Arizona republican., 1916-02-04
INCENDIARY FIRE
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eral oi Canada The duke summoned his household aides, all of whom are wounded officers invalided from the lfont and they motored into the city, but were unable to give any assistance. The governor general sat in his closed ear and watched the destruction of the historic building the cornerstone of which was laid in 1867 by his brother, klhg Edward VII then, prince of Wales
 Sir Robert M. BOrdon, made the fol- lowing announcement at midnight:
 ite house of commons will meet Friday afternoon at o'clock. The place will be announced later
 At o'clock this morning the fire men said they believed the flames were under control, and that they would be able to prevent their spread to the blocks east or west. The fire was then raging on the senate side of the build ing. There were hopes that the library might be saved
 Three of the four men killed when the roof fell were identified as Robert Tanning, a waiter; Alph Desjardins, a dominion policeman, and A. DesJar- dimes, a plumber
 T was on my way from the chamber to my room, which is near the library" said Mayor Martin of Montreal in de- scribing his experiences in the fire. when l heard an explosion. Instantly flames shot out from the reading room My first thought was of the fire eX- tinSuisher, which was nearby. but po- llcemen Wera then endeaVoring to press l il into service and I turned, running into the chamber
 There were only about fifty in the chamber at the time. Flames shot | along the corridors at an awful rate amt 1t seemed just a few seconds until the whole place was black with smoke. | making it impossible to see. There was not much confusion on the floor of the house and to this many of the members | probably owe their escape" w. R Bradbury was standing in the main corridor of the house of com , | mons near the postoftice when he heard q crash and rushed along the corridar ! toward the main entrance to the cham | Der.
 l Tt appeared to break out in an in i stant' he said. I was standing near the postoffice when l heard the crash Then l turned and saw several of the policemen and messengers hur>yine along toward the reading room l went into room 16 where many of the con | Servative members were, and shouted fire
 Before reaching that room there was another explosion of some kind (which knocked me off my feet. The members soon came running out oi room 1G and they also poured from the chamber. Within few minutes that section of the building near the reading room was mass of flames. One o
 the messengers told me that all tn,
 members had escaped from the cham
 Der"
 Major Gerald White confirmed tn,
 statement of MT Bradbury with regar,
 to the sepa'a explosions. He was i,
 room 16 when the alarm rang out an,
 was one of the last to leave. assistin,
 others of the older members out.
 Some of the most spectacular rescue
 were made in the southwest wing 0
 the building. There were many em
 ployes in the restaurant at the tim
 and the lower corridors filled wit
 smoke SC quickly that they were m
 able to get down the stairs. They mad
 their Nay along the southwest corne 3 and reached the windows looking dow,
 on the front. They were soon notice