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oO <j 9 CG é I i sh o The deputies ultinately moved in to protect the firemen, Some of the crowd of students began to retreat scross the Cocmons, apparently fearing that the Geputies would attack them. ney bent a section of cyclone fence over until it was flattened to the qrouud. aA smell storage building located at the Fence was scot afire by the crowd at this tiie, This storage building Was ured lo store athletic ec ane located near the tennis courts. Te was gqopinion that this building was sou af} EE LORRY tactic" to distract the polies > fren the burning ROW Ibuildtad, Pro ‘ fesso: inted out that he did net observe ures rifles Gx vYuaot guns in tne possession of the acmuties but he noted that they did use teary ome crowds attacking tha £Lircauon. ee fs out that when the equipment imideing wes seu efir scuccnts ehtaincd fire extinguishers Qvoiu nec mitoriecs and tried to put out the fire, other: bucket krigade and passed waste baskets furl of wetce f£ros {he dexmitories te the hurning beilding., He hecva mone of these students exorecs fears thac flewes from the storaca building would sct fire to a clump of trees in the vicinity. the Lso pointed went on te say thot after the cqudmoaont hie V3 burned he saw several students threvwing rocks and stones ub Poaylor Yall, breaking two or three windows. Other students cliased these popes cay to prevent Further damage to this building. then procesdcd teross the Commons toward the hove puileina, whiich ne Oomerved w2s still jurning. He found a plactic container on tho estass near a cluinp of bust.es. He pickcd up this conlainer, Vinich hed a one callow capacity and obsorved that di was about 1/3 Lull. It contained @ liquid Wiich he Cclerminca to be Kerosene or sowe similor typs of fuel of) Ne’ Joafe this container at the spot where he found it. As he neaged the nore Iuilding, he neticed thet the Lirxcagn hed Jett the aoreu, Tne ROW building burst into a roardiy fire and the crowds of stuGents cheered, aed, At this noint, the deputies dispersed the cravis axound the koe pudlding by dispersing tear cas. Ue went Com au Long staircase to an area below the Row kuilding where he hed secn mary of the students run. He stocd on a lending on this sté&ircuse and tricd to cet the students to disoerse. , 172