The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-01
GIRIS MADE MAD BY FEAR
LEAP To AN AWFUL DEATH
Panic In a SWeat8hOp, Caused by HySteriCal Un-
reasoning Fright, Causes Loss of Eleven Lives.
Scores of others nusdFremen and Police Unable to Calm the
TerrOrstricken People

DHuADELrHIA. April 3o--An I'M
fortunate accident to a deaf and
DUMB boy. Igad0r BaC9us. was to-
rr directly rsrunsible for the death
n sigbt girls tba fatal injury Of three
r-srs and ts. serious injury of more
tar two score # girls employed in the
eur factory OBJ hamburger. Homan &
r, a branch " the American Tobac-
H., company located at Tenth street
rf Washington avenue.
The names of the dead girls are:
Vary Geneva. aged Is years; Helen To-
mi aged 10. Elizabeth Tartine. aged
b. louise De Sept. aged IS: Ida Green,
,rd 49, Johanna Gilley. % years old.
rssr body IS 8t the m0rgue.
me names of the fatally injured are.
my Mesino injured internally, skull
featured. Josephine O'ROnco. injured
herna'ly. unidentified woman. frac-
ued SKULL unconscious. The injuries
ff5a others consist mainly Of bruises
nut the body and fractured limbs
Girls and Children the Laborers.
rhe building in which the disaster
rTed is a fve-st0ry brick struc-
i and occupies an entire block.
lve hundred persons were at work
s. te time Of the accident, 90 Der cent
HON were girls whose ages range
6n - years upward
n trouble began on the fourth floor
Of De- structure. The elevator was at
On np of the shaft and Baccus iani-
to- Of the building pulled the rope TO
bring b down. He opened the door
leading 90 the shaft and leaned forward
% where the carriage was. As he
dd SD The elevator. which was descend
ihg slowly. struck him across the back
Of .hs neck piHiOninE his head between
Che e.eyat0r and the floor. A stock hoy
released Baccus and cried for help. The
foreman rushed from the building to
can an ambulance and immediately
in''e vas "a panic among the EMPLOYEES
some of the younger girls tainted
Waie others. not being able 10 control
meir feelings cried fire.
instantly there was a mad rush for
ne Stairway leading INFO Tenth street
De girls rushed down the narrow
l,aircase until they reached a bend in
NE e1it between the second and third
f00rs.
. In their eaEerness 10 escape the
iehienfd Leaders fcH
'l1ers immediately following trimmed
over The struggling mass of humanitv
sai DO less than "A minute there were
llNaieds of children and young women
struggling in the passageway.
Fear Creates the Peril
Tie shrIeks and screams Of terror
.',"-n srls could be heard for "A
oc6 OF more During the excitement /
.a alarm of fire was turned in. but he /
',e the engines could reach the scene l
'.'eIa. of the occupants of the buiId- I
ls nad rushed TO the windows and
q. Jumped To the street, "a distance of over (
He'en TolInL one Of those who (
Jumped, was almost instantly killed
"nen the hremen and policemen. ar
yea every effort was made to rl,ar5
'eIIofIzed girls. The fromen
1.'1a up the stairway and begged the (
$50 rs 70 be calm. telling them there was
V.uleF no danger. but tho sight of
llleIl-n seemed only tn ADJ Ia their
..'I. While the policemen and fire.
were endeavOring 20 1uiet the
w. On the stairway. ladders we're
...5S run up ON the outside of the
-'-t'D and the employees who had
i''sl Out on The fire escaDes and
MEOW lodges were quickly enabled 20