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‘no trouble in them. I should ex-l Q. (Mr. Been-Docs that also lplain that-Wards 1 8nd 2 con- apply to the separate bedrooms? itained the most violent patient-S Ollc matter kcy unlocks all the from above. We rushed out then fbut each contained a dormitory for bedrooms? land rushed to the attic and unlock- {the better ones. ‘All the patients inf A-Ycs. sir. They are locks of ed the doors of the attic. Five or; 1 and 2 were not dangerous. The ghe same pattern. six of’ the patients came out-I watch kept on them to see if they .

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THE MOT . HER ibetter ones were put in the dor-i Q-That is, you hive one key ‘don't just know how many. ‘had matches?

mitory belonging to Ward l and 2. that will fit all the room doors. all] Q-Were they given lzny alarm A——I don’t think so. In my ward After I! “m0 WhBn the P1800 W05 the private room doors? ‘ ibcfore? ‘I was never instructed to take their ‘I

_‘ wanted we picked the best out and i A--Ycs. 0f course, that is in the i A—We heard them as we rushed matches or pipes away. i cent them up to 3, 4. 5, or 6 and ‘male wards. {up the stairs. Q—'I'hey could carry thrm and ""

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1:: him". M‘ ‘the attic. Q. (Mr. Stewart) You are in ‘on any outside alarm of the fire?" A—I don't know, but they were % mould‘. “I'M; y". l, “a? i ‘ ‘ Q-—Were they graduated up t0 Ward 3? A——We had given noalarm to the never asked to leave thcm. ‘l ‘ _ n”; * i ‘ ‘the attic? A--Yes sir. ofllce, at least, I had not. Q-Now, Mr. Jenkins, you are I- ‘ ‘ A—From the different wards- Q——Wh0 was in Ward 1? Q-Whcn you went up there, strongly of the opinion that when. '1’ They g-nduated up from floor to A_Jamc5 Livingstone and John where wls Jenkins, the warder? fyou wont up the stairs that the -l f100Y- They mighfi 1101i 80 thwllgh Mahar. i A-Jcnkins was playing cards,‘ fire was on your left? .1 l m’! “T1010 hulldhlg- I! they WW0‘ Q—Tllat would be the ground ithat is why there was nobody up' A—-Ycs, because I had just come h y POYIPCUY harmless they might E0.floor? ‘in that place. I don't know wheth- from Ward 6 whcrc the fire was

0055mm; new” ' g from Ward 2. ‘They might be prom- ' A-Yes. Ier McLean was there or not. _ ifaillxlg down the shaft. l!)

her; - Ngglgcugd with otcd rapidly. Q-Is it correct to say that they! Q-He was not, that you know! Q (Mr. Sicwart) You saw no mg

wives — Sullering i‘ . ‘ Q. (Mr. Stewart.)—So that thtso‘\t‘ere the most dangerous paticntfof? ‘glow? ‘ h‘

:h‘:l;he'°'_‘_';‘:a”: S Y L V 1 A 5 I D N E Y SHORT "l: ‘“‘-"'*"~'1¥“‘~" follows up there at the time ‘oflume were kept on um; floor? i A-Thcre was only one man oni A-No sir. '0

Fur,_n‘cnzy_ ‘VXLUAM COLLIER‘ "L i a ‘ ngsnut 11.)“; the flre were perfectly harmless? A-I understand that the most‘duty. Q (Mr. Beer) Sark (ind MCVfl-T‘

Conflict -- Emo- Es The‘: “Yum sUBjECTb ‘ m». ‘ ‘-_\‘ _ ‘ .‘ A—-Pcrfcctly harmless. There was“ violent patients were also locked in‘ Q (Mr. Beer) You were playlns. rish» would they be smokers? u.

Hon - Every- 1 93h“ ~“T~““* ‘ _, - ‘one—it wasn't that he was had but the cells in the hscment. iln Ward 3? I A-Sark and McVarrlsh word ,,°,'

"link! love‘. into‘ _ ghc wrs meddlesomc. He would goi Q__wheru are the c9115? ' A-Yes. ‘both from Ward 2. 2

‘ UN" F D ‘around the wards picking things‘ A-Thcy were down 1h the huge-f Q (Mr. Stewart) What did you? Q (Mr. Stewart) McQueen was

-”'“ ' ' ' ‘i717 - "‘ ‘“ .5101“ 1110 0W0? Patients» F0r that lncnt. i ‘do whm you got to the attic? from your ward? .

