The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-30
.0NE MORE
FIRE VICTIM
John Sheehan Also Lost His Life
in the Flames of the
Hale House.
HOPING AGAINST HOPE
Somebody Told Mr.. Haggerty He
Had Seen Sheehan.
BUT IT'S A MISTAKE
Everybody Felt Sure the Missing Man
Would TURN Up. but He Hasn't and
There Is No Longer a Reasonable
Doubt That He Perished-The First
Human Remains Found in the Debris
Somebody Told Mr. Haggerty He
Had Seen Sheehan.
BUT IT'S A MISTAKE

There were important developments
yesterday in connection with the Hale
house disaster. A portion of the remains
of one human being was found by the
men who are searching the debris to re-
cover the bodies buried i'm the ruins, and
information was received by the Stand
ard during the day that furnishes strong
evidence that four instead of three guests
of the big boarding house persisted in the
flames. 1t was not known to a certainty
until yesterday that John Sheehan, a min
er at the Anaconda mine. was missing.
1t had been known for some time that
Sheehan's wife had fears for his safety.
but it was thought by Proprietor Hag-
gerty and others that he would show up,
and so he was not counted among the
lost. But there appears no room to be-
lieve otherwise than that his remains are
with those of the other unfortunates be-
meath the ruins. Some months ago Shee-
han had trouble with his wife and parted
from her. Since then he had lived at
the Hale house. and at the time of the fire
occupied room 81. He is known to have
been in the house the night of the ere.
and no one has been found since then
who has been able to state positively
that he had seen Sheehan. Proprietor
Haggerty had fears when Sheehan did
not show up in a day or two after the
fire that he might be lost, and made in
quiries concerning him. He found one
of his dodgers who said he thought he
had seen Sheehan. and Mr.. Haggerty be-
ing busy with other matters, dismissed
the thought from his mind. expecting the
man to turn up.
Ii was through Mrs. Sheehan that the
worst fears concerning her husband were
confirmed. as it is now believed. Mrs.
Sheehan gave birth to a baby on the 18th.
the Thursday preceding the fire. She had
seen nothing of her husband since their
trouble, two or three months previous,
but upon his learning of the birth of the
child through friends, he sent word that
he desired to be present at the christen-
ing. Mrs. Sheehan sent back word that
he might call on Monday, which was the
day on which the fire occurred, in the
morning. When he did not come Mrs.
Sheehan. hearing of the fire. feared he
might be among the lost. She decided to
wait another day, however. thinking that
on account of the fire he might not have
been able to come. But when he failed
to put in an appearance on Tuesday. and
she heard nothing from him, she institute
ed inquiry concerning him. She sent her
son, Cerninuls, a boy of IA. to inquire if
his father had been at the mine after the
fire. and received word he had not. Then
she sent the boy to Mr.. Haggerty. who
informed him of what he had heard. Not
content. Mrs. Sheehan sent the boy to
all of Sheehan's haunts. but the lad failed
to find any trace of his father. The boy
kept up the search until yesterday with
out learning anything of his father'r
whereabouts. and yesterday being the
first day she was able TO be out. Mrs.
Sheehan took up the hunt herself.
Mrs. Sheehan was seen at her home at
42l East Mercury street last evening.
when she said she had learned that her
husband had been at the cabin of Jack
Lennihan. i'm 'scrapping alley" on Sun
day evening prior to the fire Monday
morning. She also learned from Mrs.
Nora Dolan, who lives in a cottage on
the property adjoining the Hale house
site, that she had seen Sheehan go into
the Hale house late Sunday evening. Mrs.
Sheehan said he had been drinking at
Lennihan's cabin; that she supposed that
he was pretty full. She said she had in
quired at the time keepers Office of the
Anaconda mine. where her husband was
working or Saturday before the fire. and
learned that her husband had not APP
peared there since. She inquired of Mr..
Haggerty, but learned nothing except
that he had seen a man who thought he
had seen Sheehan: and then she visited
All OF MS acquaintance WnOm she knew,
but found no trace of the missing man.
BY last evening she had enlisted the serv-
ives of a good many miners who knew
Sheehan in the search, but up to "A late
hour no one of them had found a trace.
When MIR. Haggarty was seen last
evening he said he had seen nothing of
Sheehan. but he repeated the statement
that he had seen a man whose name he
did not recall. who said he thought he
had aaan Shaahan Mr. HaQCartv said In
was aware sheehan had not reported to
the mine since the fire. but he had said
nothing about IL. as he had hopes he
would turn up all right. Mr.. Haggerty
said he collected Sheehan's pay, as he
did that of other miners who roomed
with him, but he took no concern over the
mans failure to call for his money. as
the balance left after his board bill was
paid. was always signed over to Grocery
man Amos Booth. and the balance had
been paid to his as usual. Mr.. Booth has
seen nothing of Sheehan since the fire.
and from all circumstances ii seems GER
tain he must have persisted.
A list of the missing now includes Mar
tin Rooney. Frank Kreigbaum. Dan j.
Sullivan. John Sheehan. A portion of the
charred remains of one of the four unfor-
tunates was found by the searchers of the
ruins. or. rather. by Captain John
Brannigan. the city street commissioner
who was at the scene of the ruins to give
directions as to where the debris should
be Jumped. The work Of removing the
debris proceeded at u rapid rate all day
without anything but a few belongings
of the guests being found until thS last
load was being hauled away and the
workmen had laid down their tools for
the day. Captain Brannigan observed
an old shoe lying on top of the pile OF de-
bris on the wagon which had to him a