Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-28
G A l. E Ma T r E T

The building was completely destroyed
1t was erected last summer by ALDER
Charlebois, at a cost OF SO, 900, and subse
quently was purchased by Fred Brown. Il
was insured for 81, 900 in the Germanis
and Orient companies, represented in thi.
city by F. E. W.. Patten.
The three small tenementsd depicted in the
ground plan were owned by William Weir
who valued them at 81, 900. They were
insured for $500 in the Phoenix, OF Hart.
ford, also represented here by Agent
Patten.
The furniture OF the second floor wal
owned by Mrs. Nagee, who places her loss
. at $4,000. 1t was insured for 1925 in
the Phoenix, OF London, through George F.
Marsh's agency.
THE BLAZE.
The exact origin OF the co~nf1agration can
not be definitely ascertained, but the facts
OF how it was first discovered are pretty
clearly set forthin the evidence OF witnesses
who testified at the inquest on the remains
OF the little boy, held yesterday morning by
Coroner VIII .tford and q jury, and which is
published in full in another column OF this
paper.
Those who first arrived at the scene OF
the fire witnessed sights both sad and
ludicrous. Sc ni-nude men and women
rushed frantically about bewailing the loss
OF their apparel. while the stricken mother
was wit difficulty restrained from rushing
/ to the blazing building and meeting
certain death in an attempt to rescue
her child, who even hen must
have been beyond all earthly aid. The
people who were bur, ed while escaping
were tenderly taken care OF by sympathiz-
ing spectators, and one man who Jumped
from an upper window to escape crema-
ton Law in a shattered heap upon the side
walk, receiving the kind ministrations Of
friends. Above all was the Kissing flames
and cracking timbers, which were reduced
to ashes almost as quickly as snow disap-
pears before the summer sun. 1t was a
scene OF terrible grandeur.
THE FIREMEN
were as quickly on.'the spot as their infe-
rior apparatus would permit, and they
worked with the galIantry which has ever
marked the efforts OF the firemen OF Butte. |
The Brigade fought shoulder to shoulder
with the Department against their com
mon antagonist, and fought bravely and
well. Two lines OF hose were attached to
the plug at the northwest corner
OF Main and Park streets, one being laid
down Main and east on Galena, while the
other ran east on Park and south on Ari- |
IONA. There was a strong pressure OF
water in the pipes, but the boys saw that
it wuuld be only wasting time and strength |
to pour it on the blazing building. They di-
rected their efforts, therefore,. to saving the
adjoining buildings. A thorough drenching
rescued the Butte Hard are Company's
Sam Wah's laundry on Ari-
zona street. The saving of the former
building was generally regarded "a a bless
ing, as rumor placed within it
large quantities OF giant powder and
other high explosives. At $50 O'Clock
the fight was won. and the work of cooling |
off the ruins commenced. Hall In hour
later the charred remains OF little Charlie
Lee were tenderly removed and borne
across the street, and the Coroner was mott
hed OF the discovery.
THE INJURED
It'll safe to estimate the number OF per.
sons bodily injured by the fire at onedozen. |
1t IL impossible to give q complete list Of
the u~ninrtunates. az several OF them were
removed to the residences OF friends, |
the r wounds are being treated. The
following may be regarded as a full roster
OF those who were most seriously hurt:
MRS. LIZZIE LEE, badly burned on back
and hands.
MRS. BRADLEY, badly burned about head
and face.
FRANK HUH, spine injured and other
hurt internally; injuries regarded as
JOSEPH WESTON, head, face and hands
burned.
WILLIAM BARTON, head and hands &C.
scorched.
enables SHATruck, head, face and hands
M. NJ. GRAHAM, face, head, neck, back
and hands badly burned.
The injuries OF the other persons are not
such q serious nature as to create any
of fatality or even personal disfigure-
ment. The most seriously burned were re-
moved to the Sisters Hospital. !