. . u... hum (‘xrll- M Q k {reason he was put in the dormitoryi Q~How many cells were there? A-We opened the door for Mo! A-No, from Wird 4, sir. ' 5 l

n ing (lrzium oil Ho might have been saved but he A_Feuy‘ 5h; ‘ ‘Queen; we kncw he ‘l-s locked in? Q——Well, Ward C. according to l ‘a 193i to Catt‘. ‘N ‘was too far zgvay from the- door.‘ Q_.wn5 there uhy hghg were? ithe room in the opposite side ot“cusiom, would he on the list of e

i- ______ u ‘He was put t ere because he wns‘ A_Ye5‘ they had “qndfuvs m each the attic. Wc made several at-‘vlolent type oi.’ patients? 1

(Coummed from page 1) no you? j 8X1 0R1‘ _ Etroublesomc. ‘of ghe c.3115‘ and I Suppose there tempts to got ‘in but the smoke was: A—Thrcc, four, five and six were f

__ A_B1hy Payne 1 “v35 up in my " q Q-There were five rooms in thfliwcre eleeme lighfls‘ too heavy. I rushed down to the,on a par, more or loss.

ter of the building, near where |room and Paine rzng the fire dc-‘ SUBJE JTS ‘awe? ‘ Q_w“o had charge or ‘hose 0mm and "m! ‘m ‘he fire D9‘ Q_Why was McQueen locked ‘m.

the fire hole‘ is? ‘partment. I started on the run for A-Yes, counting MacKenzics ‘C0115? ' ‘portmcnt. ‘ A—I understand he used to warr A-Ycs. Right over the fire hold. the attic but I only got to Ward 5‘ ‘_ ‘find Smitlfs- A-Mahar and Livingstone. , Q-Was the smoke all coming] dcr around at night among the

Right over the kitchen where the and could not got further. ‘_____ W, _ ‘ l. _._i_..__.,,. . g __e. Q-Whvn the patients were put i Q_They 5,150 111d the ground from that one side? beds, and annoy the Other plllfllltS.

‘ , cooking was cankd on‘ Right u‘? Q_whae “me was “m” (Mr :L\IX‘V\LYA\) Q. wvilut-tlmo and he nuturfllly Wen?» yylth hml- ‘in those rooms were they lotkod floor? i A-It was coming from the a/ttlc. Q (Mr. Been-You were on duty . pa“ the wdmnflum‘ A_Ie would be about Mum-m, a; it, \'.'lll“ll you lllul the illal-nl? Q-Yon tcll us he W115 plflymg-irl? ‘ A__ yes 5m .we could hot 53g just where 1t until hihe o'clock?

Q-You say it is right over thelter eight. lf“5l“?ri‘-l' 01"‘ “Ehi-lllllbflhly Cflftls- 3'01! llhfilcfstimd he W-S? A—One was locked in, otherwise‘ Q_who had ward 21> was coming from. There were no A—Yes sir. - ‘ kitchen? Q-The fire was wcll under way?“3-1"- I ‘hi1 1"’ - ‘ _ ‘ A~YOS. Thoro‘ “'05 B: 00rd table he would have got out and am‘ A_John luurplw and Kmncm lights. Q—Was your co-warden on duty?

A___R1ghg ever the kuchmh A—'I‘he fire was well undcr way.‘ (‘i"~'““1 “"11 1hr‘ building was ‘(hgygand u, bllhnrd table, and Bf‘ noycd the rest of the patients. He ‘l McLean‘ Q-Was the attic provided with (Mr. Stewart.)

Q_Y0u ‘um h-u me flue.» ru-C.‘I asked ii’ they lmd "uscd thc fil-i“‘l‘l"‘1‘ dill‘ " ‘ "tor night there was 80110111113’ “"09 ‘ was the only one locked in in the, Q-And Ward 3. That would be‘1ig1lts? A——He was o at six. l-le was in mcn and iii’) cnrgrcnter sleeping ‘hose and thcy said yes. 'I‘llc siai ‘ ' \‘ '-l“i0l the attic‘ ‘or four of ‘them thcre to havc- 11 ‘awe ‘ ‘ me second 110m? | A—I believe so. But I had never town but he came out.

(llcre. the firclncn they sloop lhcrc? were wet with waim- but tho ill'l‘ “ ‘ ‘ M“ gel I “hm ‘mmc or cmfls‘ , . Q_Wa5 the Pmc “SO15 locked? A-Petcl~ Cameron and myself. hi0“ 111 the 3W0 Drill/mus 90 that Q_A1b@1'i W000. W85 hi‘ 011 duty ‘A_yes_ could not ha‘ controlled. _ ~ Q-(Mr. St0\\’ill'i;l-—Wl11‘L-'il11 8W0 A—Yes, tllc door at the head of Q-And Wflfdf’? Enlght. Some of the older keepers in Ward 4.

Qntvcre lhcrc any other pos- Q~It was on the iulminlsilwltivc Q " “i ‘ '~' “ “mfillll? ihlilllghlllfi tho‘ 11811105 0f‘ thi‘ i1=l$l0~i5 W20 l the stairs was locked. . A_Albe1~t weeds and \vi1h‘uu1 would be acquainted with it. They A-Yes, sir. ltmns that W131‘? occupied ill-sh“? hurt of tho building? ‘Um “Eff m. H“ m.’ i “wt” m m“ “we? iwltxiiss s“ Q-Who kept that key? Russ, who dicd two days ago. Ame!" the “W0- Q-Yflu were really the first man A ‘we “m? Pflcrs “‘ ““,“_““ o. A_Y,,s‘ ‘mt It was awn‘, from that ‘ .\ l ‘ . i was p: -bub1y 20‘ml'.s plan of th0‘ili.tltt“gl\‘ll’lg the‘ A..Any [me of the wmdeue WML‘ Q_He 1.0.11‘, was a patient? I Q_when you looked 1h do you to go up the. stairs?

