, 1877-04-18

Additional Testimony Taken by
the Coronor's Jury.
Precautionary Arrangements, as Usual,
of No Account.
One Of the Proprictors Confident It
Wouldn't BE Much Of d Fire.


Ths 1rst witneas. J. II. Weber, Assistant oh.
server United States Signal Service, testified that
when the are A1arm struck the gong in the Signal
Service o6lcu In the top story Of the Insurance
building. eotner Sixth and Locn.t streets, he wcat
to the window and saw tho roof and upper nto,y Of
| tho hotel In hktnee.
Henry Hamer, keeper Of the s.ore. room of shc
hotels niade diagram Of the room, explained It's
relative position to other parts Of The basement,
en9!nt.toon, etc., and described its contents
Tho walls of Tho storo.room were wood and
wooden partition divided 1t into two
rooms. In tho inner room, tho ncares.
to the baggage elevator. there WAN pile Of mt
treas hair or inosA and largc boz OF n.atehes
| atandlng on The 1ooF about tweive feet from thu
halr The steam.pipes that heated The building
and supplied the itcant IN tho eicEator.en2ne ran
through the stose.soosn, about eight tcet from tie
matchbox. Sumo Of theso pipes weto covered
rome uncovered. They made tho room TOO lot.
1t was necessary to hnye grated windows ard
grated door 10 tho room to admit Of circulation
Of aif' Hc vas on duty from o In thu morning
to In she evening, but on tho night Of the dre
be did not feave TIL quarter past :. Gare
the key Of tho atorc-snoin 10 ron Of George Oar
ling, one of the proprlttort, when be left tho
house. Everything wns safe then. l1ad no kaowi.
edge whatever Of tho origin Of the Grc. Heard no
ntatcmcnts renting thereto made by any cmrtoYcs,
Did not lodge In tho house, and kuew nothing Of
pfores who hare tins far testified conId tell at
what time tho fire was trat discovered OF how IL
originated, but they all agree that when they left
the basement thern WAS lire In the fifth or sixth
atorJ, which thor could plainly SEQ from tho
ground.
1saaccook. Of the American Wine Company. 4
toardcr, sestldod tl,at he was sitting In his room
on the Third floor when hs heard tho crv Of Dire,
This wns about twenty minutes past /. lkan pUt
9nd ~ l,tI found ,ho n.ll. MI q people. Saw iii.
ereryhody there WIS no DANGER and urged them tc
fctnin u thstr rooMs. Some startcd To do 50. and
t1's,r. tSs situation, = and urged witnss: and
ss' ss9 's'Ss 'hf ssis s"s 'sss ss'
about h,if.past !. dln'. believe Tic Firs Depart.
IN tho bassasc elevator lso ioconosse nn furaaec o
bctrcd tho are was runhInK up II. Had rfeyinurly
noticed that tic wal!a Of this elevator were thick
isofss II. Ford, IT,, nigh. clerk, testified: It
ra, wa; hala't r. ociosk ey :se hotel clock nhsn he
ten minutes faatcr than tho city lime. tla 1t onen
scnt notice to tue enki;ie- room aud had Sir. shep-
hsrd cas!sa rung fth aosixs tn ths office, AMI kept
them ringing. hhd when the MrsscnRcF returned
fr9ni the basement and announced tLat tho liouscwas
all adst; kcnt boy 10 xtse general Gre-slarm and
tu under tl,r rutuna1. which rracllrd 10 ihc roof.
aMd could ks;e b;,n heaEa orsr Tug uppes aco,t;
sa,sps ed she sa AMI the
minutes iater tIe engines brga,, to arrive. iii.
sctx o woen | out II The hoasr ny The s''sa ~
70 b. s'' es "ss e.
b. saved, Iio Thought tic dfn hai ,,oos ~
up she bagsasc. elevator Which, il" wcnt sca
hes :; s a0{ In H. h. satxsy
o'y l.nso been conquered lid tic Gaggarc cldvasor
@ :sS r;xa pa5t e, e s as. Tsy e KIRK
s Ell: IT, i sss s:J s s , ~:
IL a :. R M
tna engines. N'"-'eN '"' -" -aN 'Ae A''''@' y
male by NJ Wsicn. ef Topess, % KsM, ill., tha. u'sre
WIN airoms smell u hurnlny wood ia i,oon Il, a.
no.: ocee sss .ea aI hers ,ae wat n4e sus
olor 10 d ii il oclyeE. Wien he retsci. 'ASA
GsE.; Tbofwssan; M.:tgr q DC .ts,mer Grand
Viz saa Vent ons ot ths c oud be hn n
liz. Mr. DssIng Who told the ths,s W. n9Gs no.
d4nger. Took Ills wifo buck to their room.
Gang ID 9as j sssn. ana nst Csut:, wssnss.
Knew appliance Ia tas honso for p"sttne put ill., de-.
ho Ieft tho hotel didn't tbinX any FIro i)nna,tmrn
could put ont tic are sa,y the skinner de- eesc,ps
asemsn ow 10 etur .h sdders snu ~, tnsnst m ~ in ie
dowe. Didn't hiaine Mr. Darling ior tsytnS 10
quiet tho excitement Of The people ty sayIn: ths
atp whA out :" '" '"e
David 4, logan, p|Qht he'll. .boy. testified. w.s
sweeping out ths b.ltiard.rov whe Id nosfced
to tbc basement and seo whcrs tIs drn VA. Wcot
dawn aud found tho storo.fopul on Grc. antl tic
fntnes r1,unfnr njonv the ,roodrn n1rfian tnw,,H.
liz Eas:ags e1evat"r, anI ths dratt Wat s,reaaT
runnfnT ub tha cisyatnr. Ifsturnrt IL ~. nniro
md told CLERK Ford t,at Ns nonss was on arc4
This wa I'm Or dftern iautcs rast ly The o;flec
clock, The niaru, va in,mrai.ft,s rfrer
by Mr. Ford' Wont IT., Siair. snn ~
called Mr. Shepherd and MI. Darling. Tic
hjn tho whvic house vas on dre. Then Went aian.
lie haIe knock,nr At tho ioors ar thn ronn'. ani
crYlng nrs Whsn he rsachnd fhr nnrfor Hnor ~
faund Mr. Darling tryIux 10 onlct tbe adte. thers
"a Vim. tl.e frr wnnil I,s n1t s,nn ir. - rn.it.
Lid fhis ths hamrs h,r.1 IL somv liz aoor ~ thS
back stair. Thcu wcni nd brcIe pnsn thn n JoaS
of lin lsijrs' entrsn ~, ff,i, sf,scf ,s,ir 49,
ioctsd. md tho ia.i,r, rnthr,f ont SrtI,sr e.
iJarIiny nor Nj. Ehephcri fnil lin IN mi, s,,c
guests and boafjefs whsn lS informed tbsn, ths
fUnse Wa nn nrr. ""~'' "e '"'~''A~1 'AsA' s"s
Thomss Howard. nno.he, 1.r,l,f.ov- tc..rd~a 1,
about tEe saule Thing a. iioran resarynr tho ron.