The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
MAN Y LIVES LOST
FATAL FIRE N A FACTORY IN
TROY. N. !.
Three Hundred and Fifty Girls and
Women Are Thrown Into Panic
and Many Jump From the Win
dows-severa1 Are Killed in This
Perished In the Flames.

ss$ Troy, N. Y, Feb ia small boy
carelessly throwing match into q
pile of oily waste, a blasting mass Of
flames, 300 girls and women frenzied
with fright, fighting for life as the
flames chased them with hungry
tongues, was the beginning of fire
last night that consumed thousands
Of dollars worth of property and
caused the destruction Of many lives.
1t was just thirty minutes before clos
ing hours in Stettheimer & Co.'s shirt
waist factory, on River street, and the
800 girls and women were working
rapidly to finish up In the cutting
room on the fifth floor, the $50 girls
We're closing up their days assign
menus and preparing to leave when
the whistle blew. Title Kreiger, who
was working near machine, called
TO small boy to light the gas over her
work. The boy struck match and
Threw the burning stub of the match
10 the hoor. 1t struck a pile of DIV
rags and IN an instant the girl was
wrapped in flames. With her clothing
ana ha1r burning, she rushed to the
WINDOW and in an instant the room
became struggling. shrieking mass
OF humanity, filling the windows, the
IRE escapes and only stairway. jam
mlng and pushing, tearing each others
clotnes from their backs turning in
HARROW corridors to find sister or
mother or friend. The number in the
,eAlts augmented every minute by those
IRON the other floors. These girls and
women fought for their lives to get
away from the fiery flames that
Seemed 10 grow to monstrous size.
Niany Jumped from the windows and
were Killed or badly injured.
eupt. Willard, of the police force.
pays ne saw number Of girls at win.
vows VINO never came out. but fell
oach INTO the flames. One fireman who
was working from the rear saw three
Sis WIN their arms wound tightly
49, eacn other, turn and jump back
.nLo Tie names. Some of the women
VIZ escaped tell of stumbling over
- os.iate Dodles, and are positive that
q score OF girls persisted. The oirls
'"no ulu escape live in various suh11rh,
az PAGES and hurried away. 50 that
LII. the roll is called the exact NM
oT m, VI missing will not be known
coz ne ootal loss by the fire ia from,
@ooo'ooV to 100000, with about s1on
~ Insurance. At least 500 neon1o
are thrown WI out Of employment '''
ihese Unfortunates -. .&
rolioWlng is the list of the nnfor+,
naL LIE obtainable to date: Aoi 'i
Inc Dead-Mrs. Margaret carrn,
Jumped from window; Mrs Fn1on
Jumped Jumped from window; Mrs Rohort
Kane an jumped from window 'sooer'
j + I :, E, Il " nlJured--Mamie Day. inmnad
al ana badly hurt; Annette Harrinpt Rnu 3
IDaoly burned; Lillian Oathout. hnrned ned:
mamie mamie Rourke, burned; Lillian
;;Arelger, burned and badly br11ised.
9ames Quinn, under wall, will die:
Mrs. johnson, badly burned. will die.
frank Rossi, bruised by falling wall:
Poilceman Burke, bruised hv faliin1
wan; policeman Watson, bruised he
railing wall; Fireman NcGnirS
bruised by falling wall; Lottie HnlI
severely burned; Nellie Hull. had1v
burned. '"t Dauly
missing and Probably dead-Mamie
Danks. Katie O'Connor, Miss O'NeiH
Miss Harberscher. - -
Later reports indicate that at least
twenty lives were lost. 90