“in liillllflfy, h? is a pinion‘. Smith Q—Is thcrc a funk in flu‘ i<ll\‘f‘l‘?“““"'fl‘ ‘i’ iilil- lhi‘ blflZo \Vl\S‘llfllllf‘.‘§ ofglhc- 11121.0 pmlcnt» S100i1"cver put the paticnts up. Each.‘ A_yes‘ bu; he was uh Salary I _remclnber whether you looked up A-There was one man came be- wm-kvrl in tho shvc 2410p. ho also A—Not in the lolvcl‘. the tank is; ‘ "" "L" “ ‘ ‘ _“ ‘ ‘ ti“? it?“ A) ‘ ‘ “‘ “ ofzlvflfden had a My ihilt W001i! 0P0" ‘ mdcrstand. -or doom? ‘ hind m8. I think it was Wed Mon- wfl“ “ “““e““ ‘o“‘s“““ ‘ ‘ ‘Q .h_.‘_ .. . .<.-.1 h.“ loilg| QrW/‘hflt ill-Hill‘ b? h~ ~‘-7~ ‘that door. E‘ch of them took his‘ Q-Who was 1h Ward 5? | A-No, the fire was falling from aghan. He used to come to Ward 3 ‘

Q w‘ “nmuueflnd , mm‘ ‘mm, Q_Th..‘.‘, ha“ been? ‘)1 ill-v i.l.ll“lii1_\' ind hccn fighting lthe attic l‘(ill.".ill.\'- ‘ _ ‘own mcn up. I think the last one‘ 1\_J3mp5 ;vhu-phy_ He was uhme above, there were pieces or wood to play cards with Smith and the '

Dr mp patient‘: had occupnlions? A—Ycs. There had bcen blit when m" rm?‘ '1‘ f" “w”? ‘_ A>It “mum b“ ">5 “we ‘as uxsflhat ‘V0115 "D W85 JOhh Mllfilhy- I l in Ward 5. ‘falling from above. 1135i 01' 11$-

A_‘\,‘S‘ Sh‘ ‘ the now hundmg was bunt it ms‘ ‘.»'\---‘1>;-c.lli.>ly' not owr l0 or lo ‘roolnncarly and as long‘; I. is t e . forget what patient he ‘Mk up‘ Q_D‘d “c have ‘he m“ mmflr‘ Q_It was an ablaze? Q (M1; Beer)_1;ave you any ac. Qinmt mkps ‘n “u ‘he en‘p.‘0y_ ‘not put m ‘lllllllhPS. ‘whole floor that ‘vying. 9 Q‘-Do I undersand that theer u; patients there?‘ i A_The blazes were qujge vlshue, curate ides. what time you heard

“s om‘ than “mcms, ‘ Wm‘. me fir‘, brckm out Q4). ‘no iziuut" wheuiq. they‘ Q-Is it (imam into rooms. ‘patients after spending the night in‘ A—Hc hod twenty om 111 the, Q-Wheh you sot up mm the the call oi firc‘?

A-Ycs. that would cnvor it prob lilrough the roof when you first got iimi m" i"“"" "l W050 Win05 t0‘ TAfThPYQ Wflfi 0X10‘ 1'00"! ‘Vhercfihe attic returned to the wards? iward and one of his patients in attic was not the fire visible there? A-‘Ii “'11s after five minutes to Q—\Vhat vbout Mrs. McLaughlin. lilo alarm? “mm m“ ‘ 7 ‘fvnifm’ Mxwfc“ 51°F’? and u‘ was, A-Yes- A f0“? 0f ihPm W0rl<0d ‘ lhc attic. A-It was pretty well lull of eight-

‘M Sm‘ haw a “ma? A__“.CS‘ I asked ‘mom “hem "s. l zhqv took all axe and coalccflcil in‘: Mcvarllsht and out. If not, they all came to their! Q-Was the one in the attic kept smoke. Q—You arc Sure of that?

