| Show MIKE DONOVAN DONOVAH HURT assistant fire chief the third victim I 1 THROWN FROM A LADDER while looking otter after the tha scott auer bach ruins a no foil fell thirty feet and struck the solid iron turntable ot of tho the truck injuring him badly but not fatally sal sullivan livan recovers but vail tail is in ia the hospital burned structure to be rebuilt at once losses and policies at 12 yesterday all that was waa left of 0 the attic bis big scott auerbach block on an main street which made such an ugly blaze tuesday night was a series of 0 py minet leal piles of masonry fringed and garnished with alth charred mood and cracked tin cornice the exciting scene of if the night before when the big building anti and adjacent ground Cal came calitis ITIL near being acin the last battle ground of three tried and trusty n was wag changed change d to one of abject devo latton crowds of restless deop people ae plentifully sprinkled with women stood in ia that sloppy lour fourth h floter ha e says anil after kick ing open P a door sag discovered is prod the seat float of the flames on that floor I 1 started ac acroca r mal the room mom when I 1 heald a lull dull creah er as it and a strip of rooting roofing about eight feet square came down one corner carrier fell ell first anil and this struck trio me on the head my ily aluminum helmet was all that saved me for or I 1 was stunned and badly bruised I 1 managed to 0 to tta a window and soon eoon some of tho the boys boye came and got me sullivan wag holded to the patrol wagon and taken to the sl station aillon dr mcachran MoA chran was ivas and while bite he was en ell route sullivan was undressed and put to bed ho he wan waa shaking like a loaf leaf and ills aln shivering at times was waa almost convulsive when the llie doctor arrived lie made the startling announcement that if sullivan it were err not warmed up at once he be would not flet last jils t long lone as hi his pulse haq very low an I 1 injection n of fletro altro was ivas administered and hot lot bricks irons and bottles were packed around him film for almost an hour hr he remained in the chill then he besan began to warm arm up a lit irine an and by 7 waa out ot of bange I 1 A concussion extreme exhaustion a and n 4 cold wet clothes lifs arc 1 v irlen by the physician ag 00 the caup e s for sullivans Sull ivalis milking later I 1 or in the th day lie moved around considerably sider alder ably but mas quite weak for or a time DONOVANS HARD FALL donovahn Dono vaha mishap occurred about 8 9 he remained with I 1 ith sullivan for some time then went home and hanged chanced his clothes afterward returning to the station shortly after 8 nn an effort was made to take laid down the truck of 0 ladders and by same accident some rope and hose become tangled in the rungs runes and donovan donevan alic ended to break the jam ile he was observed to draw ills and cut the hose suspender and then fall fail when he cut the strap some roped which hold th extension up were loosed apil the tipper ones started tn in slide donovan tell fell about thirty feet and struck the solid iron and steel IQ au CIA VA tt I 1 I 1 1 e M I 1 I 1 I 1 N IDONO V owl al it pa thair TV Air N 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 R 11 I 1 1 I 1 1 I I 1 I 1 11 I 1 1 aw 1 0 1 J 7 ill I 1 i J 1 9 A ra 1 I 1 I 1 i zi Z I 1 W I 1 I 1 PA 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 a tho the injured firemen mostly street all day and looked at the he building in its ruin and said too bad it awful all day trucks and wagons mere busy hauling away wrecked stock and furniture and nt when hen night caage nearly everything ot of any value was out while the lames flames were bally under control at 3 a tn it was not until late in the forenoon that the last detachment tach ment of 0 firemen left the building thief chief delna devoted the greater portion ot of the morning to supervising lupei the clearing away of dangerous debris and endeavoring to correctly ascertain the origin ot of the big blaze THEO theony RY OF ITS ORIGIN tho the chief was seen peen late yesterday afternoon and in answer to questions said it Is hard bard to teli just where the first limes flames started I 1 he parties who occupied the store ought to be better gu guessels guessers essers than any one else I 1 nt will ill say bay however that L believe that t tile tho blaze originated either in tile the freight elevator on the southwest corner or in its immediate vicinity I 1 base this belief bc on the tact fact that the llames flames shot up so EO quickly as if 1 drawn dratin by a powerful suction it may he be that home borne employee employed of 0 the hardware linn firm nicked flicked a a lighted cigar into a bundle of excelsior and it may bo be that there was wag a stove in bad repair somewhere when I 1 drove up to the building and saw huge clouds of 0 smoke emako issuing from tho the top story windows doms I 1 said to myself if that fire can call be kept confined to the ble big block it if nothing more Is done it will he well we had several streams of 0 water on in a very eloit time considering our force of 0 men