The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-25
HELP FOR THE aR[AVED
FIRE BOARD DISCUSSES MEASURES
OF ASSISTANCE FOR FIRE
MEMS FAMILIES
RESOLUTION OF COINCIDENCE
Chief Cooks Recommendation, Pro-
motions Made to Fill Vacancies
Benefit Performance and
Lacrosse Game.

At the meeting of the fire board last
night, resolutions were introduced and
adopted regarding the recent death of
the four firemen, who persisted at the
Minnesota Transfer fire. Resolutions
were also received from the Winona fire
department and from the board of I'm
derwriters. Promotions and transfers
were made to fill the vacancies created.
The following memorial which will be
embossed and sent to the families of the
deceased, was adopted:
Whereas, on the morning of Oct q,
1900, at and during the progress of
disastrous fire at the Minnesota Transfer,
ties imposed upon them by their respect
i've positions, William H. Irvine, the sec
ond assistant chief of this department;
Francis M. Edey, lieutenant, on duty
Irish, q second pipeman, and Louis Wag-
ner, driver, member of that same COM
pany, lost their lives; and
Whereas, we, the members of the
board of fire commissioners Of the city
of St. Paul, though feeling as We do
most deeply the conscientious devotion
uniformly shown by all the members of
the fire department to the hazardous du-
ties of their employment, cannot regard
the loss which the department has suf-
fered in the violent death of these brave
men other than as a personal DereaNe-
ment, as well as a public one, nor suffer
| the occasion Of this accident, sad and dis
tressing as it is, not only to US as their
| fellow-men, but to us, and all other
| members of the department, as associa ties
| Of these dead heroes, possessing a Pc
| culiar and intimate knowledge of the
daily consistency OF their lives, to pass
without other thought or comment upon
| the inspiring example which they have
held before US than that their duty called
them and that they were not men to
hesitate or count the risk
| "Now therefore, be 1t resolved, that
| as an evidence of the esteem in which
| our late comrades were held, not only
| us, but by each member Of this depart
ment, as an evidence of the grateful ap-
| probation in which the memory Of their
| devoted services will ever be held by
each member of the community which
| they honored in the sacrifices by which
they dig1ified their humblest duty, and
as evidence of sincere and heartfelt
| sympathy with those who loved them
| whom they themselves held dearest, and
| for whom their lives We're lived. these
| resolutions be spread at length upon the
| minutes of this board and published as
! part OF the boards proceedings, in
order that the public at large may not
become forgetful of a most signal in
stance Of duty of sacrifice so cheer
/ fully performed at so frightful a cost;
"Resolved further, that the secretary
OF this board send copies of these reso-
lutions to each of the bereaved families
OF the deceased men.
Upon recommendation of Chief Cook,
j. j. Strap was promoted from Capt.
of Engine Company No 8, to be second
assistant chief engineer; Henry Delvin,
! from lieutenant of Engine Company NO
12 to captain of No. s.; Andrew Larson
from first pipeman of Engine Company
No. ID, to be lieutenant of the same com
pany,a and S. e. Wainwright, form first
! pfpeman Of Engine Company N. 5, to be
i lieutenant of Engine No. IL; c. P. Wood
b. Levaton, w ]. Peel nd Thomas Flynn
were appointed as third pipemen.
Chief Cook reported that a subscription
had been started by the board of Under
writer's for the bereaVed3 families of the
dead firemen,g and that during the day
several other additions to the list had
been made. 1t develops that irvine has
left $500 insurance; Wagner and Eddy
but $3.50 each and Irish, neither money
nor insurance.
/ Lennon & Gibbons had denoated the
use of Lexington park for a lacrosse
game, which will be played between St
Paul and Minneapolis, next Sunday The
i proceeds will ge toward the funeral ex-
penses of the dead. The Chamber OF
I commerce will take the matter UP al
their next meeting, although no plans
have been formulated for action
Considerable funds will be realized from
the Friday and Saturday matinees al
the Star theater, who the management
of which has offered to denoate half of
the gross receipts The firemen only
have the tickets for sale.
Chief Cook also reported that the con-
| dition of Johnson was very low and that
he had not recovered consciousness Ior
two days.
Peel, who had his broken ankle set
and eleven stitches taken on his skull is
IN very bad shape, although there are
no fears as to his final recovery
Comptroller McCardy refused to ad-
vance money on contract for Klinker.
fues, who is building the engine house on
the West Side The contract does not
state that money Is to be advanced as
the work is estimated each month, al
though such was the understanding of
the contra ctor, who finds that he will
have to borrow money to further the
work, If an estimate is not allowed him.
The corporation attorney having prepar-
ed a form, the board allowed an estimate
| of $1,000.
On account of the paving, which is in
progress on Rosabel street, Engine Com
pany No. H. was ordered moved to sta
ton numbered No. 70 on Bedford street.
The bylaws were amanded to the ex-
tent that the age limit for applications
for appointment in the service was raised
form thirty-three to thirty-five years
The Cook-Hennessy matter will not be
taken up by the board until after the
trial In the municipal court