Connecticut western news., 1884-12-17
"A FIERY FURNACE.
Girls Roasted to Death in a Burning Candy
 FacEerys

Messrs. Gray, Toynton & Fox occupy the four story brick block on Woodbridge street, Detroit Mich, as & candy manufactory and wholesale fireworks depot. The floor and basement at No. 26 are occupied as a candy factory and store room for the manufactured goods of the firm. On these floors between fifty and sixty girls, men and boys are em- ployed. The girls are considerably in the ma jority.
 Shortly after five o'clock on Friday, the oe- cupants of the building noticed the smell uf smoke, which seemed to come from the eieya- tor shaft and spread into every room. Ihls warning was followed by frantic cry of "Firel Fire Run for your lives ' which came from the foot of the stairs on the first floor, and was distinctly heard in every part of the building The alarm was followed by general stampede for the stairway.
 By the time the first engine had reached the scene the flames had burst from the second story windows, and it was at once seen that the firemen had stubborn fight ahead. Consider abe difficulty was experienced by the hook and ladder company in raising their ladder to the building on account of the network of wires Tn front of it. it being necessary to cut number of them before the ladder was in position for use. This duty proved disastrous loss ot time.
 Miss Belle Lynch was forewoman of the second floor. She had seven girls working under her. When they heard the alarm they at once became frantic with fright Miss Lynch tried to quiet them, but the screams of the girls and men who were in the hallway and on the stairs trying to reach the street added to their fright and they went screaming and crying from one end of the room to the other perfectly frantic and completely bewildered.
 In the midst of the tumult number of men employed in other parts of the building rushed into the room and dragged out several girls by main force. Among the number was Miss Belle Lynch, the forewoman, who was trying to quiet those about her. She had hardly lett the room before the flames burst out in all their fury, and those who were trying to res cue the girls were obliged to leave the room without knowing whether all were saved or not
 Shortly afterward the faces of three young girls appeared at the window Of the second story Behind them could be seen the glare of the flames as they licked up the dry material in the room and shot forward toward the help less creatures whose faces were pressed against the windows in hopeless despair One of them tried hard to reach the top of the lower sash of window, the upper part being down. She and her companions must have heard the frantic cries of those in the street beneath them as a hundred voices shouted "Jump! jump for Gods sake, jumpp
 But the cries were not needed. The faces were at the window but few brief seconds, when the flames gathered about them and they disappeared from view.
 In the course of an hour the flames were sufficiently subdued to enable the firemen to search for the dead. Three bodies were taken out of the second story. The names of the dead are: Frances Missmore, aged fourteen Annie Lynch, aged tyenty-eight; Ellen Col pase aged seventeen.