and our every enoi I 1 ilag to check the spread ot of the names flames we were hindered considerably by the iron roofing which milich made it difficult to uncover fire space chief devine was lather father inclined to ignore the he received for what was termed his ignorance let them talk he said bald id eko to see another force as small P as 4 I 1 had do any better it the taxpayers want adequate protection let them give us its moro more men and well do the rest with reference to the remarks regarding our alleged delay at the station arid and on route I 1 am compelled to deny them wo we got out at once and then the trouble began the streets were clip clipperd pery and extremely rapid progress pro gres was out of the question and here comes jn in fin an example of consistency some time ago a salt lake paper published an editorial denouncing the unnecessary fast driving of out our men now it Is just tho the other way reforming to charges of in efficiency I 1 would call tho the attention ot of the parties to the recent wanamaker ire fire in philadelphia where the blaze originated in a ba and several blocks were consumed coni umed the force was wag men and there were dozens c engines give us men and we will look after the property properly VICTIMS OF ACCIDENTS three deplorable accidents will ni make ake the tha big blaze one long to be rem remembered the cloros were Art bistan nt chier chief mike alike bonoan Do noan charley vall vail find and pat sullivan the flitt two now lie in the same ward in st marks hospital with sore heads and other port portions lons of their anatomy bruised and battered sullivan aw who be had the closest call of all is UT and nd around little the worse for foi wear valls accident ident the first in order of oc occurrence curren abc acc ce might hao bae been more re rious than it was wag immediately after he had helped donovan carry lips smith down stairs from the roof vall vail m whose hose specialty Is electricity began to make arrangements to detach the be ae r ailt truck from the wires in chich w alch it was mas tangled he was being fits led by capt mccarthy he remarked to the captain that he waa as going around after a crank m kill ith which to loosen the ladders McCart mccarthy by waited some time arid and then sang sane out count come on charley but all did not appear the cap captain fain walked around the truck and saw vail in a halt half kneeling posture with hla bla held head bleeding from a gush gash over his big right eye securing assistance the captain carried vail whom hom he supposed to be dead into store whence ho he was taken to the hospital yesterday Yent erday afternoon he was bright as a lark barring a big white bite bandage or on ills his lead head and wanted to net up dr behli says nays lila its recovery Is As only tile the of a few days unless U anex P ex pecked complications occur SULLIVANS CLOSE CALL capt p J sullivan of flip truck duck wag waa the next one clayt downed nod 1 I M was us tin on the turntable turn table tabla on hla big back his head flying back and striking the outer tim rim several leveral rushed to hlo his ald aid and he was lifted down the cairo wagon soon arrived arid and the injured hero waa borne to st marks hospital he was carr tarried le d at once to the operating room and his wounds were d dressed rell by dr behle them consisted of three ugly one over the right eye find and the other two to lit in the tha bick 0 of the flip lead head all were quite deep and bled profusely after the dressing donovon donovan was carried to lo a 9 bed noar near where charley vail toy lay and it was but a short time before ho bo fell ell into a deep sleep lasting for or ab about 0 ut an hour ue ile awoki awake feeling better and mighty thirsty visitors save relatives were excluded and thanks to th ill quiet and caso he rallied rapidly lie ho will be about in a week or so A report was wai started about 1 that ho he was dead and st marks telephone bell was waa kept ing ine for or some time by anxious friends up town WILL AT ONCE construction to begin as soon as losses BIB are adjusted the insurance policies on the buildings and goods footed up yesterday IH 2300 with small policies yet to hear bear from the heaviest losers losera are the companies represented by W E smedley co A L jacobs and hugh anderson anderaon the george M scott company bad on stock 2000 on fixtures and aad on tho the building a total of while their store and a nd building represented over in the store are articles of hard hardware mare just as good as new to the liner but depreciated in value because no one will buy thern them on account of 0 the rust caused hy by water slaves and other stock have lost two iro thirds their value by the th action of the I 1 v ater and smoke all of which helps to swell the loss callaway CiLl laway hoock francis carried lil on stock and 1501 1500 on fixtures the store was flooded and every article was wag touched hv by the water their loss will not be total as the plain china cannot be hurt by water but the costly art china and bric balc a brae brac Is 1 partly ruined the A R derge book store was wrecked the