Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-07
Urn IN THE CAPITOL.
s,,l,,ou Wrecks the Supreme Court
Room.
,set.tss DOCUMENTS ARE DESTROYED.


,sston Bisehensd Mass.
,...,,,s,yn. Nov. IAN explosion
- al t.is th's afternoon icked
.,,tsme courtroom and the rooms
n-i'atsty adjoining u on the man
~ o. the capitol The damages -
4 NOUS. The entire ceutrAi eastern
N ,he great marble pile from the
u,,r 10 the subierranean base
". ,,rtcficaHy IL a mass OF runs
y. tsree Of ne explosion was 81 heavy
, tb. cotdng stones on the outer
~. jus, eas, Of che '''int where 'he
.,....u occurred, we're bulgcd Gus
.,y fsa inches. windows In AL th't
y, tne building were bUwn oui'
',..tst doors were forced iron thel
a.i.te a hundred aud nfiy tect
Hyl t',i5vrd the explosion 90 quickly
III frem practcaAy HImu'.aue ~
To- t The explosion sn.Ie w
.,rafiufe l. its foundations, AMI
-" 80 several squares from me
Ia occurred 10 autll rogn
w. f,ssd b. heavy stone waits
saY .gbiarrauean basement immell-
flIyt tha main entrance 60 the
XII tapl.1l buiidng' 10. v..,, ,,y
t's nom was bVV- lhht ~.
's,.t ehieh Waa fed ~ iout Nv Nv,
Rain. yefy ttile Nas use ,n,.
~ tbe building but az inc tlm'
laIt w s'i,.Ion the gas had not been
~ AZ the meter. The meter lt-
W. ~" H,.stel. and The gas pouring
nm the mlln caught nts. "a. -.
~. G.nes originated from the eN'
~, dIftsi up the SHAFT ~ the .lr'
s,,t.,r .eh.eh had been completely u.l'
a Sysi by d. force OF IN, eApl,s.3ti'
- .,mnunseatcd with the rec9tl-
hl " ,be slpfcmo court. the office
IN. marshil Of the court and the
- r6urt library. Before the
~. ,,uld be subdusi the priceless
i.,,.sts In the record RON had been
Iii totally destroyed and nerlln.
s.rsrc mad been done W the marsha. =
|,ass and some minor rooms IN tht
|immsiIalc vicinity
aeg VOLUMES Demolished.
m, library Of she supreme court.
i.i.i Immediately beneath the ~,
60 e1urtrn1m. was badly damaged
A. smoke and water. prhci!cally
s'gmyns the great collection 81 Ia"
fsf9ftncs hooks. ...... 49,,
urfs and vas used not only ny the
s-.i'ags ~ the supreme court but bN
..,ilr. III Congress and lawyers
....r.rIns before the supreme court.
n, IusNee Harlan said tonight SHAT
" n. nbrtry was very valuable, Many
N ne garka Il contained would. he
tssuFat. be- dficult 10 replace.
II. tl5f,rian clarke. after a Cursory eS-
.-Inaydn necessarily made ny hg
/ m n lanterns, expressed ihe uplnl','
,9s,urh thsy had BEEN dfcnchei ~
80 f6r Two hours or more after the
~ son occurred.
-, ~ Inc justices ~ the supreme
81 4 ~ ihe records stored ~ IN.
I'll ,9Lt.sgmsnt These included All or
M records " cases and opinions r,n-
tsfti b. the faihets Of judiciary % We
slrsrrstent Apparently, the dpeu-
,gsrts In tbs room are either t1tally
/ sss,r5yea 6r ~ badly damaged ~ nre
80 s.ttsf A. 10 be useless, justice
Il it,rsr ,aN hat while the loss % the
1000 sss iffrparabi it was fnriu-
M ~ ihat he ator records % che court,
vhih aft ksrt IN the ONCE or the
tisfk on he main nooF. were mol IN.
M ,if,f A. 8 i-uinerts for referruce az
II XII, time asd later Justice Harlan
;hsnrN these were Of far grcater value
II than hs records destroyed. foriu-
tsisir * slsfks once was not IN the
Lac, damaged BY flrc. anl the esplo-
Nj fIln dA nh damage In u except 10 blow
Gre VIA " 90.
DOCUMENTS DESTROYED.
NJ Jamss Mtksnnsy, clerk ~ the
supreme oluri. expressed The hope ~.
t5f matIfg an examination % the OH
fgm ihd: Hlme at leASi. ~ ne dotu.
msfA priceless from the view p'luy 81
ne hvoflan. could be savcd. r1nighi.
h1aVtf 0NlnE 90 the Inadequate light
10 facilities 10 shat portion 81 the
hl.lHE where the explosion and IRE
,1tsusi. Do was impossible for him a.
make ar Inielligent OF thorough inveH-
tfiudr ~ the damtue. The supreme
c1gTN1m was damaged principally by
vAiir uni smoke. the IRE not reaching
ihil point Adjoining me Courtroom.
however both the marshai's once aal
~ Senate baf0sr shup furnished food
~ ne danes
WHILE many theories are offered o.,
= iha cause " 'hs explosion. Il seems
'iiqhd doubt % have been dlc % -
nplHg Faa AZ seven minutes after .
Ntu, Nelson Of the capitol police, de-
iseiei an oior u gas from the corridor
all1.rlnF The supfune courtroom, M
p'lhF able e. locate u, h. proceeded "a
raluary hall-the ola hall ~ IN ilouH'
- NtFINANNtAkNFht tnlNhiNE INf ~
nlsat BE- "scaplng from burner IN
ihAi vicinity. while he was cnieayor'
mg 70 hcaie the escape o. the Eaa ih'
npnslon occurred.
NARROW ESCAPES.
only a f,w persons. principally Of
ne'ii ~ she capitol police, wsrf in tn
lllilnE at the time. but seteral VI
lh5m had narrow escapes. BEFORE IN,
hfs apartment. which responded 10 40
alarm stfs In by policeman. thre,
,9iafst from ne capitol. had arrived
y y Glen, chief electrician Of thi
capitol, and N. W. Taylor. chief on
lttsr q the House side. had a strcaH
pANtg Into the supreme court record
.s. which by that time Was a roar
W furnace.
Nllhln a few INMATES after the ar
uNal ~ she nre department the famei
~ under control, although 40 a pre-
AAuohary measure H,rcama wer
tuIrd into ne marshala ONCE. the u
~ ana the aubierranean basemen
tse hours, The fremen We're un
~. hNeNcr, for . considerable time
hunanlah the name ~ gas whlcl
~. "ll NJ fhe four-inch main IN III
SUI NON, From this main the M
n,t through an orifce in ihe base
n.hl moor caused Nv fhs eNplnsilr isTI
Nacked the consultation room Of tn
nHNWe court justices GA .hr mat
~ SINE damage was done 10 M
ullufe ana ntiingu u this room. hu
s lneonsiderable as compared viii
~ ~ uof' elsewhere. The rdbing ron
aEti "~' ''''''s'''S uh''"'
u was evident 4hat IN. Ere eonl