, 1874-12-20
TIHE::0F'3,
XIII.
THE MADISON sEEI FIRE:
LETTER FROM arxRzAA H1:esEE..

LETTER FEOA
4 communication appeardl kin yesterdays pn-
..- sjered by an '* Indignant a:izen." =" in refer
F ..o to tie conduc: CT the RI department. dur
- tho late fire Oh the cornt Of Throop and
.re5;soa streets, and 3lsrshal{ Benner riaes to
.1nIain rs follows: -. !.
e1i r1;or et -h< fAieaeo ni3uae :4,:s.-:
- :y.rg read srtice IN thd tsne Of your "a
,.r Il th:s date purposine to emaaA. from :. 11t
gtsssu: Citizen" xho; in alladi1$ the du;ie. Of
IS sss9: Vai!e ran,ner Of 1:ree, In her with tho
EgseMsrrrs1 and hia si@ assi4taas, W&enjoyiug tho
% on the morning Of tho i'th tt reply a'
IN correct in my suspicious the pron,rter
&C.; ;i i * e sss
rff III not reply to the Indignant ctsan further
:, rrejrdico the public sgainst tic Department,
XII Ct looking after the interess OF the city; bu:
ii say, for Tie satisfaction aud information Of tho
s,;r t1xt vt tue time 4ha axrEt for this l1rs was
I-.n tie nn1u1cr 0f Atsistznt-M:rshas required in
E. 3srir: we're Z: their ae2dqu27ters and responded
i,ne1istoy, OF them being On tie ground bcfors
ss hid communicated from one enl Of the building
taas otLe. TWO other Of tie ass;sents presous
e sAe engines ~e:a nweg at wegk hsMipesal'
'cm:.so, Dec. - 1874.
In addition to tho above, q TRIBUNE reporter
TIE ALARM WAS GIVEN
fnnr1 Eox SIG o. exactly 2:55 n. 1n.. Wednesday,
officer Duffy :.ye the slaTtn from the boz,
rhi,h is 5 bloch frSln tue scene OF ths tire. The
interior Of the building waa in flames when tho
cHcer's attention WAS first attracted to It. and
the s:a.m waa given promptly by the bells i'm
mc;..tcly eftcrrard. Astist.nt-Narehal Mu-
thsm vss at home ut tho time. aud WAS at the
IL Is soon Ms bis horse could carry him there.
l,astsut- Marsha! Kinney was ut his LeGduuaE-
te-s iu No. ISIS house On W6s. Twelfth street,
md also drove to tho FRO immed:ate1T after the
frsi striking OF tine bells gave the number Of the
IRE s!at;on. No. u, lying on Lake street, near
Ashland ayooue, w2s t1o first engine on the
pTo1ad, soa "sG
cu1cKI.x FOLLOWED Dr THREE OTHERS.
III tnas a.e il the circuit. The explosion CO.
Erred soon after the 1irsmen arriEed. and, not
understanding nearly Tho whole or the large struc-
tur. yas in flames, they succeeded in preventing
the spreEd Ct tho fire. and Marshsl Ausham
s=sar.s that no more could haro been accom-
plshed under tho circumstances. Those who
we're occupants OF the burned premises paid no
s.tention tn t1rnn9 il tho alarm, in consa-
cu.nce Of the excitement they were nl1der. DR..
!. 7, Cu:rk one of the occupants adjoining No.
$50. where the Ero first broke out,
Hates that Lo fir7t saw tbs fro at 2:30 o'clock.
laen:7-ivo minutes before tho alarm WAS glven.
The fact also tia. all the occupants OF tho block
hsd barely time to escape with their lives, and
hrno TO eayo theiz effects, shows how quickly the
.tncs spread
Marshal Geaner stated to tho reporter that
IE WAS At THE F1RENEN's BALL
ehen the alc.na IVES given. and his driver brought
buggy to the hall in five minutes afterward and
acore him very rapidly to the fire, which ha
fourd was go well managed BY his Assistants
thst second alarm was unnecessary.
It Las sl6o been learned that one OF the male
occupants OF 10. 430 and bis little son were up
:: abou: 2:a0 g. No., and, while the former was
chopping kiud,iug wood, the boy Knocked over
sts,oseno lamp, and set tho place On fire.