| Show lilt Desperate and Heroic Work of Saving U 3 S Mint I VI 0 o oC tho United States mint SAVING SA at III Kan III Uio 1110 of oil nil wild know how iho tiro ra d about it ROOS to th credit of oC 40 to bravo mint and a company ot of coat coast artillerymen says n II special dispatch t to the York Press Tho mint of ot nil the buildings In hi Its district was Willi from 1 en true 1111 It now in tl a I din litH of or black ruin It Ills U latinised but bUI butIn In III it Its vault Its 11 1001 of ot lie safe late The mint did not merely burn YN J J t ft SKYSCRAPER THREE Jo FEET OUT OF PLUMB n I Ing It 11 was Willi saved nt tho risk of life lite 1 Itself by tho corp of defenders for or they thc wore for tor hours hour on ull Bides hy by lire so 80 that not nota a 1 man could coull have alive If It the Iho mint too had With mimes that often shot iVet Iet pru ln on all nil four sides frequently Ing clour tho thu building llio men fought In floods flood of odd to III as nil one put It thu tho Jw of or hell holl Morr ui In III oln aro stored In n tho vaults of If the tha mint and for the preservation 11 1 of or this the or hours continuously l u a seu of ot lire fI miff Hurl I 1111 lie mint nil the tho cut off Jet retreat fur hours at III n Il II lilt Irrell h an nil of tho mint recently nave v a lit f how Ihn lames u fought ort off front the old oM IIIi at ut Fifth and illusion lIlon After Att r tho Iho fire fir han past the Die Mission street side l le tho certainty of Its 1111 returning from the north ot or Watch ordered or everything on tho root that would burn bum thrown Into the yard Sol Hol Soldiers diers cUrrl mid mint worked work d with utmost 1 haute throwing timbers Mini S Into Int the court 1110 were 20 ZO tunica of ot vitriol 11 of It which w Elf ro noon covered with debris Into Inlo which howl of ot tell fell tho Iho mint n 1 Rood 1 rc nil and the r pumped water to 10 tho Ihl tiro lighters assembled nn on tho roof roM An the lira swept up Fifth street tho heat Increased to 10 in III do Krc ns Ie one by on the Metropolitan hall burn Into by hy the nf or tho l On tho Iho Wat the block bounded by i Mailed on nn the fur III ter tin lilt tiro 1110 nan wn to 10 rase In Its fury by I a I II 1 the Ih through tho Iho or hotel to the Ih build ing eti of or lire SOO Ilich Ili hl h up tho Intervening hou n in lu Mint lIt HUP lIue Augmented by lIy lIH t tinder hox the lh blast of ot the fire hurst hlll t fiercely on 1 thu HII northwest t corner of ot the mint mintA A few faw for tor former mer Flip 1110 Chief Kennedy of Oakland Nero driven train between hi tho Ins IIII Where hero the men hud been bf In buckets of ot wa water 0 ter hr upon the roof toof over llio Iho K 1 wu on top of nt the copper up II l I toot root of lit tho Iho mint U It In III I newly lY duo to 10 Iho experience of ot former f Kennedy that 1111 roof spot or till 1111 1111 water to Iny When the tire tiro Mint II II I IIII In III solid mussed of ot the men stuck to III their th h an all lonn UH 1111 tho th glans In the rumen S o fret of ot it II one Inch hope IIII C laj Ml n II slender I on the Ihl win dow o l was I With diluted add uehl Ankle deep Ilet In this thin soldiers and em tilt emm m to the until win II shattered the Inner walls be bc beto to burn minding and I moke forced torrell them to 10 abandon tho lh hO to 10 the tho inow Down lit III the artillerymen tinged with blanket and leaning I on their t In tho Then Chen cam a 1 lull th the walls of ot u I brick buildings across tho street Imd In III There wait 1111 yet et a n chance o back to 10 the tipper nory Or llio tho liters returned return led by Sup Leach who by b example find encouraged hl ni Illen n io 0 y n or v n H HJ J Wi 7 h 1 1 7 r Ar t c 1 I w t t Wj l 1 I H the Ihl inner woodwork of th lh runt was next t ent hy h a n hose hope he sheathed surface it became for wet wol acid 11 feet l An ax nl In lit tore lorl up 1111 of lit tar roof wot which a II stream of ot wa water ter tN Oh cried d At 1 length as