insurance carried was on stock and on fixtures the agents had the stock moved immediately across the street to the progress block to save some of the books from the arvater that kept pouring through thi ouch th tha a ceilings the agents also alo conferred math ith the callamay floeck francis people to make arrangement 4 tor for caring tor for their frail end and expensive stock but it was wag thought that enough enouch brea karim would occur in in 0 ving to lo make up the difference saved by such euch a proceeding proceed lne the losses will be adjusted at once by a committee representing the companies the local agencies mith etli the policies carried by them are given below A L I 1 jacobs GOO on auerbach block r rent 0 nt insurance dr T meyer bloh A R dergo company alwo if calls calla guv hoock total NY V E sm Sn illey aliey Co 20 on auer back babli block ux A N Tro TroBe yeck tk sa 0 george It hodes IW ac O auerbach not isial floeck I aw A R ibrao 10 scott building bul lillne S 1 scott stock iwo scott store natures artl total hueh andorran An dorton SIM 1000 callaway hoock haack franca scott building 12 m beott stock mock lii scott store fixtures bluh 1101 josephl h Gali ghers furniture total 1 SS sti n mc 1 Corn ornick lck cook co 1000 A it deree derce at al 1 ct 0 O A R dorge 11 J grant t co t ato matsen photograph gallery sharp rogers L S co 1000 A B R derge KIWI Call callaway aurty hooch francis total it B whittemore SIM 1000 A it derge calno hooper SION Cm calliway ilamay kloock aloud 41 A K R derge total tola 11 11 I 1 J conway co taw A it derge swi callaway Callaw av hoock total wro windsor sisters hudson A R n derke D 6 ago m yio mallanny Cal Call lanny ismay hooch francis Fr ancle t toina 0 t RI liwo lt NY Lamir lawrence etim 40 hoock francis tr ancla sayo auerbach block toul total tso young fowler A R derge der ge 1 atso I 30 Col Call lanny altay hoock francis Fran cli I 1 otil isna rogers walker co wl savo scott stock KM callaway Cai laway hoock francis total cafa As soon ILS the losses are paid the buildings will be rebuilt this was announced yesterday by interested par liar ties mr S 11 II auerbach Is in new nem york but one ot of ills confidential al rpm ali mated allied that the auerbach part of 0 ill the a building would mould ho he repaired all and I 1 I 1 improved and mayor clendinning sm said the the scott side hide the G arko orko M scott company will move into sonic borne temporary store start the building Is 1 being repaired nothing can call tie be done however until the adjusters decide upon th the tl lota and d in the meantime husi 1 Is ming C conducted 11 at the big biff next to the roo tonice I 1 none of tho the losers by the fire euhl estimate eill mato their total losses owing to it the fact that while certain articles of stock liere not destroyed yet yd they hirv have greatly depreciated in value on and will only be valuables ablis at a low jw 0 re scott co received telegrams from prominent firms all over tho the country yesterday them in their loss and tendering their good offices mr ImI lither also received several personal telegrams plucked from the burning barney tucker who anys he lit 1 an italian b hut ut looks look more like fi a son of 0 erin entered fit the aulls of 0 tile the scott auerbach building yesterday forenoon and malting making his way to dr office abstracted it a fine case of 0 dental tools and it a rubber stamp roberts roberta zaw him balking out t with milli the articles and tucker tried tried nUo to smooth matters mailers over by saying baying that he was wa sent nent to the office by tho the doctor it was thought strange that dr key vor tor should lie be in tuch such urgent need of 0 a rubber stamp and tucker was taken to tile the station find and locked up charged w nith ith robbery notes of the rire the crowd that stood lit in front of the building yesterday morning were much amused at a black collie dop dog which had obtained admission to the building and occupied a dizzy perch in a third window surveying the crowd capt W 14 bywater was severely cut in the foot while ot at work in the building he will mill be laid oil oft for or some time engineer johnes paul owes his life tj if Ms ills friend pipi man love the two were working together on the second floor when paul and would have fallen to ills death deal h had not love gramp grasped e d him just in tho the nick of 0 timp paul drew d rew a long breathes breath bre athas an h reached reach 3 terra term firma and remarked youre all right fatty 0 bold old john ag the he center cent r of 0 f I 1 the he trio of white tie horse a who od ra 1 I 1 the h truck wag the h 00 only ly qua quadruped d duped to shed blood ire he cork corked him elf while making a turn the last accident 0 of yesterday va ilai that experienced by dr A IC smith lie he was wai just ica ing joslin a parks store more and had ills big ryes eyes fixed ort of the telegraph wires the th trapdoor trap door to tile the fiott auerbach ba frolli et was open the lie firemen hat ba ing lu 1119 out the cellar dr smith stepped ciff and fell heavily bust bruises lining bad but was not seriously injured |
