, 1874-06-28

morning. {The only other key to the factory was in
q ths re-, n, e AZ M apy ame
Saturday or Sunday They came into tae store Sun
day night about O'Clock and went to bed and were
awakened, before slated, at oCocs Monday no1n-
What, them VA tho cause Of the freq
On the fourth floor wero two Ave-galon CANS of oil
toue Of castor oil aud Of Labrador ol), set in
1uotal-uned trough whose edges we1e r&3sed-the oil
being used IN treeIas boots There was also olAcEng
serd oil aust turpensine ingredients. The work
men put on ths oil and backing with brushes; but
they wipei their hands and sools with cloths, which,
when thsy became black and titled witt oil aud
b!as king, They threw upon tha door with tho
chips anl other rubbish. Tbs girls us;ng sewing
with ml BY rubbing the oily parts It night
with cloths. When there cloths bocomo too oily for
further they were thrown Oh the aoor with other
rubbish. Occasionally the cutting-board had to BE-
pauod smooth, and tho few chiIA thus made naturally
went in with the chips on the Aoor It was the GUS
ton tn this factory, every night after work hourr to
sweep up the accumulated Rubbish OF the day into
wooden Lox, which was sent down On tbs elevator to
tie boEe1-sooln-. This box would contain chiefly
ls4er scraps but Win them occasionally an oily cloth
from the trerrs BENCH an oily cloth from The sewing
machine bench. perhaps faw sh2rtnss aud may oe .
greasy paper or two from the mell'e dnner-5askess
md al this slightly wet from sprnklinE before sweep
Ing "
Saturday night this box wza carried to the elevator
bit did not 90 dowu, the elevator WAS not running
Tue to1 left tho fourth noor, the Windows
.he side somewhat back Of the centre Of tho
b'tins Ia shas tor wets the .nsssf9als fes spon,
SLOWLY t4I winch ths foreman entered tbs factory
sl,..sy neon hn did not discover any azus ol fire.
But il tima the beat became rs, burned through the
hox, through the floor, cropt along hlorly feodinE
ptraaIe; he1rJ rather tan Light Material that
when at iant, at o'clock tbs hrs ou'st out through
bo1 WAS placetI, the hra lad perhaps beeu burning
for many hours. aud, rapaiy spreading to the hf1h
oor where air given to it. burned the leor fro:n
below the wa,er-tAnx, aud haateued the complEl1
dest uction of the building.
Tnis is the theory Of your Committee ..
ro ar{f IL Viz xiN3 Inf<.r nfn nfA1
factories, aud were most thoroughly confirmed III
their convictions. In one Ut tue largest, 1ud Qua
whose reputation risk has been Of tbs best they
found barrel Of cotton-seed OIL used by the treezs:
they found Of linseed-Hi1 and Of tu1ren-
tine. to be used when mixed with the backlng; they
found the oily CLOTHS the treers benches, aud
Of oil and blaeAtng that they are, to Look 1t
thsoy sha o .pontssoa. They found
the oily cloths used In cleaning the sewlng-na-
chimes, and the scattered shavnss from the catta-
which these with tho leather scraps aud dinDer-pa-
rcrs were collected, week to 20 the furnace
Eoom Ihey iouna aiAo IN Two o. .nese m EN- IN
ways with that Of II. D. Wells l. Co.. and were iu-
pressed with the conviction that, II f:o had oo-
CURED in tho upper stories Of either Of them tho
inability {through ignorance OF rocstructon) to
reach thc dra would have been experienced. Doubt
less there many that your Committee did not
sce+
TUE DEDUCTIONS
made BY your Committee from tbs tscta fully set
forth these:
That in every building where theze is factory OF
any sort hero should be 7atchnao and watch-clocE,
and that heavy Charge should b. made for their nt-
renee. Had there bcen in Wells building The ire
would have been quickly discovered and easily e1tin
guished. That in every shoe tory, at least the rub.
bish should Ire gathered into an iron box or raised
from the oor, and provided with cover, and that
this should be carried away and c:uptlod sresy night
in safe place where damage result. TDat
& sos
sry- 1lat the irons should be hcated over metallic
supports and not rsstDg upon Or against wool That
ctarge should bs n,aslo for the Of kerosene oil
lamps fctcrios sufficient to encourage, aud even
prohibit. their That iron santl-pipcs should a.
Ways have coupling outside the bl.lcng for use OF
city engines (which Wells did no,). That the conuu
niuon tctween foor aud another should never 10
concealed, but that il it is necessary ~ pasaase to "a
ahut OF, it eAau he dons by tocssI door-rAinJ in
yiew-shotoan1 to every one the means Of passage,
thor,gh not atrfng 1t to erery That 1t IL lupera-
familiar with tia construction every building in the
immediate district in which their engines ara 4ocattd
They do not esteem the effort to mako os man fam1l-
with all the buildings in tho business part Of the
city OF practical utility, but that each engine Should
have its district and thc Foreman and the Assistant
Foreman confined At first that district in their sur
veg, that hs WHO would naturally arrive first at
fire in business building, should be familiar with Its
construction. though no one elss Is. When this & <u1
could Interchange and survey each others DIS
tricts, until each familiar with tho buildings in
business portion Of tho city at least; that steps
should 10 taken to procure Bome more quickly aud
more casjly-handed machines than those now owned
by the city for hoistinB men anu hcaet anu COM
n1andng tires from the larcl OF upper stories OF
buildings.
TOUR COMMITTEE ARE COMPELLED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
that if fire to-day to be discovered rigging in
the fourth fifth story Of frstclass building,
had gained any headway before being Uncovered
would be mute. OF doubt whether 1t could be
e1tiuCrished. The question would naturally bo asked
of Chief a1arahsl, How would you handle such
fre?" He would probably reply, ATTACK first with
hose and hook and ladder company to the roof TO
attack it from above" But surprising you did not
know the construction Of the building, anu could not
find the Et1rwuy, suppose you did find the star-
way, but could not make progress up thoae stairs
ngainst tho fire, what would you do! " ''Atnck it
through the roof" hs would Cnt large opening
sufficient to put dozen kta through and drown
out the fire from aboye-" But suppose the roof
the most approved metal roof, through which you
could not cut, what would you do7" "Would have to
% ahow cond you @ do Ills !" "E:ther By hose from lie
street, from boss elevator the erel With upper
stories." "Well, would twenty streams thrown tom
the street Level into Windows Of the nth story Of
ne.tnrt he ceiling, and not penetrate into the room to
tbs FIRE." Scan you always depend upon your hose
elevators Z" .So; they clumsy, not easily
handled aud 1zrey have been OF great service Can
ou have ladders long enough to reach upper stories
sYes, there such but If the fire ~ under mach
headway the cannot work from them drsctiy in
front of windows through which lire may be burst
Ing"
So xe c1osc our report by saying that much be
DONE when all is DONE the means Of cacaping
grpa loss re occurring IN upper stories Of high
buildings IL not discovered.
Tho New English TWIN Ship.
The London Standard of Juno 3 has tho fol-
lowing in reference to tLa new twin ship just
launched:
!. .sOue at least of tho many rival schemes for
TRANSPORTING pa.seuXers across the chaDuel In
EnuA in strA1r- +rE fair }rTat