The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-03-26
HOUSE BURNED N BUTTE
TWENTY MEN ARE MISSING.
EMpIoyes of the Anaconda Company
Fire Believed 40 Have started In
the Engine RoOm-kIaIis FilIed
with smoke-Iajured Taken to
the Hospitals.

the hosphtaAss
Butte, Mont, March 81. - The Hale
house, a big three-story building, used as
Il boarding and lodging house for the men
in the employ of the Anaconda company,
was entirely destroyed by lire early this
morning. The building is on East Broad
way, and when the fire broke out, shortly
after } o'clock, there were 40d men in il.
III these, many are now i'll the hospital,
and Others who escaped, almost without
clothes, are scattered all over town.
Several men who escaped express the
belief that fully 20 bodies are in the ruins.
a. many men who were in the building at
the time OF the fire were intoxicated and
we're rushing wildly and aimlessly
through the corridors The fire is be-
iieved TO have started in the engine ROOM
and many occupants Of the building were
awakened by the smell of smoke and e--
capped before the alarm had been given.
J. j. Haggerty, proprietor OF the Hale
house, says all the inmates escaped, and
Firc Chief Flannery also expresses that
belief
Until the safe, now buried in the cellar
under tons OF debris. is removed. and the
books examined and roll called. it will not
be known how many persisted. Estimates
OF the dead, which now run IN to p, NAV
L. cut down a. the men report for duty
az to the police. 1t i known that 80 did
not show up at the mines this morning
hut many Of these doubtless are with
friends recovering from their fright.
The fire started in the basement and
was soon beyond control The halls were
filled with smoke and it was impossible
fnr many TO have escaped that way. The
fire escapes We're mostly in the rear Of the
building, and these were used bv the men
who could reach them. Those in front,
however, crowded to the windows 9th
erS jumped and were more or less injured.
AS fast as men reached the scene the
injured were taken Ia the hospitals or tu
the homes of friends. Others not injured
rushed at once for shelter. The air was
bitterly cold. 1t will be some time be-
fire complete roster OF the injured can
he had Among the most seriously hnlt
are:
Matt Doyle, injured by jumping. died
at 10 O'Clock this morning in the Sisters
hospital
Frank Rhoades, also injured by jump
ing. is dying.
John I. Carter, burned about head and
neck, not seriously injured.
Mike Judd, right arm broken at the
wrist. Ee jumped from the third story 81
the hotel
John Dugan was taken to the Sister
hospital in an unconscious condition ami
X probably suffering from conclusion Of
the brain; his head Is crushed and he j.
otherwise hurt about the body. He jump
ed from tie third story
Ned Gallagher had his back spraincd
jumping from the second oflor
Tim Ryan had his leg broken. lie fell
from fire escape at the second floor.
Hugh Boyle left leg broken
Patrick Gilligan, badly burned about
the body and hands.
The loss on the hotel will amount to
SS0,00. Nothing IS LETT standing but Il
corner of one wall. The individual losses
of the men will amount to considerable.
Later Reports.
Butte, Mont. March PIT is now a..
eertained that there were 80 men and
women in the Hale house when it was
burned yesterday. OF these it Is believ-
ell about 200 escaped without injury.
The fire started in the bakery south
OF the center OF the building and had
good start before it was discovered The
blaze was first discovered by Billy White.
Jake Yuch and Jack Doolcv, who were
awake at the time, and, smelling smoke,
went down stairs to make an investi1a-
tIon Two, Of the men Immediately at
tachcd a small hose to a hydrant and
began To throw water upon the fire.
After few minutes work. However. the
men realized that the task was hope
less one, and they retreated to give the
alarm. They summoned the Waterman
and rushed to the upper portion OF the
building, shouting that the house was on
ire
by this time the fire had broken
through the first OiIor and smoke filled /
the Railways. Dooley and his eorppan-
ions realized that Their was no time 10
lose and they began kicking in the doors
oil the rooms. The mon thoughtfulIy
awakened the women help first
by this time the au rm had been turned ,
IN and the department responded prompt,
~.
The casualties were as f. llows:
The dead:
Matt Doyle, aged II, miner at the
Mountain Con. jumped from the third
story window. turned over in the air and
struck on hiS head
Frank Rohdey, aged 10, lately from Z
Portland. Ore, jumped from the third !
story window. turned over and struck on 4.
has head and shoulders. fractured hi.
skull, dying instantly
Hugh Boyle, aged 30 miner at the An