stated that tue building cot
100000, tepatatu ana apart sTum the
furniture, Insurance was carried g.
the amount " 100000. Tho luss, II II
estimated, viii iaEsiy exceed that
sum.