Arizona republican., 1900-09-08
RUNNING WITH THE HOSE
How Jimmy" Doherty Once Did It
 Down Hotel Elevator Shaft

| most modlrn construction maintain | fire departments recruited from among
 their employees. Even some that have
 been built in the most careful manner. ilreproof from foundati n to roof. have | learned from the experience of simi-
 l&rly erected office buildings that it is
 best to have their people trained to
 act promptly in case of an emergency. | So the porters. the bell boys and the
 Clerks in the front of the house. and
 inc cooks, yardmen. engineers and oth-
 CTS in the back of the house. are as-
 signed stations and ar drilled from
 time to time. when it can be done un-
 0btrusively.
 During the second fire. on Jujv IA
 l"'4' II was thought more than once
 th3- the Grand Pacific would have to
 go. The vacant ground between the
 not.l and the Lake Shore and R ok
 Island station. now filled with massive
 business blocks, was one of the fac
 tors that saved it. and another was it's | nWn amateur fire department. The city
 10 the south. from Polk street down.
 was a seething mass of flame. Great l sparks rose from the acres of fire
 sailed cometlike through the air and | Il&hted upon the roofs to the south and
 west. All business was stopped through | the afternoon and the evening saw inc l house largely GeseTed. many of tba | guests leaving the city, with their be
 iohglngs. terrified by the memories of | the lire two years and nine months be- 1 !"re' Of those who did not leave the
 house, and ,here were many. like Frank l farmalee and Thomas Gaylord. who
 were in the hotel as long as it kant open; larg proportion were in the
 Sn-call1d exchange. drinking away the ulSagreeaDilities of the future. Mean time the fire department was on inc i ro0f Keeping away the flames
 me old Grand Pacific had two inner
 c%urts, neithfr of chem of any great size. The hotel engines in the basa-
 merS provided the force for the eight Slandplpes which carried water to -be
 Foof' and the four companirs into Whlch the employees were diyided
 Were all busy for a time. When the | danger grew less imminent. the chefr- lul rivalry between one of the comma
 nIes from the front of the housa and another from the back. set them to playing the hose on each other across the court. Both sides entered into inc ! spirit of the thing. There was not 1 much force on at the moment. and inc
 TWO parties drew as near the Adee of the roof as possible. One of the nfna- fnen was George Fassett. who will he remembered as a most lovable and charmlng fellow. anu he was almost
 ranging over the edge trying to we.
 c"WA his opponents, when a sudGeD
 pCrst or energy from below straight
 Chrd ont the hose in the ugly manner nose pipe has-and George found himsef dangling over the edgl 9f The
 !"'l LII the most alarming position in the world. ''
 He was a large man then. but for 'ui'p'ely had lost none of the earlier strength in his arms. and so b,nr s5eadtastly to the smooth brass nozzie
 uH'll ms companions could bring him D@ck safely once more. Later Fassatt was connected with the Baldwin in Sor ffanclsco, and went from thera to Honolulu. where he died. He grew .o
 stuWI before the end that he had to be who eled in q chair but he lost notb- ing of his cheerfulness and good r1-
 lure up to the last.
 little yardman named Jimmy Do- EeftN had q more curious experien.a l dt a dress rehearsal in the Trern- ut
 '"uSt d lew years later. The laundry peiHS the most dangerous part of any h"tel' by reason of the heat and Grv fesS or so much of it, it is a favorita IIah to bring the hose of the ana+anr ire department to bear upon it; be- siueS' 1t 1rightens the laundry girls
 .Ii"uSh never so much as they pretend Ihree lines were servicable. one fir m the engine room, one from the lower iail and one from the pantry tvo luES flights above. T. was to this last ! mat Dohfrty was assigned. At a given slShal the men left their usual occu-
 pauons and ran to their stations 1T, me surprise of all concerned. long he lore the two lines of hose nearest ,ba scene could be used, Jimmy annaa rod rom midspace with his. highly eIa. with his succj ss.
 when the cause for this record- breaking event was inquired into if appeared that Jimmy had iumned o,+o the freight elevator leading from tha engine room to tha top of the housa r. haa occurred to him that. as the nan. try nose reel stood within a few feet of the elevator door. much the quickest thIhs he could do was to take the e1 sNd.oF up. get the hose and come back '" Ihe elevator with it. But it turned '-i'hI tiiCIe was q Stlll more RXnAIi- iCus way-and he did it. In his hurry ne forgot to stop the elevator as he reached the pantry door. Stepping out. ne grabbed the nozzle of the hose win p"th hands-it did not unreel readily ana stepped off into Ehe elevator shaft the cab meanwhile having pursued tts peaceful way to the roof.
 lnstinctively Jimmy hung to the only thing within reach. which was the bo-- and down he came sailing through inc u&fkness of the shaft. she hose run ming on with plenty of speed. but still not so fast that he was injured in any Way Sure, I wasn't hurted at all ne said, when he reached the bottgn. though the experience was never re- peaied, the memory of the exploit de- selN-s to be kept alive. No matter what other records are, it stands to reason that you can make a quicker fun with the hose coming down shaft than on the level ground-and Jimmy Doherty holds it.-Chicago News.