The sun., 1900-09-27
FIREMEN VISITED PARIS:
CHIEF HALE AND HIS MEN ARE BACK
WITH THEIR PRIZES AND HAPPY.

Eight thousand Firemen were at the Ex-
position, but the Kansas city Men Are
SATISFIED That None From Anywhere Can
Come Up with American Fire Fighters.
Fire Chief George c. Hale and his company
OF crack Kansas City flremen Rot here from
Glasgow on the Furnessia OF the Anchor Line
yesterday. The fire fighters carried every
thing before them at the Exposition tourna-
ment In Paris. according TO their story, and
entertained london with a weeks exhibition
at the Crystal Palace. Tho moving picture
people got after them thero and at different
London theatres tho audiences are nightly
applauding representations Of the quick
hitchup, the apparatus on the way TO fire,
the horsenen at work and the scaling ladder
and lifeline work. These pictures are as
popular in the British metropolis as war pic
lures, the firemen said yesterday.
Hale's detachment sailed from this port on
July rs. 1t consisted Of a uniformed force
of fourteen men, aided and abetted by enough
wives and family members to bring the aggrs-
gate number up TO twenty-nine. fine new
fire engine was taken along, with three trained
horses and the necessary scaling ladder and
lifeline apparatus Coming this way the
party found the Furnessia so crowded a. N
necessitate shipping the horses and apparatus
and four men on the steamship Ethiopia which
IL due here next week. The men who arrived
yesterday will stay at the Hotel Marlborough
while In town. leaving tomorrow night for
Chicago and arriving Ia Kansas CITY probably
on Monday evening. The women in the party
include Mrs. Hale. Mrs, Egncr, wife OF Assist
ant Chief J. c. Egner and Mrs and Miss Hines.
Thomas Connors, foreman H. f.. Hale, mas
ter mechanic Of the Kansas city department
and K. J.. Berger assistant chief OF the Pitts
burg, Kan, Fire Department, are with the
detachment Chief hale ls burdened with
anxious apprehension to learn inst what Kan
sas city will do with the party on Monday
night
about fifteen inches high and an award of 500
francs. About 5000 iremen from all over the
world attended the tournament and lined up
70 be inspected by President l'oubet and the
Minister Of War,
There was a lot OF curious apparatus there
as well as a lot Of curious tlremen, Chief Hale
said yesterday. The Turks from Constantine
pie carried their engine on their shoulders
going 10 fire. The engine was little hand affair
There we're lots OF bucket brigades. The
officers OF the French. Belgium. Hungarian.
Portuguese and one or two other detachments
carried swords and wore plumed chapeaux
We showed them an American made engine
that threw IA Inch stream $40 feet horizon.
tally and $50 feet vertically Our engine could
farther than any engine there could throw one
No hremen or apparatus at the tournament
could compare IN efficiency with m average
American company. Over there they build
against fires moro thoroughly than Is done here
and fires are not dreaded there as here. Glas-
gov has the best drilled and equipped depart
A. the inspection bv President I,oubet the
American hremen noticed n woman member
Of a French company standing in Iine ana AZ
attention with her company. She wore uni
form similar TO that worn bv French flremen,
with the addition OF a short skirt reaching not
quite TO her knees.