The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-26
HIS BODY NOT FOUND
CONTINUED from Page Five.)

ttOntlnutu IIOHl rage flNt-l
new hose?' inquired Mr.. Haggerty. ard
the witness said the stream should be
bou 10 feet.
william McGill, a plumber. va next
called. His examination vas CONDUCTED
by Mr.. Carroll. He stated that he knew
of a pressure-reducer being put IN at
the Hale Louise soon after tie house
was opened. Asked by N-. Haggeity
what he would say was the pressure
during his (Haggerty's) administration.
he said about 40 pounds. lie thought
from what he IA seen Of the working
of the hose used in The basement that
under ordinary conditions the hose
ought to throw about Is or 30 feet.
George Potter, an employe 81 the
water company. testified hat he read
the meter of the Hale house he latter
part Of February. He saw the pres
sure-reducer on several occasions. He
denied he had ever taken of the re-
ducer.
Chief F1annery Of the fire department
was mex called to the stand and asked
his opinion concerning the water pres
sure. He said he considered the pres
sure as good as IL had ever been during
his administration of the department.
The witness was then asked by Juror
Collins how long IL was after the alarm
was turned in that the fire department
reached the fire.
They got out on the second round OF
the box said he. land reached the Hale
house before the gong stopped ringing.
i reached there two or three minutes
later. My buggy had to come to my
house after me. and then cover the dis
lance between there and the fire."
How long was IL after you reached
the fire that you turned on a stream
About 10 or IL minutes"
What was your reason for delaying
SO Iong?"
within FIVE minutes after the de-
partment arrived the building was all
on fire. When j reached there l hur-
riedly surveyed the condition of things
and knew IL was not possible to save
the building, SO directed the efforts of
the men to saving the inmates. l or
dered the ladders brought into use and
used them as expeditiously as possible.
l went through part of the house to see
that the inmates were awakened, and
sent the assistant chief and others OF
the men through the other portions. 1
considered il my first duty to save all
the lives possible before turning my at
tention to the fire. As soon as i thought
every one was out, l ordered on the
water"
do you believe that II no one had
jumped you could have taken those
who did down the ladders?"
Il am satisfied we could have done
So.
Mr.. Haggerty then took thu witness
in hand, and asked: do you not hin
IL you had turned on the water when
you reached the fire that you could
nave checked it?"
so l should have done So" replied Mr..
Flannery.
You say the water pressure was all
right" said Mr.. Haggerty. How do
you account for the failure of the
stream to break the Office windows
when asked to have a stream turned
on the safe?"
The witness explained that he was
taking three treams from n hydrant,
two of which were turned into one
nozzle known as the "deluge,' which
was playing on the building on the
west side. The other stream was the
one turned on the windows. The water
used by the deluge reduced the pressure
on the third stream and the windows
being of strong plate glass he supposed
the stream turned on them was not
strong enough to break them. Then
followed a series of questions from Mr..
Haggerty in an effort to entangle the
witness, but the fire chief persisted in
his claim that he was satisfied with the
pressure.
Chief Cook Emil Ostello of the Hale
house, who testified the day before. was
recalled, and asked by Mr.. Haggerty
to relate his experience in using tbs
hose i'm the basement. He stated that
h had been accustomed to use the hose
for ~sprinkling, ~scrubbing. etc. and
never at such times had difficulty In
making il throw a stream from 20 to q
feet hig with the nozzle and had used
IL for washing the window in the story
above the basement. necessitatinl
throwing the water a considerable dis.
lance. The witness said i'm his expert
ence in using the hose IL a Away
thrown a stream that would have pu
out the fire when IL was discovered haC
il worked as usual.
At this point an adjournment wa
taken until 10 o'clock this morning.