The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-20
HORROR At TRoY,N.Y.
Fire Causes a Panic in a Big
Shirt Factory.
WOMEN LEAP FROM THE WINDOWS

Dashed to Death on the Stone sidewalks
Beiow-First Reports of the Death List
Exaggerated, but It Is Thought Six at
Least Have Notwithstanding Accident
at n Cleveland o., Suburb-Fatal Board
ing House Fire.
TROY, n. Y, Feb 10.-Tho intensely
cold weather now prevailing renders res
cue work in the ruins of the Stettheimer
g. Co.'S shirt waist factory fire extremely
difficult. No additional bodies have been
found, but II is feared many of the miss
Ing girls are dead in the ruins. Follow
Ing is the known list of the dead and
missing. The dead: Mrs. Margaret Car
roll, jumped from the window; Mrs. Rob-
ert Kane, Jumped from window; Mrs.
Foley, jumped from window Missing
and probably dead: Mamie Danks, Katio
O'Connor; Miss O'Neill, Miss Herbersch-
err
Among the most seriously injured are
Mamie Day and Annette Harrington.
The former jumped and was badly injured.
Miss Harrington was burned seriously
while trying to escape from the burning
building First reports of the death list
were probably exaggerated, many persons
claiming that as many rs twenty persons
had fallen victims. Six, or at most eight,
will be the total life lost.
Jumped for Their Lives
The fire started about thirty minutes
before closing time, and just as the $50
girls and women were rapidly finishing
up their days work. Lille Kreiger, who
was working one Of the machines, called
small boy to light tine gas over her
work. The boy struck the match and
threw the burning stub into pile OF oil
and waste, and in an instant the entire
mass was enveloped in flames. lminedi-
ately the room became struggling,
shrieking mass of humanity, filling the
windows and all the exits. The girls
were frenzied, and each tried to reach the
sidewalk first. In consequence the stairs
were jammed, and the flames unchecked,
soon rushed through the floors. Many OF
the women ran to the windows, and with
rare presence of mind, Policeman Farrell
let down the awnings, so that those who
might lump would 10 saved. No sooner
was the awning down than three girls
Jumped. They struck the awning, and,
bouncing into the air, fell TO the sidewalk,
only slightly injured
Spine Forced Through the Brain.
BY this time every window held dang
| ling form, and when the firemen arrived
the ladders were hastily put up. Before
they could rescue any one Mrs. Margaret
| Carroll, who was clinging to the sixth
story window, let go and came crashing
TO the stone pavement below. Wher
picked up it was found that her spina
column was forced through her brain
just below her at another window Mrs
Foley, widow, looked down appealingiy
at the crowd Black smoke poured from th'
window,yet the crowd yelled words OF en-
couragement. while the flremcn tried &c
reach her. For u. few moments it seemed
that she would be saved, but the hame
lust then enveloped her, and with long
agonizng shrielS she fell tnmbiing to TIN
ground Every bone in her body was
broken, and she was dead when picked
up. Mrs. Robert Kane followed her iron
another window. The flrcmen had erecte'
n ladder and were within few feet
her when the flames compelled her &
lump She was also killed instantly b.
the fall.