The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-27

to save the building. but we managed
to save the adjoining buildings. ] had
q good pressure. I could send the wat
err back 40 or so feet. There was a
good force. 1t busted one length of
hose. The pressure was very fair for
this town"
Blu you couldn't break a window
with it," said Mr.. Haggerty.
That makes no difference. That
plate glass is hard to break. i struck
1t twice with a monkey-wrench before
/ could break IL. 1 don't remember
playing direct against a window with
a stream"
The witness said he did not remem-
Der of any test on the fire plugs where
the water was found to be low. except
at the Owsley block two years ago. He
didn't think there were hremen enough
there, but the fire had such a start
when they got there that no fire de-
partment on earth could have saved the
building. 1t vas doomed.
Yet" said Mr.. Aitkin. I'VE are not
enough for a city like Butte. We are
IL men, and there ought to be 20. II
any big building In Butte got the start
this Hale house fire did 1t would go.
We could not handle II. 1t Is one les
| son. and IL ought to be enough"
The witness thought there must have
been a delay in sending in the alarm.
To questions by Superintendent Car
roll of the water company the witness
said hat there were five streams on
the fire at one time. 1t took three men
to hold a nozzle. This was not neces-
sarily an indication of strong pressure.
however. Two good men could hold
| the nozzle, but three men could hold
IL better. He had seen better pressure
in Butte, but not better on Broadway.
j. w. Mahoney said that when he
discovered the fire in the Hale house
he turned the hose on Immediately.
The hose was played three or -four min
utes before the alarm was given. Inc
fire was gaining and there was eight
or nine square feet of fire at that time.
He sent Mr.. White from the bake shop
to give the alarm. The fire was draw
ing towards the air vent. If there had
been any force to the water at That
time the witness was sure he could
have put out the fire. Tn hose was
35 feet in length. He thought the hose
and nozzle were all right. He had not
used them before. The fire was not
burning more than five minutes before
he discovered it. He could not tell how
long II was before the fremen came.
After finding he could not put out the
fire he went through the house three
or four times waking the inmates.
Mr.. Carroll asked that Mr.. Haggerty
be put on the stand for one question.
Mr.. Carroll asked Mr.. Haggerty II he
had any contract with the water COM
pany for furnishing water for nre pro
lection inside the building. Mr.. Hag-
eerty said he had not. but he had a
water meter and was supposed to have
all the water ne wanted for any pur-
pose whatever. so Ions as he paid the
meter charges.
Frank T. Jones. plugman OF the hre
department., told about the fire in about
A fhn HA 4 NAd
at the plug and turned on the water
when he was told to. which he thought
wa about 10 minutes after he reached
there. The water responded all right.
He saw no one jump from the build
ing. There were no plugs frozen that
night and there was a good pressure.
He thought the pressure was nearly
100 pounds. He ouldn tell whether
such a pressure would break a plate
glass window or not. When they tried
to break the window the nozzle was y
feet away from the window, he said
and at an angle. He saw Kessler break
the window with a monkey wreck.
John w. Whattan, another fireman
told the story of the fire. He was OF
the chemical. He helped chop the from
office door down and then went to rails
ing ladders. He saw no one jump IRON
the windows. There was time for al
10 get out uninjured. There seemed M
dlS Va 1hs
burned before he got reached by tn
ladders, although he might have beef
suffocated in some places. He did no
think however, that there was an!
necessity for any one to jump from tn
windows. At this point a recess wa
taken until 3 o'clock.
The afternoon session was held 10
the purpose of endeavoring TO estab
: lish the manner in which the decease'
I met their death, but none OF the Wit
! nesses were able to furnish the deslre'
E evidence. One witness saw one ma
: lump, but could not identify him
! George Mcdonald, driver of the hos
: wagon of the fire department, was TN
first witness called. He said: Il drov
= to the plug and turned around and ar
e ter the hose was taken out OF the wag
. on / stood in front of the main en-
4 trance. i saw a man come TO the mrs
window from the west on the Broad
way side on the top floor. Men Gale
3 to him to wait, but he appeared TO be
< come excited and jumped, striking o
v his head IN the pavement. Inc WI
q ness was unable TO state who the ma
was. but supposed 1t was Doyle. l
response TO questions from a juror. tn
a witness said a number of other me
were saved after this man jumped
and two or three from the same wiz
: dow.
!, A. II. Seton roomed at the Hal
" house and was in bed in room l0f o
y the third floor. When the alarm wa
y given he and his roommate got up an
u witness went to see was the ma
u ter. After taking time to see that IN
4 house was on fire, witness and his par
ner made their way to the front stan
and went down. On teaching the foo
? of the stairs the front door was locke
1 and about 40 men were congregate
waiting for some one to open the doc
= Finally some one broke the glass an
2. at length another came with an a,
I and chopped the door open. When WI
II ness got out he heard a body fall an
d ON looking saw Doyle lying on q
pavement. He helped carry the IL
/ jured man away and then called II
Ie ambulance. In his opinion II the d
y mates had not been panic stricken !
lie one would have been injured, as lie
DR. attempted to reach the front stairs, a