The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-20
FIRE DESTROYS JAIL. ONE MAN
 LOSES LIFE

Fire. which is presumed to have started in a cell occupied by a Japan ese prisoner, K. Fujui destroyed the interior of the rity jail this morning and resulted in the death of the pris oner.
 Chief of Police Harry Ayers picked up the Japanese on the streets this morning about quarter to four O clock He was paraIyzed with drink and inclined to be noisy. so the chief took him to the city jail and locked him in one of the first cells. No JAard was provided so the prisoner was alone.
 About six o'clock the Japanese was heard shouting in his native tongue by the radio boys who have apartments above the fire hall which adioins the city jail. No attention was paid to re shouting, however as the boys na turallly thought that the prisoner was merely drunk. Half an hour later however, smoke began to penetrate through the roof of the jail to the sleeping apartments above, and MT. Duncanson wakened the other boys who immediately turned in the alarm !, On the arrival of Chief Stackpole the whole inside Of the jail was massed of charred ruins and the flames had burst thru the roof and under the floor starting underneath towards the Moose Hall. A line of water was started from the beach anl by the efficient and prompt work of the fire fighters the flames were stopped in their dangerous course. A few minutes later and the whole block of buildings adjoin ing one another on the plank street would have been ablaze Chief Stackpole had a key to open the door of the jail but no key to open the cell in which the prisoner was lock ed. 1t would have been too late. in any case, he stated. because undoubt edly the prisoner had been burned Ito death sometime before the alarm was turned in as there was nothing left of him but a few charred bones when the department arrived, on the scene.
 Eioht lines of water were turned | on the blaze owing to the fore thouaht of the c. L. p. & w. Com pany which kept reserve on hand to meet such an emergency. The | water in the big lake is very low at this time an it has been necessary to get the water supply from Gran ite Basin. This. together with the fact that cold weather prevailing dur Ting the past few weeks has neces sitated letting the waer in the pipes run to keep them from freezing, has had a tendency to lower the pressure and A fire disastrous to the whole city might have been the result but for the reserve.
 Fujui. the victim of the fire, was until last evening employed at the
 Royal Grill. Yesterday he quit, and having obtained some liquor went to the arill last evening and attempted to start fiqht with the other Japan csc working at the Grill. Not sue ceedino he starting for Newtown ,,here he had small shack. After
 wandering around for several hours he landed at Mrs. Carlson's house and began pounding on the door 1 Mrs. Carlson called for help and Mn kar, Berg who heard the noise sent for the Chic. Of Police who made the arrest.
 The whole interior of the city jai
 was destroyed by the flames. the
 floor and roof being burnt thru lr several places. Upstairs where the
 sleeping quarters are, the most dan r. ago was done by water. the fire onI>
 breakino thru the floor in one place The clothing and personal belong ? inas of the radio boys Were some
 what damaged and the whole buiic
 ing will have to be reconstructed bt
 fore it can be used again.
 Too much cannot be said in praise ; for the work done by the boys o' the Fire Department who worked
 liked Trojans in fighting the fire
 from all sides. underneath and above
 the building, under the able dires ton of the Chief.