Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-20
oNs OF TOMS sssr
A Story Of Powerful Stream Of Water Told at
a New York Clnb.

Colonel Tom Ochiltrce Of Texas,
spends most Of his time IN New YORK
and has gained a worldwide rcn0Wn as
| tho champion liar OF the e0un.ry. Even
the brilliant exagerati0ns % lsh PERKINS
pole their Intellectual fires by contrast
with Colonel Ochiltree's corruscauons.
Here Is one Of bis stories.
Speaking of the new wafer system
| which is TO be IN operation IN 1911,
| Colonel Ochiltree said h. recently visited
neighboring city where the tire de-
partment gets IT'S streams direct from the
city pipes without the Intervention OF
of steam engines, and the force Is very
/ great.
"Genflemeu." said be. "you may have
noticed that there IN Il little gray IN my
hair ! saw an experiment while ! was IN
| that town that would be revelation TO
| New York iremen. They erected pat
| form H. the main street and atthehag
hose 10 Che fire plug passed the pipe
vertically up through a hole Va the
middle Of the platform. Tie hose threw
a six-nch stream and was lirmly hcld by
means Of stout blocks nailed TO The upper
and under sides of the platform. fctu-
ally the stream went stin'ght
up IN the air higher than the top Of Old
I'rigity's spire and when the water came
down il spread, of course, urd th"re was
deluge storm for block each way.
Several people would have been drowned
only the water quickly started 10y the
law Of gravity for It's level aud the un.
fortunate people who had been caught In
IL were ilpated down the street and
out from under the storm. several sto-
res were Hooded, however, because IL
was found necessary TO use the Utmost
caution Ia shutting the water on. IL
couldn't be- shut of abruptly You know,
on account Of the boy, rdied the vera
cious narrator. IA hc glanced with cam
did smile as lac looked from fncu TO
face
There was the slightest shade Of hest
tatiOn In steele Maokay's voice ~ "
hu feared the colonel would puss into
the regions Of the unredchiblc II per-
mitted 10 go further, bat Ne said in
quiriugly, Boy what bOyF
oh. | forgot, that was the most re-
mnrkablc event of the day. and ihc most
thrilling scene / ever Witnessed OF
course There was great crowd there.
you know, and places 10 sit down q ere
scarce, IL was standing room only,
aud not much Of that 4 slll rchiu
clnmbcrcl ON the platform while the men
were mailing the blocks underneath. ard
the youngster sat down on The nozzle
of the pipe which stuck up about Il foot
above thr platform Nobody seemed e
notice him particularly and when the
men underneath finished their work. they
chilled 10 the man az the next conner "a
turn on the water The Wutor Dame
/ surging through the hose and gentlemen
| II makes my head swim Us / REGAL! q
| in ull its horror 10 my mul. I}u, thc
/ boy sqt on thc pipe! The boy BOT on
| tho pipe aud when the water came
/ through, it caught him and scu; HIN uT
/ into the mir nearly 200 feet The pc0pl,
/ looked in horror Women tainted dead
/ away aud the checks Of strong men on,
/ eyes that had followed the little fellow
| hlunchcd nt the horrible sight Then the
! blcuched NJ the horrible sight Then In,
/ eyes that had fullowcd the li'lle follow
/ IN his ascent turned away with horror
! for j was evident that he must fall. ard
| AN shrunk nc the thought There was d
| denthlike Stiffness for q moment which
| seemed an age ns the crowd waited The
/ culmiuation Of the tragic event IN the
| crushing 90 the little body on the pave
| mcnt. Gentlemen that was gn nwfu
! momcnt' And an hour afterwards vhpi
! Glanced 10 stand before q mirror i'm d
! cigar store ! noticed those gray hairs.
! We'll but the boyF nnNioIsly asked
! Mr. Duffy.
After that fearful moment Of silent
! horror, there was great shout. ant
| turning my eyes aloft again | SAW thai
| boy bObblng up and down on tor o
Of that powerful stream ike lanciii
ball In Bowcry shooting gallery Quicl
| Wits aud ready hands saved ,hp boy
The chief directed that he water l.,
turned on slowly and steadily. md II
! this way the youngstrr was lowcre,
little by little an he reached The 1--we
Of the tops Of the buildings. or cours,
| Il would be- death 10 attempt 10 lowe
| him Co the ground IN this way. M IN,
| stream h. nor so steady rs The fore,
| is lesscned. Other methods were ucces
| sary, and the boy WIS kept huhbinE nj
aud down iu midair for full minute
! longer, while the hremcn tuught o
another r"Wody Then a ,ruck with n ne
volviug mddcr was sent for. the ndde
run MP nlong side 'hp stream. and As
sistgnt Marrison of Engine Compquy Sc
81, who Glanced TO be over thcro. RAJ
mp the ladder 90 lbs top. which was chou
even with the top of the stream, pickle
the hoy of and brought him down ~
ladder In sufcty, placed him In The rim
Of his mother who had fought her wa
through the crowd aud had hccn Wrinl
ing her hands iu an agony Of grief III
woman dropped In u dead faint. lut IN
boy was all right, but the hlnch q
cigarettes tho boy had In his peck,
were 80 wet that the hoy coal Int snok
'em, Fireman's Herald.