A~Ycs_ Mary Axioms. Chief Cook, ing the hose and they said they i1‘ i‘ ""0 '»'-l ‘FhP-fwdiiat is from t.le‘n lh. dumb-on (‘lr sh own w"rds for the dfly- Tllcy Just_thcl~c altogether? A-Couid you see where the fire A—Yes sir. ‘

Anme Adams‘ m,“ gms‘ Lima‘, COP m.“ not gouty,‘ ‘h I inquired nun," \.: l G- and d reeled the spray up \...., boaldr.‘ to the cos.‘ J h slept there at night. They gencr-E A-Hc slept there at night. ‘might have started? Q (Mr. Stewart) Then it might

‘ ‘mt and Hank“ Cmhvt“ BMW“ m‘, Brahms‘ Tm‘, momght m,,_\.‘:ll~ :11 ‘. . “ ‘ ‘ “Eegylinsqirle a room fol oscp ‘ally were put up to the attic at 6‘ Q-Jfiiere was only one wnrdcr‘ A-Wcll, from where the fire was be PEThEDS hci-Wovn five minutes

Charlie Robert". Mrs. Roberts nlai- had lilPlfl all down but our man .“ W1" "-'“““ 5-“ “mud m] “f rgolmqr‘ ‘_ g n“ ‘me 5mm ‘ockm? _ |on at a time? "supposed to have started I don‘t‘t0 eight and eight O'clock.

m,‘ M‘ con.._~|u_=e(-ht heme M; wife. and tim’ r-oilld llo"r him shunting Jllbfl‘ “ ‘ ‘ —_A -‘i l \‘=1 “a - ~ _ Q. (M1. BeerJ-Aftcr iilc fire‘ A-Wcll, both were on during the think 1 would have seen h; from‘ A-Yes, I think it was probably Q~Does Fill‘ sloop at tho Couvai- at the window’. I wont down on mv A » 1""): hi“. 14MB Bllvflli‘ ?—Hm £73m? 211m“ f o‘ of the ‘some °f m” 131mm“ “We FY1155‘ .‘ filly and one man Worked “nth the door. It fliJpeflred 150 have been that time‘ looked at ‘he clock

New‘ Honw‘ “my pawn“! m“ T mm‘ ‘he “‘_‘_ u,‘ my‘ u". m Shprrfln hnlrl(n‘w‘ ‘.. Li“ 0m‘ dlg“m“ory mg. you might tell xvhut happened ‘lune one night and he w~5 off athrouhd to (he left. of the door. and it was five minutes to eight A-Yes, tim‘ lwill do, clcpnrtlncut but Dr. Clark held r-ni‘ ‘ “ a ‘ org “fine .““‘m ‘vs iiorgn ‘to them? ‘ ‘six the next night. And then ev- Q-You believe the fire startefl 0nd We P1By0d B V013‘. Vvry short Q_Thosc “‘ “““‘_““ of ‘he “““_ds‘ m Hm,‘ bun", that‘ when I mg i“ u“q.\‘-‘ the ‘best tfrsil “P; 0 ‘mid Hwgrd “Rpm” ‘I; ‘hA-I saw MacKcllzlc fall out of cry twelve days you had a day on’. m that shu[y__1n that vlulumq time after that. Within a minute

“mat were uuu- hhum (Mme? ‘out tho flames wot‘? breaking out IP-olly ‘luvllumno, the filo? “ “““m"“m“ ‘ = dehwmcbw- I k110i" ‘llhflfi hfllillfll" ‘ of 000W?- ihe 0th" Chap vi'o1'l<@d_ A-All we could see was the 01' two one way or another o: eight, A-—'I'hry were on duty from six through lilo roof. probably a (lls- 1\“‘\\‘~~. 411st» tlllcc and Haul) * ‘c im. I think he messed h‘s foot- ‘alone when you wore off. lgmuke we tried to gefl gum Me- Q-Now, Mr. Jenkins, is there

in the morning uuiil six and nine "in" 01' mm" 01‘ iimlil’ WW ""““~“_ “ ‘ ‘h ‘ ‘ ‘Q‘A“»“ Cnmnflm‘ “himself fell. The res. would ~ll bo‘ Q-You were on at the time the Queen's room but we were driven any information you cull ofic-r vol-

night about rcsDPctlvr-ly. Onc ofl Q--~'I'hnt is at tllr‘ cxlrcnlv west Q “~ 1~‘~~‘ “ we _ of.» My“ " Q_“‘~,“O ‘r M T1": broke oi"? ‘iback. with the smoke. unvrily. other than you have elv-

“mm womt‘ mm‘ o“ n‘ s.“ “Naenu? cllllllilfxqlll i1» “u. whit! or m‘ 67km‘- J“s“‘“‘ DOSROCW‘? A_M‘ k wosc ‘thq. “ A-Ycs, I was on that night.‘ Q_when you opened flue dem- en us, apptertnlnlng h‘; the Qfigjn ‘

lune would KM, gjeur at six, and the‘ A—»Yos., the extrcnlc \\"‘;‘~'. cnd of ‘liulilluiu. “ “ ‘ “ “ ‘ Aqgus‘, ‘Bckt 0 0y ‘mlth carlled up a Cameron had gone into town. heme of (he paflgnts “me out? of the fire?

