Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1916 — Notre Dame Science Hall Burned. [ARTICLE]

Notre Dame Science Hall Burned.

South Bend, September 13. Science hall at Notre Dame university was ruined by fire this afternoon, the damage to the building being estimated at SIO,OOO-. it is impossible to estimate the loss on fixtures, chemicals and glass apparatus because they can not be replaced at this time on account of the European war. I The fire originated on the second floor in a quantity of phosphorous at 12:30 o’clock. The blaze was apparently extinguished and classes were resumed on the first floor during the afternoon. i At 4 o’clock students again discovered that the laboratories on the second floor were in flames. The i South Bend fire department was . called and played ten streams of ! water on the building. j One company remained on duty throughout the night for fear the scattered phosphorous would again cause trouble. Fowler has been expeiiencing a Water famine for the past two weeks. ' Some ascribe -{he trouble I to' the drought, saying the . wells are going dry, while those in charge of j the city’s affairs I claim the water plant’s pumping facilities are inadequate to supply the demand. Editor Kitt of the Tribune laments the necessity of foregoing his regular bath. ;