Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-02-22
FIREMAN BADLY HURT.
Pipeman HaCkett Seriously Injured
at Port Neutrality-suspicious.. Line
han Also Hurt

Milwaukee, Wis, Feb. 90 Special
Capt. Patrick ]. Linehan of No. en-
CINE company, and Michael Hackett of
the same company, were brought to Mil
waukee this forenoon from Port Wash
lngton. Both men were quite badly in
Jured in fighting the fire there at an early
hour this morning. Hackett's condition
IS serious, while Capt. Linehan escaped
dangerous injuries. When the train
reached the North Western depot this
morning Chief Foley was on hand to
take personal supervision of the removal
Of the two injured men. Capt. Linehan
preferred request to be taken to his
home at Twentieth and Clybourn Streets
and this was complied with. The cap
tain is married and he desired to have
the attention and care of his family, as
his injuries were not such as to endanger
his life. Pipeman Hackett is single
man. He stated that he believed he
would be taken care of best at st. Mary's
hospital and accordingly an ambulance
was secured and he was removed there.
Capt. Linehan and Pipeman Hackett
were injured very shortly before the Mil
Waukee department was ready to pick
up and go home. The two men, togeth-
er with Pipeman Hoyer of No 4, and
Sheboygan fireman, were holding lead
OF nose INTO two-story frame store and
dwelling that was pretty well Quilted by
the FIRE, when the chimney tumbled down,
on top of them. Several times prior to
the accident the men had trained the
stream upon the small brick chimney on
the roof, as they believed it was in a
shaky condition, but the water did not.
move it and they concluded that they
were perfectly safe. Just what did cause
IN rive oo+
1t was small affair with a flue about
GNS inches, and did not look dangerous
at all. One Of the bricks struck Capt.
Llnehan in the small of the back, discol-
orlng the flesh and tanning him. Pipe
man Hackett received a shower of bricks
on the head His helmet was crushed
and when picked up he was bleeding
profusely from several scalp wounds. A
physician from ShebOygan, who was
present, examined the man and declared
that the force of the blow had dislocated
his neck and he did not think the in
Jured man would survive an hour A
Sheboygan fireman received q brick on
the calf of his right leg, but the injury
was not serious. The two injured Mil
Waukee men were taken to the depot as
hurrledly as possible and after arrange
ments could be made for their transport
tatlon to Milwaukee they were brought
to this city
Capt. Linehan was quite badly injured
IN the Davidson theater fire, and Pipe
man Hackett. though he has been on the
department but g short time. has re-
ceived several injuries at fires. He is n
cousin Of DR.. Hackett of this city. The
physician is now IN constant attendance
upon him at st. Mary's hospital
Assistant Chief Clancy and the appa-
ratus returned to the city shortly before
noon. The assistant chief says that he
had hard nights work of it, one of the
great obstacles being the lack of facili-
ties in unloading his engines when he did
arrive at Port Washington. He says
everybody was excited; bedlam reigned
supreme all night, and at an early hour
this morning the town was in an uproar.
The Sheboygan engine broke down an
hour after its arrival and was useless.
Clancy says he never saw the Port
on hand all right. The chair factory
was we'll equipped with big pumps for
fire purposes. but the pumps were locat-
ed inside of the building and in the very
center of the fire. so any service from
them was out of the question.
The town would certainly have been
burned up if the Milwaukee fremen had
not gone sp there said Acting Mayor
Con COrcOran this morning in speaking
of the Port Washington blaze. Their
engine, a small one. was disabled and no
water was being thrown upon the fire
Wnon we arrived. Inc acClnE mayer
was found in the Bon Ami club when
word for assistance came from the burn |
ing city. The party which left the club |
house and went up with two engines :
consisted Of Acting Mayor Corcoran, +
Michael Dunn, his secretary, Deputy .
COMPTROLLER Perth, Henry j. Delaney /
and Peter T. Graves. The train con- |
sisted Of two fiat cars and a caboose. |
George Forth says the party was great |
~ relieved when it reached the end of |
the journey, as the train ran at the rate
Of about a mile minute and the caboose
shook dreadfully. To stand up in it was
out of the question. The train left Mil
waukee at 1O:43 last night and arrived |
at Port Washington at 11:16 There |
were horses ready to hitch onto the en- !
gines, but beyond that the Port Wash
lngton people gave little assistance All |
the officials who returned to Milwaukee
criticise most of the Port Washington
people because they refused to assist the
fremen. After the two men
we're disabled Assistant Chief Clancy
was on the point Of ordering the engines |
to stop pumping as be had not enough
men left to man the hose The NIilwau-
llee officials arrived home at 10 this