Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-02-08
The VERDICT.
Companies Owning the Two War.
houses Held Responsible for
Butte's Horror.

houses Held Responsible for
Butte's Horror.
Special to The Tribune.
BUTTE, Feb. l.-Although the coro,
er's jury which investigated the recer.
explosion reached the verdict and fXqs
the responsibility for the death of Gee
fifer and the fifty six other victim d
that unfortunate affair, the origin Of H.
tire which caused the explosion Is still
mystery and in the excitement incider
and subsequent to the explosion, H.
matter has been scarcely thought of. n
is not likely that the fire was other thai
lhcendiary in lie origin. The testimor
given at the %coroner's inquest went,
show that the fire could not have orir
mated from the stove in the Office of tn
kenyon-Connell company's warehoua
One witness testified that he look.
through the window of the office and
ticed that there was no fire there at Ii,
time, although there was considcrab
flame just back of it. II the fire
started by an incendlary, the tiend
wretch, if among the living, must b,
prey to most horrible Nightmares and
the imps of the internal regions v
give his black soul such
greeting as it deserves. Rabblehes
will go down in the history of Butte
the most destructive weapons hurled
that explosion. Not one person il
thousand heard the name until after
explosion, but during the past two We
the term has been on the lips of
Ghastly finds are yet being made I'M
ruins OF the burned warehouses.
terday a charred piece of human f.
which had evidently belonged to f
trunk portion Of Il body, was picked
near where the Butte Hardware Lw
ing stood. 1t probably belonged to
OF the firemen who had been bo
against that building by the force of
first explosion. The flesh was bur-
to a CRAP. 1t was turned over to
and will be sacredly inter
with the other portions Of bodies fou
The relief committee was busy to-
auditing the bills received from phi
clans, undertakers and others who
sisted in caring for the dead and inju,
The committee expects by the enc
next week to be able to make
report of all receipts and expenditu
after which the balance of cash in t
hands will be turned over to a comm
to be named by the citizens, who
make whatever disposition of the fu
it is deemed best. The committee
knowledges the receipt of the follow
donations today: james II. Free,
Giant Powder company of San Franc
500; citizens of Elkhorn by G. A. No.
superintendent of the Elkhorn Il
$500.
Haid and Riley, who are at
| Sisters hospital, are suffering gr
and it is feared that amputs
of tho fractured legs will have :
resorted to. Haid has already lost
arm, Il portion of it having beer
from his body by flying missiles.
condition of Conductor st. Clair is
serious. Henry Tiggermah. it is bell
will ecover.
Tl,s. NnrsIicf
The coroner's jury found Il We:
Thursday night. After r%eciting
names of the victims the verdict
concludes:
"rhat the fire started in the ket
Connell Commercial company.
"That the first large explosion d ~
Mantle took place in the Kenyon
nell Commercial company's wareho.
That the second large explosI
dynamite took place in the Butte
ware company's warehouse.
THAT the Kenyon-C Cornell Cor
cial company, consisting of W. t.
yon, M. j. Cornell, j. T.. Gaylord,
Butte Hardware company. consist
l.. "A. IAhTRey, NeoilTey IIhVoIi,
Williams, !. +. Kirby, and r. j. W
have been criminally negligent and
less ip the fact that they carrie
and Oh Jan. Is, 1895, did carry dyp
in their warehouses far in excess j
amounts allowed by law.
"That the Kenyon-C Council CONF
company and the Butte Hardware
pany are responsible for the des
George Fifer and others mer'
above. #lsl
"In testimony whereof the said
have hereunto set their hands thu
day Of January, A. ID. 1895: ~8S
~. II. Kelly, w. W. Adams,
Gehrman, Harvey II. CulIum,
Blaine, ii. s. Tuttle.'
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