LAWRENCE HALL DAMAGED BY FIRE

The University paint shop, in the small wing of Lawrence Hall, near the Music Building, was damaged to the extent of $300 or $400 by fire yesterday afternoon. The fire started in a workman's locker about 5.15 o'clock, probably from spontaneous combustion. The smoke soon attracted attention, and an alarm was turned in. The smoke from the paint and oil was very dense, but the fire was confined to two rooms, and did not reach the adjoining office in the passageway to Lawrence Hall, where preparations had been made to remove the more important papers.