next night, vice vcrsa. jlllc roof. ‘ ‘l A h": T '11 ~ 1110i» ~» ThW-i‘ Qmflnd‘ runner ‘flung? That was‘; 0 0f who!‘ to fight the firc.‘ ‘Q-Boiwovn you and Wood there; A_Yc5‘ five m. 51L A-No sir, nothing that I know Q47“ “nu W“ ““ “_““_“ ‘s “,““_“, Q w“ “mo an‘. brmd.‘ Green? ;r.».-‘ \-‘ci‘ii.‘1ui<i‘:=. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ l“‘ “J09 “ e gas a. shoe maker and WOl‘k0d‘\\Ollid bc Jllst a strwlght run? l Q-You would have to go over 0L 1 k110W nothing o! the electric

that particular night? p.11-10,, {hm-p M, ah‘ nun qygunlyfl- l Q sill.» m‘? n‘ you iln‘\‘c‘ Avesémh‘ ‘l n t e laundry and he thought of l‘ A—Thcrc ‘is a. (llViSiOIl. The dOOl‘:’[g ltreQueerys ueor? wiring. The only thing I know is ‘ A__1- 1m‘ the u_‘;|!'(]n|\,<. in chnrglo.‘liCll ii» fight- firo in the ilulldzng ‘nll“i‘li..-‘l:"r‘l v 11.11‘ l\‘““li0 thou“ u o Qinm‘ “““““ ‘m ‘he west end“a new suit of clothes with money 1s ‘opcnlhelcaall the time so that: A_ye5, but ygu see‘ the smoke that some o! the men in tile ‘at- ‘

Noemm.‘ Md 1M‘ m‘, g‘.n,““‘.‘_ 1.1“. 1.1.0,... m” en,._u¢_\-,ve5p ‘Illlllli m‘. ul ‘ li‘0.\ l or-‘M “w Wm‘ “mg? ‘ill t and he turned‘ back to got it. _ i. is Jll€t really one long room. ‘\\.‘\ ‘Q mink‘ ‘ tic were smokers and at the tune

rule was that WhlohPYl “'-"‘"““‘. A"“‘°' w" h“! "1 50nd syflcm‘ ti’: ‘M l‘ m" “my l‘ “nkm care‘ Akycs $1111.“, was PM ‘McMahon He slept in the attic and went up Q~Wiln was on in Ward 4?‘ Q-Dld you open it? of the fire it was my opinion that

Md m “M. m, umu {v hm to Each ward was provided with a ‘r1? ‘ “““ ‘M ‘ _“““““‘ A‘-‘d““so“‘ Jae Gmmngs‘ Reg for ‘his ‘stuff. Probably ‘the light “ ‘Z-Allrlzrhwood. He ran in and‘. A—Ycs, we got in pfobably three it was caused by smokers. 0f i

stay M mp hmmirfldmtll thhniiqhl‘ llvlnclllzilotfi‘ me Wm bosldfis m‘ ox- ‘ I ‘ . u ‘(Illwillfllhjl chjstdtlizylVnllltlorstillt! and Dan Steele. Mick‘ ‘gfllillyoiul-Ilmyrllleliie d-Qlzhurclxyagatli: Xfirfst intimat ihfntmglélt lfxartthzrroom, but could cogrsfiiihlgtijr-iuséfaylgili: 725-: 12:1)?‘ ‘

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::eg‘:h€.l;‘,.“‘.:.n(1,(..11:13.‘; n‘; lhyug Q’ That extended all over lllf“ 1' l\"f\‘.‘i‘!“‘1fi‘lf..‘ They wow.fiilljizjéeriiiénljzligtlclclzzrlivkniii Common and DTWB McLeod, He he- ion you hid of the‘ fire? Q~Whs there anybody locked ledge, do you know which mun in i

he rcunurd n‘ 5 m the morning. building? lilo on“: who rll-rruclcd it and ‘wg; “car ‘he Bus‘ door ‘o go down longed to Wzrdfi. He was a fighter‘. A—Ycs. We were sitting in Ward ‘lh these rooms? the attic were smokers.

Q-You have not got a record A-All over the building. ‘ ‘TIYIWhi ii 11ml llrollszlli the patientuSm-WS‘ ‘kyfinmm ‘he nmh‘ watch and they got a. blanket around him six or seven of ‘us. some pat- A_smuh had his keys, he rush- A~MflQueen. The others were not ‘ [or msmnc" “nywlwre you can ml‘ Q_was the hose m [wad comm (hgn-As i- was ]~[‘ll\v4(‘(l‘i.0 you who ‘man, had his bod there but he had 32:05:‘; bluitmhejvgi-sagliitclflreille Ffrtiilrfi: 3:211:02; ‘thtteshlght? cdQupvi/Tlicthrals 223th“): ' onQrizvifioofhfrtc anmuch clgarcitg i us which “I/‘aifiof; was on at me ioilyes‘ ‘xx-cs ih~ first oflicinl. in invcstigaicglwt will‘: to bed" ' McDonald had jumped from the 1y custom, and on? of the patients. zie? pp e o Mcxen smoking by the patients? '

