St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-14
AN INVESTIGATION.
Chief Black and Assistant jack
son Talk to the Fire Commits
SiOnerS

Chief Black and Assistant jack
son Talk to the Fire Commits
siOners.
The board of fire commissioners met
last evening, there being present
Messrs. Warner, Prendergast, Freeman
and Martin. AS the story had been cir
culated on the streets regarding the
Foote, Schulze Il Co. fire, that
the department. visited the build
ing and came away, thinking there
was no fire, the board Investigated the
matter thoroughly. First Assistant
jackson was first called, and said: "On
hearing the alarm l went to Engine
HouSeiNo. 4,and finding the door locked
went to the fire. The indicator did not
show what part of the building the fire
was in. l saw the Waterman, and
he told me there was no fire i'll
the building. I told him an
alarm had been sent in from that mer-
curial. The Waterman said There is no
use of your coming here, there is no
fire. l then went up to the fourth
story, but could smell no smoke. 1t oe-
CURED to me the fire might be in the
basement, so started down. l passed
others going up. When | reached the
second floor | heard the noise of people
running above. / started back and
learned that the fire was in the fifth
story OF the building: l called to the
men to drop their line ard pull the
chemical hose up. l went up to the
fifth story and saw the fire under the
roof and over the elevator among the
pulleyS. l went right down stairs.
There was no. fire on the floor at all.
got the chemicals alongside the build
ingS and had the hose pulled up. When
NO. 0'S nose was up we soon got
water. We lost time looking for the
fire. We could have stopped it could
we have placed it. AT least fifteen feet
of the roof was on fire when first
| saw it,"
CHIEF BLACKS STORY.
Chief Black was called and said: II
responded to the mercurial alarm at
$40. When ] got there I went to the
rear of the fourth floor, but was told the
| fire was on the floor above. / started
to go up, but couldn't make it: l came
down and found Jackson getting the
| chemical hose up. / then pulled
| box sixty-three and made sec
Ond trip to the fourth floor and
found things burning in good shape.
Immediately sent in general alarm.
| This was at 6:34 a. m. 1t was very
| stubborn fire to fight. We were on the
INSIDE all the IlHe ana kept there. Inc
men suffered a great deal. Fifteen of
! them were overcome by the smoke and
| heat, Capt. Kelliher seriously. A
stand pipe would have assisted
us very materially on the top floor.
my theory is that the fire went down
the elevator. The elevator was sup
T.! piled with automatic closing doors. We
had three hose connections with the
outside standpipe."
On motion, the secretary was in
structed to correspond with the
different manufacturers of port
able water towers to ascer-
tain the price, weight and all par
! ticuiars regarding them. Chief Black
said that there ought to be cisterns con-
| meeting with the water mains in the
business districts.
The chief was instructed to purchase
| a map showing the water mains,
| hydrants. alarm boxes, ETC., throughout
| the cit y, at cost of not more than 500.
Historical Society.
The Minnesota Historical society held
a regular meeting last night. Hon.
Alex Ramsey presided. John S. Hughes,
of Minneapolis, was elected member.
A committee was appointed to prepare
for a celebration of the 215th annfver-
sary of the discovery of the Mississippi
April II. The following officers were
then elected for three years: H. H.