Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25
QU|B7|NG DOWN
Butte After the Strain of Excitement
Rpsuming Its Normal Con
ditiOn.
NOW AWAITING DEVELOPMENTS
All Are Eagerly Anxiuns for the
Inquiry OF the Coroncr's
Jury.

is slowly resuming it's normal condition
and although additional details of ii O
great disaster Of Tuesday night are
| looked for with considerable cagernese,
tho people are settling down to their
usual avocations. The citizens of Butte
now look forward with considerable in
tereet to the investigation which will be
held next Monday to determine upon
whose shoulders rests the terrible re-
eponslhility. The people are thoroughly
in earnest IN demanding that this in
vestigaton shall be rigid one and one
in which no whitewaehing of individuals
or attempts to Shift tho responsibility
will be allowed. The Jurors are well
known business men of the city from
whom the people may depend full justice
will be done. The coroner is today is.
suing subpunas to secure the attendance
of large number of witnesses, among
whom are the tiremen who escaped de-
Gtruction. A number of others who are
confined in the hospitals will also be
asked to give their testimony and it is
believed that the full facts will be
brought out by the examination. Street
Commissioner Macarthur and a number
of men are engaged in search of the
ruins This morning the men discovered
about twenty pounds of powder under
the debris which had not exploded. A
silver watch with the face and hands
| blown off and the case badly damaged
was also found. Yesterday afternoon
whilo the men were clearing away the
wreck near where stood the Butte Hard
wear company's warehouse, they discov-
cred the left arm of Il human body with
a portion of the shoulder attached to it.
The ghastly relic was placed in sack
and taken to Sherman's undertaking
rooms. 1t is likely that portions of hui
man bodies will be found in other parts
of the ruins. State Inspector Blinn, who
was in the city yesterday, will at once
make an investigation of many of
tho buildings whore steam heating
plants are used. 1t is tho opn-
ion OF the Inspector that there
are many boilers used for such pur-
pose, the owners of which haye evaded
tho law regarding their inspection. A
report was in circulation this afternoon
that John SloaL had died. Upon in
quiry at IIaviland and Backhurn'a hos
pital it was learned that Sloan was still
alive but his condition was so critical
that he was not expected to live through
out the night. The condition of the in
jured at the hospitals was unchanged to-
day. Many of them are in very seri-
Gus condition and in all probability three
of them will die.
The driver of the delivery wagon of
the Kenyon Connell Commercial com
pany, who was injured by the explosion,
could probably tell better than anybody
else the amount of powder that was
stored in the warehouse of the firm on
the night of the awful explosion. His
name is Finn and he arrived at the fire
shortly after the iiremen got there.
Knowing the danger tho tiremen wero in
Finn warned them that there was a
quantity of powder stored in the ware
house ana advised them to got away
from tho scone ae quickly as possible. 1t
is supposed that mono Of the tiremen be-
lieved he knew what he was talking
about and not knowing the man they
placed no confidence in his statements.
Finn. seeing tho state OF affairs, with a
parting warming to everybody to flee
began to run. lie had only gone about
fifty yards from where he had left tie
iremen when the great explosion oc-
CURED. lie was picked up stunned and
when he made survey Of his injuries
no found he had sustained IA broken arm.
1t iR likely Finn will be IN important
witness at the inquest next week, when
it is believed that an investigation of a
very searching nature will be instituted
to discover who WAS responsible for the
terrible loss of life.
She Was Acquitted.
)GEI, I,bbIE Ian ia 'Hno trial IF