The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-01
1T WAS A DEATH-TRAP
Editors and CompositorS Jump From
Windows aud Several are Killed.
Several ssodi-s supposed to- Re to the
Ruins sod the Number of Stc-
time VIII Reach ftf-
teen More.


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OF Nernhiiion 'Dak. university who
Ind gone to see a. friend. He jumped oil
the top floor and was Instantly killed.
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eien'-s'"ry on. AT the corner oi tIrst ave
nne and Fourth street. Ii IL occupied by
the Tribune, Tribune-.Star tcvcniug edition
of the T,-ibunrJ Minneapolis Office OF the.
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On these two floors there were nearly one
hundred persons employed when the fire
broke out. Access tn the build
ing is by way OF an elevator around
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builu,hg might bc called veritapie lire
| trap and the danger To those located there
broke ON, i'm third floor and soon the u,,-
,er floor. were, cut Off from nh. street,
The building was on a corner and as adj.
joining buildings were only one story i'm
height. no means OF escape were offered
.scape of th. pioar.r Press force ON the
sixtii t,oor as we'll as the T,.;b.u, folks ,,r,
the seventh and eighth. Rcporter Barnes
| oi '"e '""r ''SS h'" - sa.'"" escape
trpn i ,hs .,ns n, ..na % c,,v ncinm h nm, nm,
one of til, oldest i'm th. service of the
paper: Pickett was lost IN the building.
The Ir.nnnr , ,,;r i"rr. suffered n3s,, they be-
| ing hsihu uhgher hi' anu hAa ifss warn
| ing OF their uahscr. :,
| Hencrai a~i'f,, ~ WIS .urneu IN an" an
the engine: IN tiic city responded To the,
call. The Imprisoned printers gathered
at the Windows II, the south 'nd al the
,. hu.iu'HH anu s"r.dH, ,, Willy ,,,y an =
ingiy Tor aiu. hurry the Ladders: Tor
Gods sake! was shrrkeu WIN all the
vehemence ana power that the anguisliesi
crowd from the opposite side of the street
shouted words al encolrtgcincnt.
James +. lgoc nigh, operator oil the A.
sociated Press met Win sau death. lie
was at work on the seventh hoor whei
the report OF the iir" was received, and
| immediately opcnc h.s Key saying I'll.
fact to the head "iice at Oh g 20, and
king Tor ~ nome 1T tinc to Investigate
Soon hc returicd To u. instruments al
the sending operator "'a a" continue
In u moment he said he would have ts
SKIP anu .o"I '"o ia.' .','' ''apc vs.
cut OH. H." jumped from th'
seventh story window aud was so badl,
injured that he died before reaching the
hospital. Tie leaves fafniy. oiu maj
Pierce, "a printer. was also killed: on'
report says ten have been killed. but M
to midnight only six bo.iics have beet
| taken from the RUNS, wilch were tfiet
falling in. Those known to bc dead ar.
Assistant City Editor l'ickeu; w. T.
Miles, agent OF the Ass.siated Press
JaInes i. lRsc. Associated Press operator
John oleson, president OF tho NcrInilliou
Dak.. college,; Quarry, tolweH, Nc
, 'utchsoi, ana i'er''., priners: :,
w. III. Hoover and w. III. Williams. th'
latter Foreman OF the composing room
. were taken oil Just IN time to escape q
, cloud OF haInes that swept TN. window ~
/, which they were standing Williams wa
. badly burned. Jimmy k"hl.s, ~ Incs-cIi