Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-18
,.a IN From The Flames 10 .
y" BrruIrg Store
,,,,, LEAF FROM rns WINDOWS


" s.ih ' for lie, as the hol
hihl ns as them with hungry
i'as 1u An. beginning OF a nre
p''s" M, Consumed thousands o.
E'I'a, 'u Of property and caused
.'.li a.,rs,lOn Of many live"
,s.sui,ide Of the high 1uilo'
h,n s y, notice o. impending dis
iis W M Inc ,lth, Of a body Of girls as
80 ' IN ont upon the firo escapes
py u, vlpdowr, those WHO were
~ ., -, erovdins out the entrance
-1.s them was a mass OF SMOKE,
i. Y. S,'s,, Of hot name In luF'u
~. rb,n the mass OF irenHle'
/ ',g,pliy, ending tho esis''e 49,, w >
as, instant escape, began CLINT
sa.,,r,h. .ld,s Of the escapes anu
\ IN, AZ clothing filled with wfi'h.
/ =, humanity dropped al tho feet Of
1 riasl paisets'by' a..
Sn1lp tSenly minutes after tue
A., ,,usd there was three desl
1 v,u,p llIu upon the door Of an Hu'
u,l,g store, and ut least dozen
n,m'i and burned girls aud women
bt,u 10 tho hospital OF to thiir homss'
oliAs 80 sirIs and women 10 the
1 Ailllss, iilipresumod that ct least
,b,li.d.ssn are In tho ruins, for It Is
,-,,.stls 10 locate oil, and there may
rsby 10 a score OF dead
m "a, iua, thirty minutes before
,i''ng hour in Slettheimef x Co.'s
/ 1,r.salsi factory on River street, aud
4, 40 rlfls and women were working
,,sy 10 faith up. In the cutting
IN on toe NTH floor 100 girls were
,pg % lheif days assignments and
s,t,fns 70 leave when the whistle
~. Lille Krpiger, who was work.
n, mar maehiuo, called to q small
In 10 llght tue gas over her WORK.
n, ~ struck q match and threw the
l,nlng t,ub to the door. IL struck n
M d oily rsgp, ami 10 an Instant the
M vas enyelOped In flames. With
hr sslhes aud hair burning, she
g,bti 10 The WINDOW and at once the
pin became a struggling, shTieking
nis u humanity, fllling the Windows,
M dis escapes and the only stairway.
llunlng and pushing, tearing each
/ rtsn eOlhes from their backs, turn.
tf 10 narrow corridors 10 fnd u sister,
imolhtf, or friend, the number In the
Iii tugmehled every minute by
lae ton the other noOfp, these girlp
10 women fought Tor their lives to
rl away nom the flames that
ntusi 10 bs growing TO monsltOus
..
Wllh nfe presence OF mind, Police
tia Farrell, who was on the street,
cling that In the panic q number we're
Ats 70 Jump, let down the awnlS !
Hti The entrance. Barely was II down
ihtn two OF three lofms came flying
elSa iiom the NTH anu sixth tIories,
iti beunelng from the awning, fell to
hstatvalk.
Lille ktleger, over whoSb zsIsEine
De Ute started, was one OF these. She
.iurk TIE awning, fell on her back
iaa bounced 70 her hands and knees
'shs walk. She got up and staggered
nea'u until people helped her 10 her
lt' again, by this time nearly every
slnsoN hada female form dangling
n9n u, AND when the ffemen arrived
N''s NMA hustle 10 get tho ladders
w.
Allheeenier window on the sixth
wv, AEomap hanging by her hands
Mplcei ouI by the flames licking
Wy ace With u last shrek she lot 20
,as cane lumbling over anu over unIiI
y, 'uueE The pavement. When
"lupN was found shat chs wna
ah, AsfgAiet Carroll. Her spinal
hnla. 0h" in'o heI
.uNbeloW her, In another window.
..ls woman turning appealing
~ . 70 'he cIowt. The black smoke
=, suIing from the window, hui as
~, ~ ny names We're visible, and the
~ 49, Yelled encourOglngly to her 10
Ieni pul nigh red fiame rencueI
ivy then and licked her fae, snd
~. Instant htt body was reboundlpg
~. y. 'ao pavement. She was Mrs.
n" s,sa W'loW' aud when picked On
| ~ hs same floor, hanging FINN nm.
IA r GInuOW, was another woman.
v,,'a 'A'loh 10 The shape Of IA LADDER
ulssy,s V ", sl,hln her grasp when her
80, lAlltd and she went twirI,ns
M. ~ s usalh. She wps Mrs, Kane
~, l' uiemen anu police wo,tsJ a..
I'M ,,s sIa 20 Ihtlr energy was due A
vtm,s, u Of lie. Al Ieast A dol,n
ht1., N.Y. All girls were carried down NM M
eu, ~ W dragged out Of the co,r,
I'M ivy ,suloris aud ilfemen goins IT,
Aib,d ~ W. OF The smoke. m. M.
ltallsd aelcely by this time that no
hnais sr, OF the building could
hts y, , anl lfom what can be leaTnna
Il, No.. NE many girls and womsn oa
hltuna Al ppei stories, either lying in
MM', s taS, 81 oveIeome by smoke. il
AN lbs,s mat led to Tho rrmoss
s,li, and l N.Y. .., q, ~ least twenty women
lsg, a. au w, 'le story, even at ihi. ~,
On s'. Joy stem Improbable WI"
asnaf, saSl VINO was working irom
.lGs voung ,, 'htte girls with their
wa in I ,sal Tightly about eaeh o, 'neIr
bite a1mS, 'ssnly and Jump back IN,
tsaBe1 lsii :, Some Of tue women w ~,
pdsi aoS %" ~, o. lumblng over pros, ray
III, EtihbsS' p''l'lye that score ot
Eapsd . soS Mem: Nellie Hull, slsler.s,
s,aa, Api I ,,. other tightly by rho
TON ltssI,,sS' AtIed down The s,a Ins
'aauly her S Sd slll smoke. Nellis No.. =
geo HAkloS KY anu skirts, havine
hislio op'y veg toilet. Iolils ,sh
i a',s oysi N.lpii.,.,' y dressed, threw her
s.iSa b ,a,oagh the llam,s. ' I,o,,,i,
'asl che Tsa .%sa completely of, o', we,
Ia,,' S. only as oS Sidewalk, S.I Nellie
s"'sII is.s home 20 arms