The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
Grand Totals. .1477 1928 1888

/ Without any previous warning,
Fire Commissioner A. g.. Lack and
1 Chief of the Fire Department Phil
Leas called on Superintendent F. ].
/ Sperry of the public schools and
taking him in an automobile the trio
! made a tour of the public schools
] of the city this morning. They tried
out the FIRE drill system in the
| schools. u - gsE 2
The first school visited WIS the
Franklin and in one minute and
| fifteen seconds after the gong had
/ been sounded the 258 students had
all left the. building. The Union
school was the next in order, and
in this school 225 pupils were emp
tied from the building in exactly one
minute: 375 students left the Pleasant
! Grove school in the space of one
! minute and fifteen seconds, and the
| West Mahkato school made a record
!, . OF forty seconds for its 155, stu
dents. The high school was the
last on the list and here 365 stu
dents left the high school, proper in
4 one minutes and thirty-fivet seconds
and the eighty,five eighth grade stu
dents marched out of the building
/ in fifty seconds.
4 No opportunity for any prepare.
ton for the visit of the officials was
i given the different schools. The
commissioner, fire chief and superfn.
ttendeht merely hunted up the jani.
tor and had him turn is the alarm,
and the teachers and pupil did the
rest. The fire alarm systems in the
schools seem to be in excellent
shape and the children and teachers
apepar to understand the methods
that should be;eiused to clear the
buildings quickly. After the alarm
is turned in the > children on the
lower floor leave the building first
and are then followed byo those on
i the upper floor There is no scramb-
ling or rushing and the leave-taking
is accomplished by slow trot.
l. Mr.. Lack and Mr. Leas said that
i the trial was made to really con-
vince the people of the city that
j the drills have made teachers and
pupils competent to'ftake care of a.
real alarming situation should one
sLarise. These drills are held regular.
/ ly every two: weeks and the alarm
flor the clearing of the building is
transmitted by the use of "a big
i gong on the lower floor of each
Istructure. a4~ E~tT G,ft{ y
. Several days ago the pupils in the
! model department of the normal
were tried ont unexpectedly and
their quick leavetaking from the
building satisfied the officials that
i in case of fire those pupils would
be able to march from the building
without disorder and promptly. e1s
| A verdict of $4,000 for the plaintiff
was rendered in the case Of George
4 Conn of Albert Lea against the ceun-
Ity of Freeborn in federal court yes
terday. The suit was the result of
same disagreement over ditch which
] Mr.. Conn built in that county. s. b.
/ Wilson was attorney for the plain
tiff and County Attorney Norman E.
Peterson appeared for Freeborn
i county. 4,t fY4
j. Mr. Wilson will try the case Of
w. e. Stewart against the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul railway com
j.pany and of w. H. Jacobson against
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway company tomorrow. Both
are personal injury suits.
4 The case of Fred L.. Martin VS..
4 the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Omaha road, was on trial to-
1 day, but after the jury was drawn
land the cases started, a settlement
between the parties was reached.
The plaintiff was paid $500. He.
Issued for $1,000. -
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L Rochester Post, and RECORD: Mrs..
Nelson Cray OF Mankato, is the.
guest OF her sister. Mrs. w. j. B0yn'
ton, at Grahafnholnl farm,