Cover, "Fire Extra!," The Minnesota Daily, September 24, 1904

Cover, "Fire Extra!," The Minnesota Daily, September 24, 1904

Image of the cover of the Fire Extra!, an extra special edition of The Minnesota Daily student newspaper, published on September 24, 1904. The cover is yellowed with age. The masthead at the top of the page includes the text of the title of the paper, "The Minnesota Daily" in large block print with a line drawing illustration of a building and lady slipper flowers emerging from a circular border between the letters E and S in the center of the image. Beneath the title is text indicating the volume, location, date, and number of the issue, "Vol. VI., The University of Minnesota, Saturday, September 24, 1901, No. 15." Beneath this heading, printed in large block letters in red ink covering the bulk of the width of the page is the text, "FIRE EXTRA." Beneath this title is the following text, centered on the page, "Old Main Destroyed Last Landmark of the Old Campus Falls Prey to Fire King. Nothing Left But Walls and Embers; Loss, $135,500.00; Fire Started from Heating Apparatus - Guild Family Narrowly Escapes Destruction; Only Detailed Story." The remainder of the page is split into 4 columns, with a line drawing illustration of the Old Main Building in the center, and 3 articles included beneath with the titles, "Loss Total," "Story of the Fire," and "Narrow Escape."

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The Minnesota Daily Board of Editors

Fire Extra!, The Minnesota Daily, September 24, 1904, The Minnesota Daily, Volume 6, 1904-1906, Box: Daily06, Ariel and The Minnesota Daily Student Newspaper and Magazine collection, ua00626, University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities: https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/14/archival_objects/1547480

University of Minnesota Archives; The Minnesota Daily (MN Daily Media)

September 24, 1904

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