The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-07
rumb1,nr Houses.

NEW YORK, May 5.-Early this morn.
ing the'two houses, numbers So and 81
Atlantic street, Brooklyn, fell in with q
crash, and number of persons are re-
ported to have been killed and others
seriously hurt.
FIFTEEN woRKMEN BURIED.
The Albeit buildings on State street
which are let out with steam power for
various purposes, together with the
building in the rear were destroyed. The
rear building was undergoing repairs
and one of the props under the girders
gave way, when the whole structure COL
lapsed, burrYlng the workIngmen be-
meath the ruins. Fire then communlcat-
ed with the trout buildings, and despite
the efforts of the firemen were DESTROYED,
The names of the victims have not vet
been ascertained at 1915 D. m, but
fifteen Workmen are supposed to be in
the ruins.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Another account of the accident in
South Brooklyn is that at half past 8
o'clock this morning fire was dicOVered
in the engine room of a sort of general
Brooklyn, and occupies more than two
thirds OF block. A dozen mRnufactur-
ing firms had portions of the building
and employed altogether sixty hand,
chiefly young women, all of whom were
working on some of the five stories of the
buiidingi Before the alarm could be
sounded the infiammable timber, like
the woodwork of the exterior, was all
abiaze, and the first fireman vino arrived
found many of the panic stricken fe-
male operatives crowding and shrieking
wildly at the windows which opened
upon the interior area of the works.
Two wings OF the factory running toward
Atlantic avenue we're the only portions
not iercely ablaze, and women might
have been saved without trouble If they
had kept cool.
JUMPING FROM THE WINDOWS.
Ladders were run up to them prompt
ly, but the imperiled girls had already
begun the dangerous experiment OF
throwing themselves out of second, third
and even fourth story windows. The
flremen and volunteer life savers did
their best to catch those who jump
ed, and none were very badly
hurt considering the risk they
ran, although two of them suffered such
bruises as made it necessary to send them
to the hospital. In the excitement OF the
accident it was found almost impossible
to get correct list of the occupants at
the factory so as 10 get at the loss of
life. 1t is known, however, that the fire.
man of the factory, who was also engi.
neer, was burned. He was overcome al
most as soon as he reached the death trap
It is also feared that some, perhaps as
many as ten of the women operatives are
in the ruins. The scene around the
place was soulharrowlDg, despite the
prompt action of the police, who formed
the fire limits almost as soon as the fire.
men got to work. Dozens OF people as
saulted the officers with fearful inquir.
les for their relatives who had not an
swered to their names since the accident
These at noon numbered ten, but it is
possible that some of them may be found
in the neighboring tenements.
THIRTY LIVES LOST.
1t is now believed that thirty live;
| were lost in the Brooklyn disaster. The
building was occupied by twenty small
| manufacturers and there were about OF
men and women employed therein. II
was five stories high aud erected twenty
seven wears AGO The cause of the fire