New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-16
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
r1pr APPLIANCES IN THEATRES.

Tic Marshal Sheldon Yesterday finished his in
vestigatiOn OF the fire when destroyeu the ratk
Theafre ON October 80 He said the origin of the fire
mas likely 10 remain unknown. 1t was certain,
However that the flames started above the stage In
the prosceninm wall anu hot ~ Tue esad Nv
lighted match or cigar carelessly thrown between
The partition of one of the boxes and the wall Inc
testimony has shown that the appliances tor pre-,
venting fres IN at the theatre were of no avail
In the emergency They consisted OF stationary
chemical engine beneath the stage with SIX nose
connections two fire alarm boxes on the stage, hall
adozcn hand re-eXtinguishers and several buckets,
which were kept full of water, behind the scenes
When the fire broke out IN the building zen men
were on the stage within few seconds eau:
Efforts were made 10 the ire-eXtlngulshers, out
they did not work effectively. The hre alarui
boxes were used according 10 the printed directions,
but the wires communicated no information 10 tne
Fire Department. The chemical engine Threw no
stream. Hamilton Weaver tho mschihlsl A' VIC
/ was perfectly familiar with the extinguisher.
We occasionally tested 1.-THE last time a0out tnIee
or four weeks before the Ire III Threw q S,io"mi
about seventy-fve feet. l opened Tue .oP esviS
two ar three weeks to powder the soda, which would
become caked, | suppose, from the dampheSs
After the fire was discovered, weaver went unuer
The am ge and did what necessary to start the
s%tingsisher. James Caldwell, another employe,
held a hose. but no stream came from the nozzle
a general order was issued TO the Ere Depart
menf on September Il. 1881, directing that CIV"
experienced iiremen be detailed at each tneaue our
ing performances The men were ordered to inspect
tbe !" fire alarm boxes on the stage ana al appu-
auces Tor preventing and eXtlngulshn9 nfe, ana 10
make n UrlIten report upon them every day. A
TRIBUNE reporter yesterday ascertalned that the
rue at the various theatres did not test the hGe-
alarm boxes or the hre-eXtlngulshers U0t ohly
looked about the stage and saw that the Appliances
were there Certain officers of the department were
asked If the tre-aiaTmS and eXtingushers III Olhi
theatres we're known 10 Oe in WORKING order. Dut
were unable TO tell The tiremen could not test tue
extinguisEers without making il necessary 10 re-
change them and the ire- alarm boxes wore so cod-
structed that they could Lot De tested Wl'uouV
breakng tine glass cases III winch tnty were III
closed Ii was sand yesterday that the supeilntehu
chi O the fire telegraph system was perlecung an
arrangement 10y which the alarms could Do tested
every day.
Fatal. RESULT OF AN ELECTION FIGHT
MattheY J. Kennedy, of No. % Westinghouse,
who was st.. bbed on election day by JOhn oheenan
an the vicinity of the pOllingplaCe at Battery place
and Nest-st. died at an early hour yesterday morn
ing it was reported yesterday that the relatives
and friends of the deceased man claimed that the
wounds inflicted by Sheehan would not have caused
his death had they not been aggravated 10y neglect
nj the Twenty-Seycnth Police Precinct station
house where he was compelled to sleep all night III
8 cold cell without medical assistance.
CAPTAIN BcTghOld, of the Iwenty-seVenth Ponce
Precinct said To a TRIBUNE reporter yesterday that
he asked Kennedy at the time OF his arrest he re-
Oured any medical assistance OF II he womb go 70
the hospital and be taken care OF. henneoy dis-
finely answered that his wounds were not danger
ous He added that he did not want to make any
charge against Sheehan. Captain Berghold said to
stabbed or shot in his precinct and then allow the
case to be dropped because charge is made: ken-
nedy was provided with blankets. and was kindly
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