. night F: UL “L Q~Hnd the hose been tested‘! ‘lilo alarm of filw‘? Tho wont to! Q—Th°:° n‘°"_“'°md they hive window and thcn there was Mac~ Lewis by name inward 4, came in‘ A~Hc did not Bet out. I don't A_Very mm‘ This chap that " A4“ A-Ycs. ‘uuc<r~‘cl~ ii iiwro w» w. fire and "l “W101 "W" “'- “ll Wm‘ mm“? Kencie. and srid that there was a fire in know whether he lost his head w“ a" “mmiam “d “'1'” ‘"5 M‘ i

Q—IS Uh"- 0 "latter “r Town" , ., < w I am not speaking of that particular H ‘ in d _ e - 0r to a t‘ t R ‘ q‘ _ A—-Ycs. The rcwrd would show. Q-It hnd been teftvd and MW Hill“ fl‘ l~~~ ‘ ~“mc M‘ ‘n ‘he ‘Mmar some W” or s a ioumed until 2 p- m- Wold 6~‘ 1110f. He should have had ample ~ P“ "l- “$51110 “is ~ ~° 0"“ ' ' mmncss remedied? l A— CH1, a JPllklllS. Somcon? l -» _ Q_Th‘S fellow was m ward 47 time one. And at that time he was ill. i

l know that Norman had 1m’ the‘ A Yes an thinness fgfnpflkld. ‘siloutcrl illT“.‘l\ “x1: some smoke com- m9"? Y‘ “wag” with tPgm? Charles L. Jenkins (Sworn) A—Ycs. We were sitting there’ Q-At that tim was this door Q (MT. Stcwarti 'I'hcre is not’

grounds‘ They “Tm n“ the“ the: :W ‘ tl i’ hos in good work- in‘: ‘um wu-d G. ll." was in Ward A~No. each one of them belonl- and he came in and told us thcrc'open? e . any doubt in your mind that the

018m 07 m0 m“ I cmlnct just w“ ‘HQ 0rd,?» L e ' Ill. Hi? w: wllvllvll in Ward 3 and (‘d i” dmcrmt ‘v“'ds' - Q-Mr. Stewartl-You are f\llI\\'.’IS a fire in Ward 6. I A-I do not know fire Stafied l“ u" am“- l -

whose mgm “'85 on‘ o t i—Ycs. |I lillli. Nlirson Shcrran followed‘ Q—whY “"0 they up the"? orderly at Falconwood? ' Q~Rlght above him? I Q~Was McQueen. the only man A“N° sir‘ Th?“ slwmd n“ be l (Plan produced by M“ Sewn“ H“ v tl u/“tcr "uphlv him vii-lit Uiy»1'(‘.Of(‘Olll‘St)ll‘l0 Dill-l A-Thcy were sent up on account A-Yes sir. an attendant. A-Ycs. As soon as he told usuho had been left locked i t» any question about that. v

shown to witness.) _ r Q‘—‘ ow“gt<zgs (“if ~ - m‘ ‘VJ? “‘_‘““ “_““ mm‘ Ammo“ ‘of the over crowding. There wasn't Q__How long have yo“ bcm ‘hat we an ran throw“ Ward 4} A_w““ sark and Mcxyarflsh Q. (Mr. Becrr-vilell, now‘ Mr.

Q-Is m“ u m“ picture of that mgeflisznefl; i?‘ fem“ ‘h, 5 ~§ nf Shvlifilll v w iter for lilo pat- mo?“ Dem“ “'h°"e m”? wan-v 176' tilcrc? ‘and up the stairway to Ward 6. !Snrk broke through himself Mo: Jenkins‘ taking ‘Wt n" granted‘ m‘

New, k t m“ hulhuuq ‘Ennis. I m .l ilis lmnlc away back. kmgcd- Howam belonged "0 ward A-Slnce the 15th of November, Q (Mr. Bron-You ran through vanish got om,‘ ms wmdovc‘ He at least believing it as you do, tilat A-Yes‘ that’ is compute. mo t2? O fed p-olndlllc tank? Fffliltvfi’; ‘rrnn is his daughter 2- Wilmm i° 6' MCT-‘gcd m 4‘ Cmnp‘ sir. hcrc and up ihe stairway to WardQhmbed “lung tho- weger g. m the fir? “'55 ""594 by Sm0k0T5 in Q-Were there nny fire ‘escapes ti-wdwujom “w- ‘vk ' “ma “m “_“.““‘ n“ m‘, d-‘mng room‘ ‘ion to 1. McQueen to 4 and Smith Q__what floor are you on? e‘ ‘we next window gnd ‘ower:ip;‘m_ the attic and going back on the

‘n me “we? fl v "h 4~ =v-tcm Aim-son Sill“ wn‘: waiter in tllc Slept i“ m9 “mm H“ W“ M’ large A-—I am on Ward 3, we IITVO a1‘! A_Yc‘s. We went into Ward 6- svlf in to the windo i l t ‘h clrcumstancts concerned‘ m“ ent-

