The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-04-15
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TOTALLY DEsTROYs BOYS'- DOR
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Storer College Suffers q Severe Loss
In Hurting Of building for. Boys!
& and water Damage to Another.
Building. Loss Estimated at 500
3 300, Insurance 81, 900. 49,: =. y

l|.s4OOO, insurance $7,O0O.I ,j5igss!&2t Z =
+ Especial TO The Advocate. ), J: Z +
Harper's Ferry, April IS A, half
holiday. was given to, students OF Stor-
Ter College Monday on account Of the
FIRST ball game, between storer and
bolivar. Large crowds were making
ItheirS way toward the field and only
Ithe College, teams with a few boys and
Dr.. >McD Donald were on the campus. $
.,3 Tie cry of FIRE, was heard. On. look
Ing toward the Hall, tongues Of flame
were seen eating their. way, rapidly
through the roof Immediately every
one: got busy BY smashing in the
ldopr of the demonstration kitchen In
1.-THE, DeWolf building, section of. tho
hose. was obtained. Soon several
streams of water were playing on the
fblilaing: The College = School bell
tfa1yE eat thes distressing news i and
ssople from all over the town thur
tEaed; TO the scene Of the conflagration.
The students ran back from the hail
HELD and teachers, students, boys and
tgirls worked hard to extinguish the
names. a strong south wind was
blowing and directing the blaze to
Anthony hall scarcely fifty feet away:
BY his : time the entire third = and
fourth floors of Lincoln were com
pietely In q blaze. The hall was Civ
en- up for lost, and all turned their
energies toward saving Anthony hall.
Blankets were spread over the win
doWs and kept wet Dr.. Henry, u.
Mcdonald sbood on the belfry and ui-
rect ed the work of the fire fighters:
by-'a kind act Of Providence the
wind decreased ana finally died out
altogether: +, 49, =. .'..,,'.
Just when the flames were at their.
height, from the residence of r. A.
McDanisl, which is directly Vest or
| a4ln l. r flames were seen starting.
E tso TIE be- root These were soon but,
eggt, 6 aeYeYers nd NO <iaraage twas
BY four o'clock not even a chimney
OF Eipcoln was standing The. build
ing was 1eyeled to the ground
The library, which occupies the
south wing. of Anthony hall, was
cleared Of all it's precious Volumes.
pictures and relics. The whole place
was drerched with water. The H.
barry. Was just refurnisfed and fitted
ana is now in a condition beyond de-
scrlPtion.- DR.. Bracket cleared Mis-
office of all it's valuable books and
the water finished its work ,by seen.
ing through the floor of the rear up-
Per hall and down into his Office.
None of the young men who
roomed on the fourth floor of Lincoln
saved anything Theirs -is-a - cam.
plete loss. Fortunately, no one was
seriously injured: Chas. A. viii.
Hams, of Charleston, received =, q
slightly bruised and cut hand. las
Hi, OF Anderson, was overcome nv
smoke. No one else received injuries
OF any consequence. = -. (, : -
The young men will .take' their.
quarters in the College Annex or
Lockwood House
Work was. begun on Friday for tho
'e~AAA"to VI a ioLStm heating plant. in
Lincoln. Many contributions have
been received toward it.
School will be suspended Indefinite.
~ Although the time will not he
long. Refitting of Anthony will he
begun tomorrow.
In speaking Of the fire Dr. Brack-
EFT said "The building was % partly
covered by insurance, but the loss
Is great I had just published an
article last week, pleading for funds
for the heating plant and telling If
the danger Of fire. However, we are
eiad'. that the other buildings did
not co. .. -, ~.
GVeryons worked heroically. n
ri. Winters, who was superintendent
or Lincoln, never started to move his
household goods until everyone e,ee
was being aided. ~
y ALI the boys lost books and vaIu-
aole papers, because of the wind.