The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-22

The Hale house. in East Broadway,
the largest boarding house i'm Montana.
was burned to the walls at an early
hour yesterday morning. The fire was
attended with loss OF life. but at pres
ent IL is impossible to tell the full ex-
tent OF the catastrophe. Two men
have died from the injuries received.
and there are a number of injured. of
whom one is likely to die. 1t has been
feared that some men have been buried
i'm the ruins of the building. but IL they
have. IL has not yet been ascertained.
and IL is hoped and believed that the
calamity will prove to be no worse than
now appears. OF those reported miss
ing all have been accounted for but
three. IL would indeed seem almost
miraculous II IL shall prove that no one
In buried in the ruins of the hotel.
Many who were thought by friends
early in the day to be lost were found
| last evening, and only three are now
unaccounted for. The fact that nearly
all the guests of the house were able
bodied men is a matter for congratula-
! tion. for had the house been filled with
women and children nothing could
have prevented an appalling catastro-
| phe. There were number OF women
| employed as mattresses and chamber
| maids in the house. and there were
many rumors about to the effect that
some of them had been lost, but IL is
known that all were saved. SO far as
can now be learned this Is the list of
the killed, injured and missing. The
dead:
MATT DOYLE.
| FREDERICK ROHLE.
Death was due to skull fractures.
The injured: Hugh Boyle. thigh
fractured. and thought to be internally
| injured
John Irvine. lacerated face and arm,
| also badly burned about the face.
| Barney Reynolds. fractured ankle.
John +. Carter. burned about face
and hands
Joseph zabilski. hand badly cut.
James Connolly. feet injured.
Michael Judge. right arm fractured.
| Neil Gallagher. right ankle broken
| and back sprained.
| J. X. Nicholson. cut in face and lip.
Gilbert Wilson. badly burned about
| head and hands.
| Michael Regan. back sprained and
| thought To be internally injured.
James Duffy. burned about head and
| hip injured.
The missing: Martin Rooney. Daniel
Sullivan. Michael Cregchoom.
So far as could be ascertained these
| are the only inmates of the Hale house
who have not been accounted for:
| Michael Roman. Con Lane. Michael
Leonard. Bernard Reilly and Patrick
| McDevitt were reported missing yes
| terday but were located last evening.
| II was impossible 10 ascertain To a cer-
| tainty all who were in the building. but
thus far no other reports Of persons
| missing have been received by the
authorities. 1t Is To he noted that near
~ all of those injured were men who
tied blankets together. formed rope.
and thus tried To descend. In nearly
all cases these blanket ropes parted.
and those who trusted their safety 10
them were severely injured.
| Probably started In the Bakery.
c. H. Campbell. bookkeeper at the
Hale house and Proprietor Haggerty' |
confidential man. was sleeping in tbs
| parlor of the hotel He was awakened
by the confusion. and realizing ths
trouble. ran into the adjoining room
and awakened John A. and Theodor'
Johnson. brothers-in-law OF MIR. Hag
gerty. He went back To his room anc
dressed. and then woke up as many o.
the inmates as he could Mr.. Campbell
Is of the opinion the fire started in th'
bakery. In speaking of IL last evening
he said:
1T was customary always to start
fire in the bakery about o'clock in th'
morning Yesterday morning sooi
after that hour. our watchman. j. W
Nahoney. had his attention called &
the smell of smoke. Accompanied b.
William White and Jack Dooley. h
went to the bakery. knowing that Z
be the only place where there was an
fire outside the boiler room. and foun
the floor over the ovens in flames III
turned on a stream of water from
hose in the bakery. but IL was too sma
to have any effect. and then he ran u
To give the alarm. Policeman Fole
had already turned in the fire alarm
and Mahoney ran upstairs to arous
the inmates Before doing so. how
ever. he had the presence of mind Z
fill up the boiler which furnished tn
steam heat for the house 10 prevent
from exploding. This Is all any on
knows about the origin OF the fire"
Thrilling Incidents.
There were many incidents In whic
4 bravery MAS shown during the IRE. an