A fire of nnciert'Tmiai d origi year* bid - . ., 1 - . . 1i.1 n : he day nviJii. Th. blaze wa.~. lust s Far: \ hit. I- re Firpartna we j*c By tunc Farinville fiit-i doomed building vo circl: d by 1 aif’a was compleiely illurbin; ted by Tin- F:irmvilli‘ volunteeis quick h. si runs out li (*'it lie." s and wild the help of some of the .-tudeiits bi s.ui playing a steady stream of water on the building. Farmville F'ire Chief* Butcher aid the clos est hydrant was about 1,000 yards away, and this hindered el forts of tiie firemen. According to first-hand reports from .-indents in Cushing Hall, which is located next to Mcll «amc Hall, the fire started on the third floor about hall way back The second and third floors quickly caught fire and the roof began caving in even before the firemen started pouring water on the building. Toe slate from th-. various sections of the roof crashed inward with a rumbling sound, sending showers of sp :k> soarur; upward into the clear mglu. '1 f i• F'aimvilF' f. ■ ■ 1 later joined by volunteer compan ies Irom Cumberland and Buck ingham cf»un::>‘h Tin- three tmtis subdu 'd Hie llames to a ar a' tent. As the danger ,,f to m-; spreading became F-ss and less and as the school wait r 'supply reached a rri’. ical low point Citm b"i land and Buckingham 1.' hi budding ‘site a ratu :>] do;.1 The tecund fioo rw a ■ coinpi-'io ly oil iruyt d by this time, and the fire was -yteaduig dowmvard to the h.-t When th-. ;;u men g (%(' i;;>. ti:. Fames quickly rc g.lined . ois-ur.al font - oread c; tickly ' * tF first note. and compietefy gutted t lie ancient building. Oi e. of a crowd oi over 400 to 500 persons present a tile first oi the lire, only a handful linn r i(l on the scene as the top ,1 tin south w .’! crumbled inward abau-. 3:15 ill. Friday morning. A ! w rtiiiuit(-s 1 her a portion oi the north wall also crumbled, and t! e d diuciam >1 the build:::: «.... c(>m pic' B.ttchi termed the build:::., a “total In ." (Oilier pictures on page <>

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