A-No flre esvpc WW0 We“ “mg Qgrhcrc “as n “f” ‘ . - ll~ d Cilnrlie lbut’ he Prefcrrcd t‘) be “p mere‘ so the tti i l ' ~ w eve o " e rance to the attic by vour c‘! " d

ll through the buildanw f: iii‘ m ll (l.l.ll.. 1W1. l an _ k b‘ ed ‘o. a 0- W9 (‘mild 110M‘ L10 kicking M"! llcad of the stairway. He walked - " 5 ‘ ‘n U at’ “n- u 9 Jvlllzius \\‘t"'<‘ the first two to fight Mcvnrrlsh and gar e mg | QmAll the wards; are tile some sllouling in each dormitory in Ward along the water drain to the next that yo“ ha“ 0n your extreme 1°“

Q_Whut is that shift you 500k” mikxk‘; ‘mu ‘.“_“‘ ‘Ward 2. Joe Glddings. the fellow 0h each floor? '6. We ran into each dormitory onlwlndow and pulled down the win- the room ocmpied by Mcvanlsh n" — H know me Mnscitv of Q~\\'llt“.'<‘ would ho be? that’ esmpcd belonged w ward 3' A-Ycs, sir. ‘lthc north side. We opened the ‘dew and got m_ and safk- Thfirfl‘ W85 I1 toilet and

Agrhat w“ “w” m 0mm days Q43" ayo" t‘ ' 5 IL-I lei: 111m»! mkctl him lnwlAndcrE-on to 5‘ vanrderstme w 2' Q-They nrc open and you hnvo doors and allowcd the patients in Q lMr Bcer)-—In the meantime the Md dumb wmtm‘ 5mm “d

Q-Wns it still in existence at tllc tank.‘ ““‘ ‘hmmmd r “ ‘m? ““0““ “_‘ “m wcommemicd “Pat McMahon to (i. Peter Moramkeys from wards mrce m “m” ‘were to gee out we wont mm the hadlearlgbrokcn through ms door? then the partition in the main

the time °f m’ mo? lbimim. ‘on n upturn»- 11in‘ Tllliili . J. l saw him ucttinlfim 6 and Dan Steele to 3' Those.‘ A-Yes, most of the pntirnis from little pantry there through which A-Ycg “ti!” fl°°r 5p“? 510301101 ti‘ ‘he A—n m"? m” hm‘ i" cxlstcnw Q—HO‘? Vi“ ti ‘IFVWKZPWPI lllc- ’ i. .; illll‘. l)", Clark and I risked We the (mes W1“) ‘Wm ‘gm/ed’ Th“ Ward four sit around Wwd filrcc. this shaft runs and we discovered‘ Q Wil- .stewart)—And bout those m" across from where yo" enm“

but it was not in n+0. It W” mm “'°T,“°“ “as w ‘ ~ i I lllllll l\ .n".'.\ zmrl hvar the new {explains why “m” w“ m’ ward“ Q-You don't kncw anything a- lhc fire tllcrc. mthcnrcllows on the list“ Compton ed the “me dmmmry was m“ r°°m

K8312?‘ 8130i vllhefc ‘ihigiircsnjgf: tnglil came by the tank rolnini! rlulln :l."<i we lmd just not scwtcd ‘he “Twds so “m that be“; the early histow o‘ mo‘ HOP: Q‘ ‘Mu swwar“_‘vas ‘herelfloward find‘ ‘he otherfl-Wcre the‘; occupied by‘ vumlam ‘RRQUMW

y two p“ ems ' t f" iur about lilree o‘- wllcn lilo mo (‘all 1am. and he “ pital, for instance‘ 113w lung l: has smoke? among more whom you met on whom yo“ hm“ to ha“: bee“ a

ed were Billie M. and Joe DcRpchv- "m" m” In “n y d u “no :1*\1l*l llil\‘l‘ folltnvod mo. out because ‘Mm w“ m swpmg spa” d°wn been the practice to kcrn patients. A—~N0, not until wo moucd the the 5t jg» 5m°k°fl ‘

Joe had been taken up nhd Bmy c1031“ m0 “mmlfion inrilt watch: dd nut w‘ him any luvtl‘. H0 the“? in the attic without an lwclldnlll? ‘ door of the dormitory tind thcni A-Ifl Ildlvv rcco ni the i A-Yes‘ l i

ms m his room‘ The wires m the nlnnmg 0v" and t eilnéiiocklflnt ll‘ll§|' llnvz‘ followvd on m)‘ lvcls. A“EV01‘y W871i “'05 flln- w" had A-No sir. The oilly infill-mxlion we saw the rmokc and discoverodhfhcre was n ri t’: ti?’ s’); Q—N°w' what I want to ask you

