The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-23
It L. Feared They Are in the
Ruins Of the Hale House.
w WERE INTOXICATED
A Search Will Be Made as Soon as Pos
sibie-Fire Chief Flannery Has q
New Theory OF the ORR
gin OF the Fire.

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terday's Standard as being missing.
Is growing that at least two, and per-
haps three. are buried beneath the
smouldering ruins of the once finest
miners boarding house in any mining
camp of the country. The three are
Martin Rooney, Dan ]. Sullivan. ia
miliarly known to miners as Black"
Sullivan. and Frank Kreigboom. as the
latter's name appeared yesterday
morning, but whose name is entered on
the Hale house books as Kraigbromer.
So far as 1t has been possible to learn
these three are the only mes supposed
to have been in the doomed hotel who
have not been for. Proprie-
tor j. j. Haggerty stated to a Stand
ard reporter yesterday that he had
succeeded in locating everyone known
or supposed to have been in the build
ing at the time of the fire, with these
three exceptions, and it is thought
probable that Sullivan may turn up, as
he was of a convivial disposition. and
those who know him think 1t is posi-
BILE that he may have been away on
n of his sprees, and has not yet re-
covered from 1t. One thing that lends
support to this theory is the state
ment of Captain Dawson of the police,
who says he put a man named Sulli-
van. who escaped from the building
naked, and who was too drunk to know
anything except that he must get out,
into a hack n told him to go to the
Silver Lake house. As no such person
arrived at the Silver Lake house, some
think this may ave been the missing
Sullivan. and that instead of going to
the Silver Lake house he went some
where else and continued his de-
bauch. No n appears able to give a
reason for the disappearance of
consequence the worst is feared for
them. Kraigbromer roomed in room
lis, which was on the top floor at the
head of the rear stairway. He came
here only recently from Park City.
Utah, and had just secured work in
the Moonlight mine He has not shown
up there since the fire. and as nc one
has seen him it is considered more than
probable that he persisted. He was not
known as a drinking man.
Martin Rooney occupied room 1873 on
the top floor Of the side facing east,
and just opposite the front staircase.
He a not worked since March 16. but
before hat time had worked for Miles
Finlen. A friend of Rooney, h
name was not learned, stated to As
sistant Fire Chief Sanger yesterday
that he saw Rooney go to his room the
night of the fire in a terribly drunken
state. This friend gave it as his opin-
ion that Rooney was so drunk that he
was never aroused. No one has been
found who has seen or heard of
Rooney. Daniel J.. Sullivan occupied
room 81 on the second floor. one of the
outside east rooms. He worked at the
Anaconda mine. but has not put in an
appearance at the mine since the fire.
1t was impossible to do anything
yesterday toward searching the debri
for the bodies it is now feared are bur-
led there. as the fire was still shoulder
ing underneath the thick layer of
brick from the fallen walls which cover
the whole area of ruins. Under the
direction of Chief Flannery of the fire
department firemen kept two streams
of water playing on the fire all day,
and it was hoped hat by to-day the
fire would be sufficiently subdued to
make IL possible to begin the removal
of the debris and search for bodies.
d. ]. Hennessy, who represents the
owners of the property. stated yester-
day that he would order the search to
begin as soon as the fire department
finishes its work. Mr.. Hennessy and
Mayor Harrington held a conference
yesterday morning touching the best
methods to pursue. which resulted in the
mayor issuing orders to Building In
spector jerks to examine the walls
standing m order them pulled down IL
necessary to avoid danger in conducting
the search. Inspector jerks reported
that there was no immediate danger
and issued orders to the fire department
to pull down a turret at the northwest
corner and a portion of the rest of the
walls which remain standing. An at
tempt was made during the day to
carry out the order. but it failed, and
tho effort yvaG aha p.1nnad for tho lima
being. Architect Charles Lane. who
built the Hale house. visited the ruins
yesterday with Mr.. Hennessy. Both ex-
pressed surprise that the fire hould
hav made such Roadway as it did
through the building. Mr.. Lane said
the structure was practically fireproof:
that there were three fireproof walls
running the entire length of the build
ing. and from the foundation to Is
inches above the roof, the idea being to
prevent just what happened by these
walls making IL possible to conGine any
fire that might start in any one of the
three divisions to that compartment. IT
seemed incredible that the fire could
have eaten its way so rapidly through
such a building as il is alleged to have
done. and Mr.. Hennessy did not mince
words in expressing the opinion that
some one was derelict in his duty. and
instead of the fire being discovered
soon after IL started IL must nave been
burning for some time. Chief Flannery
holds the same opinion and say the
flames were raging up through the
whole southeast portion of the building
in an incredibly short time after the de-
partment reached the scene.
The theory that the fire started in the
bakery is still the one most favored. but
Chief Flannery made a discovery yes
terday which inclines him to the opin-
ion that the fire had a radically differ
ent origin. In going through the ruins
with a Standard reporter he foun a
smokestack running up the side Of the
most westerly of the fire walls. which
had the appearance of having been
burned out. This and another circum-
a led Chief Flannery TO think that
the fire started from this stack burning
out. which might account for the flames
making such rapid Roadway. The cir
cumstance referred to was the fact that
Assistant Chief Sanger, upon reaching