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Fire marshal key witness in cold storage disaster probe
The coroner's jury proceeding at Hyde Park heard Fire Marshal Murphy testify on the July disaster. He described a water stream triggering smoke and an explosion, then flames that forced men to jump from the tower. Captain Fitzpatrick was in charge per Murphy, who blamed unsafe chimneys and questioned reporting failures by storage operators and inspectors.
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Chanco
Hyde Park
McHale
Murphy
Amoke
Marshal Murphy
Fitzpatrick
E. ©. Shanklin
Shanklin
Burnham
J. H. Alsup
F. H. Burnham
Blames Fitzpatrick
WN. N. Donaldson
Hercules Iron Works
Guban Mountain Falls
Con
Rocky Mountain Limited
Colorado Springs
Kansas
Colorado
Towa
Lowa
Congress
Manitou
Lona
Willer
Pike’s Peak
Tean
de Wirr
Franklin