The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-02

escape from that fioor The four men in
falling struck against the lowest landing
and bounded away from the building, and
were dead when they struck the ground.
WILLIAMS NARROW ESCAPE
When Mr.. Williams started down the
ladder the fire was burning his hair and
neck, and he narrowly escaped the fate of
thosa who had preceded him, the hest and
smoke being overpowerlng.
Other printers on the ladder escaped with
slight burns.
Igoe and Jenkinson sought to escape by
the wires, but became weakened by the
smoke and flames so that both soon fell off
striking on the roof of tho Tribune boiler
room, Jenkinson being dead when picked up.
McCutcheon jumped from window
ledge for the extension ladder, but his hands
slipped and he fell to the pavement. A net
had been stretched to catch him, hut he was
too heavy for it, and, striking the ground,
was so seriously injured that he died soon
after.
FOUR OF THEM MARRIED.
Pickett, Igoe, Miles, and McCutcheon
were married men, and Jenkinson was to
heve been married in a short time.
Millman lost his wife by asphyxiation a
couple of weeks ago and had just resumed
work.
Frank 81. Jones of the Globe, who came
reported killed in some special dispatches
last night, was not in the building, and is
safe. As far as learned, eight were injured.
NETTLEToN's FATAL NEGLIGENCE.
Minneapolis Typographical Union No. AZ
met this afternoon in Labor temple to take
action on the calamity of Saturday night.
A committee on resolutions was appointed,
and their report was unanimously adopted.
The report recltes that "the records
of the Tribune and Journal chap
els will show that committees have
been appointed repeatedly to confer
with A. B. Nettleton, who at that time
had charge of the building, and requested
him to furnish proper means of escape in
case of fire. This Mr.. Nettleton refused to do.
The case was taken up by the trades and
labor assembly of the city and a committee
from that body labored long and earnestly
with Mr.. Nettleton to have him comply
with the requests Of the occupants of the
building, but all efforts failed.
THE FIRE-EsCAPE USELESS.
"That there was a fre-escape at the
north end of the building, we will not
deny, but the very position in which it was
placed rendered it practically useless, as the
lives of two of the unfortunate victims of
last nights calamity will testify. 1t has
been reported to this committee that a
prominent member of the fire department
has made a statement that he had been try
ing for three months to have additional
fire-escapes placed on the Tribune build
ing.
RESOLUTIONS OF CENsURE.
''In view Of the above your committee
would recommend the adoption of the fol-
lowing resolution:
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the
Minneapolis Typographical Union, do most
severely condemn those whose duty it was TO
place a sufficient number Of fire escapes on the
Tribune building for not SO doing; and further
Resotued That in our Judgment this is a
proper subject for the coroner to carefully and
fully investigate, and place the responsibility
where it belongs.
A BoOKBINDER MISSING.
Anton J. Dahl, a bookbinder, was on the
upper floor, and Is believed now to be among
the dead.
No attempt to recover any of the bodies
will be made tonight, but in the morning
when the ruins have had time to cool Off
work will be begun and pushed vigorously.
Nothing more definite than has been
already stated can bs given as to the prob
able loss of life at this time. 1t is certain
that ten and probably more lives were lost
in the disaster.
THE WIVES OF IGoE AND MILES.
While Igoe and Miles of the Associated
Press were attending to their duties on the
seventh floor, their wives, who are great
friends, were attending the theater to gether,
intending, as has often been their habit, to
go to the Office and return home with Mr.
Miles. When they came out Of the theater
the office was on fire and their husbands
had perished. They spent the day together
to day. .lmourning the sudden departure of
those on whom they depended for their all,
and sorrowfully conscious of the faithful
ness to duty, which had characterized both
men in their deaths Mrs. Igoe is native
of Minneapolis, land has four children.
Mrs. Miles is from jackson, Mich, and has
two children.
1t is now known that Dahl was not the
man who shot himself. Who the two. sui
cides were is unknown.
GEN. NETrLEToN MAKES A DENIAL.
Gen. A. B. Nettleton, who was de-
nounced by the printers in their resolutions
this afternoon as the owner and responsible
party VINO had refused to put fire-escapes on
the building when requested, has written
an open letter. in which he denies any con-
nection with the burned Tribune building
for over two years past, aud he says
that when he was in charge of the building,
no person or persons occupants thereof had
ever requested him to put up better facilities
for escape in case of fire. DE explains the
visit to him of representatives of the trades
and labor union, with whom he went over
the measures for the protection of the lives
of the tenants of the building, and showed
what further measures Tor their
protection were under consideration.
He heard nothing further from them and
believed they were fully satisfied about the
matter. He also heard from Fire
Chief Statson, but that official
also seemed to be satisfied with
the measures then in use about the
building; at least nothing more was heard
from him about the matter. He says that
it is for the coroner's jury to settle the
matter of the responsibility.