sentences:  Three years later, on March 13, 1908, Mayor McClellan, after the death of Hugh Bonner, again put him at the head of the Fire Department.He served in that position until January 3, 1910, shortly after the end of the McClellan Administration.During his first term as Fire Commissioner, Hayes was blamed for being responsible for the purchase of inferior hose that had caused the deaths of three firefighters and the collapse of the 13-story Parker Building in January 1908.