“gm 0700590 0V" Tight 0v" the mm Md m“ tn.“ :2" is” {uh-p hill};- hurl b9?“ flghtlllq the fire ‘t0 take four m‘ five paucms from I have is that the atlvnliinfs lnithc fire in this shaft. 191love ey-mu-onmoeg thrt‘ tgsc‘ |L’" 15 ii’ 5mm’ °plm°n m“ the m” l m0“? “W001i the ceiling and u“ nigh}; it w“, H21“. Sim-god.‘ I ‘before llllil. s<xlneoln~ had uskcd hlmjme mflrmary- Th‘? were booked iward two look after the nvic pat-l Q (Mr. Been-There was smoke. Q iii/tr‘ Bron-Would it “be cpos- started from Momma“ mom? i r°°m m“ it’ “Wm wok m“ a hmus am“ He - ‘w over lo m“ ‘n nxc. I think tlrcrc Inllfltifor ‘he Inflrmmy “nd we twkients, such as seeing tim u‘. v arc in the dormitorv Mime m u um 1; he; m A-'N°‘ 5:" I lhoft circuit. Q-Jrho tall,‘ “as “mung ‘b. same ‘lulstnkc about that. Theyfihcm over‘ The“ “Coping m ‘he locked 1n gt night - A_ye5‘ ‘I ' Elmo? a 10y we no n e Q-That being the case it was ‘ Q-w” more a caning m m“ ntAwliiiltirillzfntti-‘clnck in lilo nftcr- lwoukl !)'.‘fi.",lllill§lll(‘ fircilc-fiu-c Mor i?“ $112M‘ b§‘l“";;‘g2t:(‘:“‘1§“f::r$é Q—-Sinoe you have m-n‘ r‘.“‘-'<‘- Q (Mr. StmvariF-Wliat did youl A-Thq-e w"... two path”, m stated from SmOkihB- (‘W013i it “'05 . ma“? — ' - ~ n 5 11 wt in. I think Jenkins said he " ' ~ _ have cll the atbcndanis: u: lilo do? , ' ' , “started in the toilet. it would be ' A-I think the rhaft l"h to lhc noon nnd lh: night “artful-F ‘ilfitilf ihvclplod. I think you will find that ma“ "line!" Pfltkhlfi» The" “nerlmale attendants-had ltcv" 1~ :l~.c A—We got thc hose and also sot ‘glzzlgzlixicnosyteggne ‘Lpclsrfirhhm the room occupied by MBVRP‘ will!!! and the wlro was between me it was run‘nang owl‘ fl- ““‘ “_“““ “w Omar wmuew‘ mmc‘a while as“they got licttcr we shift-mm” " “an; of WM“ ,d‘ngs"wc-re m‘, pa“"“n“‘ l" fish and Sm‘? _l u.‘ ‘he emu’: and the mo! directly ckwk Wliniit‘ with}: cnpncitv of tho ‘in. Il would no Henry -7‘""k‘“g and ti‘ the}? up to wards 3' 4‘ 5‘ “d a A-Yes, sir. The koy hi; ' ‘v i? Q~WFs the hosc nil right? i Q—~What was iii:- usual time to A‘Yes' " i» ‘vet the "mum M u“ “ham QM 1 v ‘ i k full? ‘vlsnac Blyuiou who helped mllllm- m“ e room ‘or new comers’ ‘m "10 0001'! in the wnrd.» o op- A-"lhcrc “n; warm‘ comiut from so to the "ttic? Al" Stewart) Q (Mn Stewart‘ Now‘ “mp0s” l’ h‘ Q“w"° Y0" "P l" "l" aw“ ma‘ Wm“ m knm m0 v miqkfis imif Qqli-nrl‘ Jenkins from \viil'd 6! Q‘ ‘Mr’ Beenpqhm m” high‘ en the main attic door. it, but the prcsulrc was not vcry A-Thcre‘ was n; ‘Lot time "The that Mr‘ Jenkms smflod “t the mp‘ z ugh“ V AWT mink it my k‘ ii is a six ‘and Tfloho ThZVHhiOh tho Tllllht er ‘they we“ m ‘he bimding the Q-So that one key W'|ii~l"ll .ny kraat. The union on the hose was majority wht u aflcr sllppl‘? do you know ‘Fnyflfng ab?“ m’ T A“N°' I med t° get’ "p but was how to n“ it‘ I m: inch pint‘. w ici‘ n? .19“ “ck m" “"3797 ward cn any floor? attached to the valve. which twlst- ifi-Vlme pnv ‘r’! rival smokers? luy-‘mt o’ the attic? ’_ turned have b‘, ___“‘,‘_k,._ I cmud muy lmrso pnwcléwcili“‘zi“j“““‘rp Om‘ A‘ “ Isaac Brynneon was ‘uhy- ‘k A—'I'he less vlolrnt. I always A_~;_-e‘ eh one key - ;; npcll rd over and n’, “ad ‘a “ave one ‘eflyw ~- - f,‘ w“ a‘ A-No, I have never born in ihs _"

- -~ r 'l“..l".‘ "f0 i‘ ‘ ‘ . l e ' l . ' “' ‘ A ‘MQiIy/thnowgrhltorcportcd the nrei was not working, tile other was. ins owls with °hl""° ‘n w“ 3 p‘ °“° °' ‘“° '°°““ ‘° 5""- PYWi-"lly o" the privoic loomvf 11w patients hold the hose up- smoker. and m oloomes was a Continued on page a '. - .=

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