Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-20

tral avenue fire it was under control.
Four hydrant and three pumper streams
were used on the Central avenue fire.
The bumpers were placed on the long
lines. Water pressure ON the other lines
was good. Pumper No. IT was not used
at this fire and was sent back to head
quarters to fill in"
REPORTS OF OTHER
OFFICERS VARY.
Reports Of several other officers vary
on the matter Of water pressure.
Battalion Chief Petty said: Water
pressure as good as common for that dis
trict, purely resident, vast lumber yard,
mostly single roofs, bad day for that
district, dry roofs and a stiff west wind"
Lieut.. w. B. Geizendanner of Engine
Company No. reported: Fire pres
sure fair"
Had fair pressure. Our pumps were
not used" reported Lieut.. B. G. Crowley
of Pumper Company No. 8.
Walter J. Wiley, a private Of Pumper
Company No. 7, in charg eof the com
pany while Capt. Fred Kennedy was out
to dinner, said: Water pressure was
fair. Water reached to gutter of two
and half story house."
While ladder was being raised to the
roof of 1928 North New Jersey street,
Captain Wiley L. Osborn of Truck Com
pany No IL reported he met Captain
John Monaghan of Pumper Company No.
9 ''wEo said water pressure was too low
to reach roofs"
The third unit to reach the fire, Truck
Company No. g. according to Captain
John p. Fox's report, found it necessary
to take some of It's ladders down to keep
them from burning up. '"rhe water
pressure was low" he rcpcit TED.
EXAMPLES OF CONFUSION
FOUND IN REPORTS.
Examples of the confusion which pre-
vailed are contained in an incident re-
ported by both Captain Fox and Captain
Clarence w. Miller of Pumper Company
No. 16. Captain Fox reported that
when we stopped at fire we left truck S
rear wheel on fire hose for about a
minute. | don't think it affected the
water pressure any"
1t was one of Captain Nj iler's lines that
pumper No. 16 stopped upon. Captain
Miller said in his report that he ran into
a house across the street from where his
apparatus was stopped and tried to use
the telephone. Then he ran out and or
dered Renzil Williams to pull box 131.
LAS l came out of the house fire truck
No. 3, from No. engine company, came
up and stopped on Company 16's line Of
hose and stopped the water from coming
through the line of hose" says Captain
Miller. 1 ran out to driver and asked
him to move off of hose. which driver did
at once and ran truck on line of hose
the second time and was ordered Off"
SAYS FIRE PLUG IN
BAD CONDITION.
Captain Miller cites another misfor
tune which befell his company in the
fact that when he went to the fire plug
at New Jersey and Thirteenth streets TO
find out why Fireman Allen was slow
in making a hose coupling he found
"the outlet" cap to the plug was twisted
and cap and chain coroded with paint,
which prevented him from making at
tachment with hose to plug quicker. BY
that time FIRE had spread to No. 1n32 New
Jersey street and seeing fire spreading
to house south of 1928 ordered Renzll
Williams to take puiAper and attach TO
plug at Eleventh and New Jersey and
stop fire from spreading south to other
buildings. BY that time the chief had
arrived and l noticed the increased pres
sure IN my line. Thinking that I had
high enough pressure that was needed at
that time with direct pressure from wa