The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-28
HORRIBLE SCENES.
what o. Q Man saw and Did mt the Great
Carly Factory Fire in New York.

MI aapPP was the third ana s n Ro to
IN eorapany with his brother. he had been IN
store in Barclay street opposite pc th t h hs1oa
eu,s Y Is sle erriRc His rst thought was that
ire-craoker manuiaetory had blown np },,, A nf
fire shoot up in the air. This ball, he says. was
twice as large as mans head and was q ttha
ziing brightness, 1t seemed to shoot out OF tne
second story OF the candy mandatory II iose
about 200 feet and then tell. and was dashed into
pieces In the middle OF the street NE; u, ha
ever beheid. A small cloud of light smoke !. 1o
lowed the balls course; then email name Vi
re burst on Of The YET saae II e was the s
thought of Mr.. Galpin and he hurried toward
When / got there he says, there we're only
two paraons on the sidewalk near the bulldlng
and they running byaraid q anothsr expl ss
sion The whole e.. front brl 81 ab tae ay
heap on the sidewalk and the street IN irony ~
small column Of smoke was curling out o pa thg
saw saw dames The third and fourth floors had a1l
fallen In on one side. and were supported Dy
he second floor co1ld not see any was rs
Drawn TO n mans head rising above the pile of
bricks on the. sidewalk. He shouted cute. 70 me me-
keep u s} ana sak9 viii WIZ save ave YOU There was
barrel of mortar on his body. and while was
moving another man The ana Was soW
and an ' did not, appear t. understand what at
sag eAf from s e the mans ises H. thea
Jumped up without showing the least sign OF
injury, sugpsse he was passing me 6nilding
ask iiis name, and he walked away. We got
out two other men who lay under the 2rie s1as
One of them Ts sgy e snrs The
seemed uniniured. All this happened in less
time than have been talking to you. After I'd 9
,,,,Ia ha hrtp
leased, / saw young girl who stood inside the
building ON the east side. She acted as # par.
ssa y ea her and Was Covered VIII
some white substance like -four. She stood in
what took to be the lower hall. She wrung her
to her and Selling her by the shoulder, told her
to come with me. She sort OF hung back, and
ssd For Gods sake help the girls 5e9 nPd me
building again. ard after going about twenty
feet through the smoke came upon nil Of tht
fou 1ps and inmovsbIe from terror began
to push them toward the street. saying: 90
out 90 out Other aes came 70 ne s two
out tainted, aud we had to carry them.
counted seventeen who jumped or climbed OUT
OF the building. Twenty minutes after reached
the scene the entire front of the factory was one
broad sheet of flame. have seen steam6oats
burned on the Missis sippi, and have been i.i
ment as there was there. The crowd was hor-
ror-struck. The report was that 2gq l girls were
burning 9 death In the building Yhe h aet ,Tsre
dressed in white frocks such as bakers wear
They were in the thi I'd story. and were looking
me halloed. Jump, jump said, Don't shon
jump; If you do. III bit you Then called t
he boys to climb down to the second story ant
OF the fire ladders. The crowd was so wild witt
excitement that it was difficult to keep q GOO
about the heads aud arms. and was assisted t.
a drug store"