dawn near the rot mit ed out of If Tho mint n and Klas If front on nil the north and III le t thi 1111 to be betori torn tori diMI but hUI the Is II Intact mid the plant IM IH unharmed ready fell 11 for tOI a r of f work 11 Ai SI Ml 11 to 10 chik eh k kIh Iho Ih lIIA tK of the th HU miny mally Inh nr 1 I II l II o Ill Tar ar curs Iu d ou In nn 1111 of t e Do n not lIot rl k cur III health hv Iw n mn limo unknown n Tar Tari i I imd nOt crt ln la III i Ask k fur Honey T Tur r upon It Fur 1101 ale b U V F J Drue Co will 1111 not pay 1111 for COI i will to l o In III many claims to tell t wh rn the Iha damu tI left leCt oft off and 1111 1 tho fire r Fur For that reason tho great rent tiro 1111 companion that IN with their binks for tOI few tl days 1111 11 negotiations on the of or to 10 a n vury Iy arKo proportion of oC V I ai II Involved i N very heavy hunk the Ihl adjust of for the Ihl payment of ot S or O more represents a n operation of ot tudo to III lather How are then huJo claims to tobe be bl met mel where will the tho u get their money 0 lie from and ho how Ions will III It take to tn effect n 1 These question hau upon tho money market and to a extent the Ihl oo It r of or pi lei H for 01 aa artt Iu usually held by largo As 1 soon im I u II com Mm puny it will hlO to foot fool Ihl hills hili for n t hll Its officials hold u hun led conference Ket cl tit lit Ih I lit 11 I lOt their th lr liquid n nelM r rs s elM t and till the nt i f r bonk i In th lit 1111 Ill of or n large i foreign Hi It j j m at al 19 wan 1314 destroyed a jeur tur Inter when hud to puy nn nil hill bill for tho Ito ton tire ninny of ot tho 1110 claims ero settled n u f Ct w a utter the I hI look place In III the way 11 th companies did their best lI t two Iwo t to In pay pa tho Iho losses lo s of Iho In In this Ihl uny II thuy lh thin one OM week weel atur the thO Irn 1110 one of vf the HIe t New NewYork ew York olk companies having dispatched n nIco Ico president to 10 the to 10 pa 1 claims lit IT double quirk full time wrote a 1 volume of new nell to recoup Itself for tOI nil 1111 the lowes Ed d Involve financing nn l one lit tho of ot ilie present nn on th of lit the is to effect of tit the F n l o lorien ha been lip II tho negotiation with tho homo of ot the com COIll companies for or of ot mon y with which to 10 meet the claims Shon i 1 l i occurs occur nn 11 ItI company lias Ial lo to Its when thune nn nr to Immediate the company but row what It II n i ds Mo t ti i Of iho lame have ha In four or 01 le so they cnn Illy secure In III ORHO It II is III re When the bal balances ances 11 lo fi 11 heavily In S of f th com om company pany pan hun to tn either borrow bortol funds or r r Ml Jl some ome of tho Iho elI li or I bonds that U II hai hl In III Its It lUl lIet nf of In the case In t tot of ot tho lire fire mo t of ot com panle d to pa out what was without rl to nt nl nil 1111 Whatever eurl rl ties III wern sold to III pay In the claims there for the most part sacrificed ct by Iy that were lIEro too weak to III bear henl the UI I m j were wro forced to th ir risks with omo stronger rival This w in don dOlle In tho of oC nino or ten companies that hall had to nn nl extent Ignored the of oC M what hat our Oil Insurance men en tho Iho conflagration hazard and accepted too many risks In III the affected nicu In tho ca if tit wry latHo companies which do It a 1 heavy helY tho United States ami nu Eu Europe rope ropo ns 1111 well the lh peril of th Uon hazard minimized by b the th fact the risks arc so 80 widely d cd ell aa WI to render r It almost for any uny ono disaster to entail a 1 uru J f i itI i MX w r not 1101 likely to tl fell 1111 portion of nr the nocks held in Tho pa m iu of ot a n III Iou Is III a acry cry Inti I n hr Hundreds II of r inen nr In It and special Jle 01 1 special have hl to the seen 11 H It will bo weeks be bl CulI th 1111 Son I o claims ore wholly 1101 tad hut hilt a I month n portion of tit Iho 1118 wilt will bo fettled for tOI A hll the |
