New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-27

OF me HeIf into an examination Of the alterations
made and proposed wncS Tss alter they had beS
%pned department mas 6 no fG tho 1I
maferials which may be stored wltnlh'
TIE wArcHuAN's oPPoRrurITY
I,alus Foster testified; was an usher In tie museum
budng; on the night Of the fire entered the building
NJ about l4O a. M Umsted was with met rs soon M we
entered the building l smet something pecuhri !. |
smelt like something scorehing had to walk around
OIL the west side Of the building TO get TO our seeps
place. which was the cast side OF the place WheIe .ne
ouriosities were noticed this smell an si1nK sS WEI
side Of the giraffe cage when ws and as we PISSED on
our way bed umsted ana went down 10 Sc. nov Inc
Are we came up and left Nelson there; before said
anything about the smell Nelson spoke to me abGn.
was burnns and he said that there eold De no re as
he had been all about the place ano everytnhh se Wa
silent remarked to Umsted that could not smell IL
plainly the other side we went 70 pea anG
the other side the building; We slept aOent nlNvy o
ne eIildns On D s tSe ms ssa g OF srnoe and
could see tue light of the IRE beyond hi the
room: 1 then went back aud woke UP the men who
slept by me hnding the hre gaining iast We tlea 70
room and wire screen IL but tho beam overhead
was not protected think the hgbt was Hof 10 inches
from the beam.
Andrew Nelson testified: have heard the testimony
given by Lucus Foster and must cay thai do not re-
member any peculiar smell 10 the uildng 60 1s m %
the TIRE there was no PeSa ne Conversation with him
in relation TO the matter be sad notnhg 10 NE in %
anything scorchipg DO not reooect hs oeius i" He
0oerroOm with me that Right
REFUSAL 70 TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES
Andrew b. Mooney testified: am an officer OF the po-
lice and am detailed TO the Office OF the FIRE harsha;
BY order Of Fire Marshal Mcspedon, visited Barnums
Museum and enagerie the path Of November to ex-
anime II relative 20 safety from fire. found the Duo
ing heated by steam, and the boiler situated 10 Sinai
excavation under the first hoorj found the seanppes
through the building running close aiongslde Oh VIC
wood work. aud In come places tney mJIo ,h nnboI
against the seats TO make an indentaoh IN ne uPny
| the head carpenter, VINO =. was uoIn nnv roe
! Mr.. Hurd. the manager, 70 aecompany o Ito
for heating and lighting the premises; pointed OUT
him all the Objectionable aud dangerous points tsat
could he seen Mr. Ban said that they had so snort
time which put up the building thst tney eoua nov
to everything but that t1ey WSSG sISp aD saw
| Nh Hurd The manager: told him that came tor tue
| purpose OF reGxamining the place; he went with me
abopt the building; he said me, 81 wish you
would point out all the steam pipes uaV Sro
| in q dangerous condition, 50 that We can nave
| the necessary changes made all at once :" then
| pointed them him, whereupon he SAID, do not
% V1sif s .s' it WI believe H. Mr. Hard seemed
noyed at my viss and after aeeomlaayng G o So'
found the pipes ia the same c0ndron ID wnlcn t.sy
exception that piece had showed in between
the pipes and woodwork IN three or four pae9S ~
Marshal, who thereupon said Lhai ne eohsueeu II ms
duty report the case TO che UDderEIteIs tnal my
the anag@rs Of the ostablishment would remedy the
matter rather than have their policies Cancelled
| TIE STEAM ARRANGEMENTS DESCRIBED.
! william r. Ball testified: reside at No % Jane-st.
am a carpenter and builder; after Mr.. Barnum bought
the building in Fourteenthst in the latter part oil Au-
gust last employed 10 overhaul 1t ana put 1t IN
| GOOD condition; had carte blanche 70 DO whatever
thought necessary sIr BarDum gave me the general
outi9es of snch alterations as required and told
that be hardly knew himself what he wanted Out that
he would all 10 me. as he was going away; that
he had a big show, and that there was not half room
enough there; that should have 10 arrange 1t SO as 70
get as much room possible; employed Baker smith
10 do The gasftng aud plumbing work aud they put IN
| the seaul-ppss under my supervision; Mr.. Bar,
nun spoke OF the heating aITanseneht. anu "aaIGidd
the place heated high as $50 Fahrenheit when woud
animals FROM warm climates and II Was necessary
that there should be certain heat IN me place az az
times for their benefit boiler located IN the cell
lar, and surrounded by II inch brick an the boiler
room and me eoarqo1 were paved En SSR
leading down into the cellar aongsde the boiler there
q wooden shaft or box, four feet square, leading
from the boerTOom up through the roof OF the building
aud used yenstor to carry OFT the not air nom the
nine feet high; the distance between the brick
the boiler and the beams Of the oor above was
about Is inches, aud the beams were inches thick max
ing OF a. inches from the brekwork 10 the
y. ches in diameter and tapped the Drick.wOrk at the
bottom boiler about IN the center and then ran IN
pOtnfry ec oq aSG saee sns' e Hg
about feet then perpendioulary 10 the lobby OF
the gallery then partly around that lobby where It
tapped by straight pipe which lead into coils OF pipe
The outside OF the corrugated Iron building TO neat
the menagere there were no pipes between the brick
work the boiler and the door above there was
safetg.vsIYe ihere- and pQr ,2ther pipe, except |
main pipe came through the hooI II came up between
the beams about six inches from them; when the steam
pipes were constructed calculated not TO have them
come within half inch OF the woodwork IN any place
building direction Of the Fire Marshal, found
that the pipes In places, were against the wood
word ana mat they came ny close to the uphohterng
work the seats outside Of the corrugated building;
these seats put there after the pipes CON
structed / cut the uphosteriug-work away and FOL
lowed every pipe around the building and cut the |
u~He Al
with II, or where l thought tney were 700 |
near; did this four times OF different Intervals was n
struoed by Mr. Hurd 70 make the building safe against
fire. aud endeavOred 70 do So as far as know OF had
than within half inch from the woodwork IN any |
place; by expansion and contraction the pipes would
that sometimes they would get loose from their
iusenipgs. ana come closer 10 the woodwork TINS !
feet long would not move percepubly IfOn this cause
the pipes under the seats Of the circus were about
800 feel In length; tbs ma!n pipe came up through |
the floor about four or i've Inches nom tho |
uOrtbery side the tfap-dOOr when Oncer Mooney,
from the Fire Marshas office, inspected tie place the
first time directed that the woodwork should be cut
tween and also that the upnolsering WORK should be
cut Gway that his directions were carried out
ne may have been there second time before th9 work
was DONE had great deal 70 do, and 10 took some
ne woodwork and uphOlstcrin9 cut away from the
d les tn WGs the last thing we did they kept saw
dls. IN tue 0nKey and giraffe cages, when were W The
neg6borhoo9 ne pa9s Tagge US IRE Is saiu 90 nave
originated ths T-dlst Was swept up over the moor
tTD or three jn6S day particles OF Il y have
lodged upon the brcA York under the floor and thus
have Deeu brought in cout.,t with the pipes.
With this Witness testimony he investigation ended.
ANOTHER LARGN FIRE.