The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-26
POWDER BY THE TON
The Testimony in lhe Investigator
Yesteay.
THOSE WHO SM THE FLASH
IL is said There Wre Rabble Heads
Flying Before tn Second ExpIo-
sisn Occurre-The Condi-
ton of tn Injured.


Jonn C.Heilie wa the first witness. He
resumed ttst he Wa walking down Ari-
IONA stree in the direction of the fire
wnen the Inst heav. explosion took place.
A lew seconds afterwards there was "a
shower OF rabble heads and pipe all
around him People went down on all
sioes and halso was knocked down land,
IN order to aoid the shower of missiles,
ne crawled inder an awning and re-
NAMED therpntil ii was over. He then
walked downo the fire and was standing
by the boilers north of the warehouses
when the seed heavy explosion went off.
lie reached us point by walking along
the road on wich the line of hose was
stretched. II hose, he said, seemed to
De all right asar as the northwest corner
OF the Butte hrdware company's ware
mouse. After Is arrival he saw four or
hve dead bodis and several injured men
lying close arond the boilers.
mayor DUGAN.
Mayor E. o. Dugan was called to testify
to some matters of record in the council
proceedings Some time during last
April he sail he was informed that large
Quantities opowder were being stored in
the city, ant he appointed committee
consisting of Aldermen Bowman, Kelly
and Dawson to make an investigation.
1hey visited IL of the mines of any i'm
portance andound all the way from two
TO eight boxeat the different mines. The
largest amouf, eight boxes, was found at
the Parrot, aid Superintendent Tibbey
explained the presence of such large
quantity by Eating that the mine had
Deen closed Own for two days and that
the powder hid accumulated. He said
mat the mine Sould start up the next day
ana the boxes WOULD be taken below and
distributed alog different levels. Four
boxes were found in a safe magazine at
the Syndicate nlnes outside of the city
limits. Mr.. Rgan said: 1--WE found
no powder at the Original or Gagnon
mines. The forman at the Gagnon told
US that he received powder in fire box
lots and that it was Immediately taken
below and distributed. We did not find
any powder in any quantity at either the
1uttle, henyon-C'nnell or Butte Hard
ware stores. We did not visit the ware
houses OF the Butte Hardware or Kenyon
1onneil companies for the reason that we
were led to believe that no powder was
stored there, out that it was hauled from
the magazines just as it was needed, and
that all that was stored inside of the CITY
limits was kept at the stores for retail
sales. The committee relied upon these
statements, and consequently the ware
houses were not visited
MARION BEAN.
Marion Bean testified rs follows. az
am teamster for the Butte {; Boston
company. On Jan. delivered 80 So
pound boxes of powder at the Keuvou-
Connell company's warehouse from the
Silver Bow shaft No. /. Fifteen boxes ol
this powder had been borrowed on Jan.
and the other Is on Jan. in the eNpecta-
tion that we would run out before n car
load OF powder, which had been ordered.
arrived. The car arrived in time, how
ever, and / returned the 30 boxes which
we had borrowed and took the warehouse
mans receipt for them. | have previously
borrowed powder from the Kenyon-Con-
nell warehouse when a carload did not ar
rive on time. About year ago borrowed
about the same quantity as the last time.
"One time during the winter of 1894 |
got % boxes from the Kenyon-Connell
| am almost positive that
when a large quantity of powder was bor-
rowed arrangements were made for il be-
Tore was sent after ii. / remember one
time l was given an order for powder at
o'clock in the morning, but was told not
10 go after it until 8 80 o'clock, as il would
have TO be brought from the magazine TO
he warehouse"
GEORGE F. PERRY.
George +. Perry, a teamster for Irvine &
Byther, testified as follows: ION the night
IF Jan. 10, sometime between Il O'Clock
md 80 O'Clock, hauled load of powder
rom the futile store on Quartz street to
he Giant Powder company's magazine,
about half a mile south of the Bell smeIter'
didn't count the boxes. but there was
'nly enough to make a small load. There
we're some 1lpound boxes, some % and
Iome 30. got the powder on the side
Walk in front of the futile store, on East
Quartz street. / couldn't swear where il
anne from and l did not see anyone in
authority of the Tuttle company there.
vas ordered to haul the powder by NJ. c.
Harris d Co, who sent Mr.. Sands after
ne and he gave me the keys to the maya
inc. do all of the hauling for the Giant
'owder company and knew where their
magazine was. l was simply told to get
he powder that was on the sidewalk at
he place mentioned and take il to the |
magazine. After / had loaded the powder |
IN the wagon and just as l was starting |
way man came out of the alley back of |
he kenyon-Connell store and put an
ther box of powder in my wagon"
Was that man Mr.. Rennish"
Il didn't recognize him but l under |
TODD that the powder came from the |
store. | knew that il was |
owder and didn't pay much attention to |
!. My load was made up of several dii. |
erent brands of powder and different |
lied boxes"
Did you see any other powder hauled
hat night ?"
Yes. l saw some powder hauled 10 the
anne magazine by the futile company's
elivery team. They arrived Just as had /
OF unloaded and / left the door open for
hem. There we're five men in the wagon
ut / didn't recognizs any of them. / /
ouldn't tell how much of a load they had |
Ut they unloaded 1t very quickly. think
nat the powder they had came from the
anaconda mine.'
Had you ever hauled powder from the
liant Powder company's magazine where
on took the powder on Tuesday night ."
Yes; but / never hauled il TO any ware
ouse IN the city. / have delivered DOW
er at the futile compauy's store but
hen teams were not waiting there to |
Ike II on TO the mines / usually delivered
myself. i never delivered any powder
~ storage anywhere inside OF the clr., |