The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-08
AN APPALLING FIRE.
Two Persons Killed and Sixty Injured
 in Reading, Pa.

| in Reading, Pa.
 l Reading, Pa., Dec Tone of the most l appalling fires that has ever visited this
 city occurred today when the exten- sive hosiery mill of the Nolde & Hoist
 company took fire, destroying the plant,
 causing the death of two and possibly three persons and injuring about sixty
 other employees of the company. Two
 badly burned corpses were recovered
 from the ruins this afternoon and could
 not be identified. It is believed that at
 least one other body is in the debris
 Of the fiftyseven persons who were in-
 jured the following thirty are the most
 seriously hurt:
 Esther Mowbry, shoulder dislocated;
 Mamie Ritter, ankle fractured and otf.
 erwise badly hurt Sallie Christman,
 arm broken; Emma Lance, nose brok-
 en, hip dislocated; Annie Baer, ankle
 broken, serious injuries internally; Vim
 nie Baer, leg broken; Annie Brunner,
 ankle broken and otherwise badly in
 jured; Sallie Bausher, leg broken Ka-
 tie Boyer, face disfigured, arms and legs
 hurt; Louisa Barron, severely injured legs Annie Bowman internally injur- ed; Sallie Clay, knee fractured; Katie Dapler internally injured; Ella Kinkle, internally injured; Miss Ibach, ankle broken; Mamie Kraerner, internally in- jured; Catherine Kelly, internally in- jured; Mamie Lachman, leg broken; Frances Luden, back severely injured; Emma Loran, botll legs broken; Cath erine Luppold internally injured; Am nie Maherny leg broken; Bessie Shaef- fer, thigh dislocated; Minnie Schwartz, leg broken; Sallie Sherman, internally injured; Gertrude Seibert, leg broken; Jennie Warner, both legs reported brok- en; Maggie Whitmeer, leg broken; Leila Hendershaw, both thighs fractured; Mary Yeich, compound fracture of arm, seriously injured otherwise.
 The remainder of the ffty-seven had hands and faces burned, limbs bruised or were otherwise injured.
 The hosiery building was large four story structure, and nearly 500 persons were employed, most of them women and girls The fire was discovered a bout Il o'clock, and in a few moments the girls were panic stricken. They made dash for the fire escape and stairs, but found that the latter means of escape could not carry all of them down at the same time. Several hun fred of the girls then made a rush for the windows, and appealed to those in he street to save them. Ladders were brought into use and many girls were .aken from the burning building safe y Most of them, however, jumped md were seriously injured.
 For a few minutes from every win- town on the second and third floors girls leaped one after the other. Some edged in the arms of those below, but many struck the ground. They were picked up and rapidly. removed to hos ,itals or their homes. Many of the girls who escaped by the stairways and ire escapes were badly burned. but lone of them were 1t IS believed ser- ously injured. It is not known how he dead met their fate, but it is be- ieved they tainted and were burned o death. There is much criticism mong the employees because of the fact hat the screens in the windows, except hose at the fire escapes, were securely ailed to the window sills. The girls ad to break the screens before they ould get out to leap to the ground ome of the employees say that the doors loves were in the building. The fire fas caused by the explosion of gaso- ne in the singeing room. Loss about 275, 900, on which there is an insurance f $15O,OOo.