The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-29
Mrs. Frances Gerard, of Harrison
street, Jumped from n Grand
Hotel Window.
OTHER TESTS DURING THE DAY
A RUN OF THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT
IN THE AFTERNOON.
An Enjoyable Evening Spent by Wis.,
ftors MT Fair Dinner
mt the Denison.

The visiting IRE ch1efS were DuSy yeSter-
day. and during the day exhibited much
more activity than heretofore. Some of
them who became interested in the ex-
hibits and the tests made came near doing
actual work. Yesterday was exhibitors
day, and although there were few appli-
ances here on exhibition. there were
enough to occupy the attention OF the WIS.,
iting chiefs. Three of the appliances ex-
hibited were those patented by men Of In
dianapolis and members of the city fire
department. John Glazier> showed his
''Glazier nozzle" to which almost as many
streams as may be desired may be at
tached. This attracted much attention in
the exhibit hall. but II was for the after
noon test to verify the claims made for the
nozzle. H.. A.. Pease. of the 2s, showed a
collar and hame attachment. and John w.
Stake. OF the 6s. an door.
The corner at Capitol avenue and Market
street was selected as the place for the
tests. A band led the chiefs TO the corner
and work with four combination hose
wagons and hemica engines was begun.
The two new Metropolitan engines recently
added TO the indianapolis department were
also tested. The engines were tested with
hose of several sizes and various kinds of
nozzles. Aerial truck No. l was raised and
lines of hose were taken up on 1t. The
fourteen-year-old son OF Chief Harris. of
Tampa, Fla. climbed TO the top of the
truck, a performance which greatly inter-
ested the large number OF spectators.
JUMP MADE BY A WOMAN.
AT noon a large crowd blockaded both
Illinois and Maryland streets while wait
ing for an exhibition OF the Browder life
saving net. 1t is made OF rope and is twelve
feet in diameter. 1t is made for ten fire.
men TO hold and is we'll padded. During a
fire I'm New York city on May Z twenty per-
sons were saved from a burning building
by the use. of the net. Mrs. Frances Ger
rard. living on Harrison street. who has
been doing high wire performances in the
city parks, had been engaged by the manu-
facturers to jump from a hotel window into
the net. She appeared at a second-story
window shortly after IL o'clock. dressed In
professional colors. and after a moments
hesitation Jumped and landed on her back
IN the net. Sire then went TO the fourth
story. and. after looking carefully below.
Before the cheering subsidized l.. h. Ogg. OF
columbus. o., appeared at the ~second-story
wimrmnInoegI. anon aUm a,, wni ta1,, Mrs, Gerrard had
net to hold II tightly he also jumped.
In the afternoon the tests and exhibitions
brought to New York, Meridian and Penn
sylvania streets crowds which would have
been u credit to a carnival parade. IL Is
doubtful III the coming carnival can create
enough interest TO induce people TO pack
themselves closer into a given space than
tney were Yesterday, and especially at
Pennsylvania and New York streets. Ii
had been planned TO give an exhibition run,
but the crowd made anything like good
time impossible. II was difficult to get the
equipment out of the house without run
ming over people who. though having seen
the same thing hundreds of times. were at
tracted by the exhibition part OF the an
persons made the exhibition "A failure.
NO EFFORT TO MAKE A RECORD.
Chief A. J. Harris. of Tampa, Fla, took
n liking to the water tower here and timed
Its run" He said water was streaming
from Its top four and one-half minutes
after the first tap of the alarm was sound
ed. The crowd interfered with the work
OF the firemen. and there was no effort TO
make records. The Skies got the first
stream going. They attached TO a hydrant
at Meridian and New York streets. The
greatest interest OF the chiefs was I'm the
comparative work OF the Glazier nozzle,
the turret nozzle on the water tower and
the tower streams. Most of the chiefs were
surprised at the work OF the Glazier. No.
8 engine was first attached to IL and
pumped from a hydrant. A nozzle one and
one-half inches I'm diameter and n two-way
line were used; Engine No. Z. with a four
way line. worked To the tower stream.
When the streams were turned on there
was a great stampede. The stream of the
Glazier was finally turned as nearly YER
tically as possible, and IL rose far above
the tower stream, which was partially d.
verted from its natural course. The Glazier
nozzle is something. new TO the chiefs, all
OF whom were enthusiastic In it's praise.
only three for service have been made, and
they are In use by the indianapolis depart
ment.
The aerial truck and the new Seagrave
trucks were also used I'm the exhibits. Here
tofore at conventions the exhibition run"
has been the thing, and the delegates ex-
pressed appreciation OF the novelty afforded
here yesterday. The streams were kept
running for nearly an hour. during which
time boys played I'm the water which stood
In the cutters and changed positions I'm or
der TO keep under the spray until the en-
gines began pumping sediment from the
cisterns. Some of the water thrown was
very dirty. and people generally thought IL
came from the hydrant. but instead II came
from cisterns which have not been cleaned
for several months.
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