St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-17

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immediately ran up the ladder and as
sisted Strapp down from his peri1eus
position. Murphy was seen suddenly
to pitch forward into the window
through which the stream was be-
ing thrown. and
A Cry of flKOrror
went up from firemen and spectators.
Fortunately Murphy fell forward in
stead of back ward, and his unconscious
body lay OH the window sill. Ropes
were lowered from the roof and, with
the assistance of two of the firemen,
Murphy was lowered to the ground. The
ambulance WAS called and lie was taken
to the office of Dr.. Hoyt. Resteratives
were administered and after half an
hours work the doctors noticed signs Of
returning life. The ambulance was
again called ana the still unconscious
man was removed to st. JoSeph'S hos
pital. Late last night the physicians
reported him much better. and although
his condition was SeriouS-ile is not eon-
sidered1ikely 20 die from the effects of
suffoeation.
'SdPb. CIlupD w "a thhCl " tlIo iOiilG
at 1876 Pleasant avenue in hack. but
recovered very rapidly and Will be able
TO be out today.
Mastered the Flames
The firemen. while excited by the ac-
cidents, kept at work AT the fire and
SOON had it under control. rhe damage
by fire was confined to the top floor of
the building, but the stock on the lower
floors was badly damaged by the fieod
of water which was poured into the
building.
ID. NJ. Dyer, member of the firm.
placed the valGe of the stock on hand at
$103,0G of which amount IS, SEQ was on
i'll pictures. The stock has been greatly
increased i'll the past few weeks prepar
atory1 to the firms removal to the new
building on Fifth street. He was not
prepared to say as to the damage. but
thought it would not be less than $780,
600. and might exceed that amount.
The stock was fully insured, but the
names of the companies or amounts the
members of the firm were not able to
give.
The last man to leave the building
was one vino has charge of the floor
where the fire started, and at 6:l5, or
about fifteen minutes before the fire was
discovered, everything was all right.
A few moments before he locked up he
had eXtinguisned the fire in the small
Oil stove in the repair room. The firm
employs about thirty persons, and for a
short time portion of the help will be
laid off. The building, owned by M.
Defiel, was damaged to the extent of
$500. covered by Insurance.
The Bead Fireman.
michael j. Cloonen, who lost his life
while in the discharge of his duty, was
thlrty-three years OF age, was born and
raised in st. Paul and had been cun-
nected with the fire department for the
past ten years as pipeman, driver and
lieutenant. He had been for some time
lieutenant of Engine Company Nc. 4,
but few weeks ago was transferred to
Engine Company No. s. He leaves a
Wafe,and four small children. lie was
Fnember of the Junior Pioneers, the
A. o. Ii. and the Firemen's Relief asso-
cihtion, and was q great favorite among
tHe members of the department. fhe
REMAINS were taken to Willwerscheid's
undertaking rooms. The funeral ar
rdngements will be made today.
Sickening Fumes
''lt was not smoke that overcame u.s."
said Capt. Jerry Strapp, at fire head
quarters last evening. 1.-The sensation
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have tooth extracted, and the sensa-
ton was almost Identical to that felt
when on the. ladder. The fumes of
some sort Of gas came pouring out of
thes window and. one. whit nearly suffo-
GATED NE. / am suresit was gas and not
smoke, for avn SO Injured to. smoke that
1t has little effect upon me.''
This theory is substantlated by the
recital of the experiences of the other
fremen; All are certain that the
snlQke-laaen air was heavily tinctared
with some sort of gas. Chief Jackson
weht, up into the room by the way of
The. staircase, and he was so nearly as
phyXiated that when he regained the
opeR air he could scarcely stand.
Capt, Strapp was Oh the ladder at the
time Lieut.. Cloonen fell, and he grap-
pied the hose and ran up the ladder to
aid Murphy, and it was then that both
Strapp and Murphy narrowly escaped
the tate met by the gallant Lieutenant.
These opinions lead to no little speca-
latlon. What was the gas? Ether,
likely. for it is largely used i'll polishing
up of old musical Instruments. The
probability is that there was large
quantity of the volatile fluid in the
room for this purpose, and that when
the fire reached it the fumes went pour
ing III vast volume through the win
dow.
Biet. ClOonan was to have taken his
annual seven days vacation today. The
leave OF absence was already made out
and signed by Chief Jackson.
:,lle was one of the best tiremen in
the entire department" said the chief
last evening. He was appointed to
the force Feb. l, 1884. and he began as
driver of Engine Company No. g..
Next he was promoted TO pipeman, and
from this he progressed because of his
valor and efficiency until he was COM
miSSi0ned Lieutenant of Engine Com.
pany No. l on Nov. 1. 1892 Later he
was transferred to No. 4. and week
ago had him located here at No. s.
have always made a study to get first
class men here at the headquarters, for
the reason that the company is called
out oftener than any other. and all the
greatest fires are sure 10 call out No. S.
CiouEen had a host of friends. In fact,
no one iii the department stood higher
lie is member of the Firemen's Re
lief association, and his heirs will re-
ceiye $1,000"
E. ID. Tracy, of Hook and Ladder No.
l. was struck by some object during the
progress of the fire, and received Sc.
we're confusion of the hip. The blow
knocked him Senseless for a short time,
but the injury is not serious. though
he will have TO walk with limp for a
week or more.
A Thirsty Traveller Returns.
Travel-stained and weary, tired anG