Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-14
,,av Others More or Less Hurt
IA 4 Fir. 10 q Tenement
House.
|aANy CUT OFF FROM ESCAPE.
ana, P,scues and Daring Leaps
ror Life Marked Progress of
The Flames.
FIRE ESCAPES WERE CROWDED.
a., c,use Of SO Many Deaths and ln'
n,i.s-Hcartrendiug Scenes While
Searching for the Dead

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Searching for the Dead
v.u. york. March 14-Nineteen per-
ao.d two score injured, some so
~. ,.n,lv that they may die, and nearly
y, s@,sons temporarily homeless, is IN
~, the story Of New Yorks latest
A. horror. The victims of the disaster
a.re typical East Side people. The
lana typical tenment, and the incl
AMI, attending It were In many ways
s,s,l,ar 10 that cosmopolitan quarter
n apparently reckless displays Of he
,,Ism shown by hremen, policemen and
',i,n,eer rescuers alone is due the fact
ma, me number OF dead is not greater
Tro hundred persons herded in the big
s,o.storied double-decker tenement
Nonse. we're sleeping when flames from
An overturned or exploded kerosene
4 nmp m the basement spread through
cal Inc structure, and wrapped the en-
me- building in flames, almost peiore an
oarn had been sounded. Even When
the sleepers awoke, at the nrst cry, IL
vas almost too late, but hardly more
Kan moment was necessary to show
,bem that their troubles had scarcely
begun. The long, narrow, iron IRE es-
eapes which ran down the building on
soeh side Of its exposed sides had been
made reoeptacles Of rubbish of all des-
,ripuons and in many cases they were
lule better than useless. IL was found
Also that every fire escape platform on
me- building had IN II a blind or a
square piece Of board, which its into
Ne opening through which the ladder
passes In the grated floor. The result
Of these Distracted escapes was evident
when Il was found that nearly all OF
the dead belonging on the top floor OF
The building were roasted before they
were able to reach the ground An 9TH
er case Of negligence which was respon-
abh for the loss OF some lives was an
immense movable skyllght at the head
0f a ladder leading to the roof Bat
tered securely and partially covered by
ce. this skylight resisted all efforts 10
force it. and a pile Of the bodies Of the
dead lay under It when the horror was
over.
The IRE had gained great Roadway
before 1t became known to most Of the
tenants Many Of them were cut of
before they could make an attempt to
save themselves.
Thrilling rescues and daring leaps for
lie marked the fire, Many persons
We're carried from the blazing build
ing Flremen climbed the walls on
either of1a an cpu1fpu, 1aIlaye b,a,sol
The flames and reached the imperilled
tenants, Of the bodies thus far re-
covered, only the following have been
IDENTIFIED
IDENTIFIED DEAD.
Rachel solomon, aged IS.
jacob solomon, aged l6.
isaac solomon, aged is.
Jessie Cohen, aged Is.
rose We!ner, aged %,
sander Wener, aged 4
ila Muscowitz, aged 10.
marry kaufman, aged 10.
Rose Miller aged A.
MOTIFS Miller, aged months
CROWDED FIRE ESCAPES.
Crowded fire escapes IN the rear OF
lAe tenement house were largely re-
sppnslo'e for SO many deaths and in
lures among us population, which APP
preached 200 souls
Inc scenes about the building after
ule nre was over and when the search
lVl ine dead was begun were heart
Ivlulhg, Nothing SO pltin of such
mropoflons has been seen In New York
Wy since the SoCum disaster. In
ghgh thousand persons, nearly ali
lives. '''' 0"''u' W. ioS' 'he'r
WHERE FIRE STARTED.
inc fire started In the basement oo-
teupled by Isaac Davis. his wife ana
uIte children, Davis had been ant lasf
nslt and returned home early thIs
mofhing went into his store upon thn
same hoor just In time to see "A kero-
sehe lamp in the rear explode. He
"mohe MS wife and both tried to pui
ou 'ne flaming lamp but without sue
,e's, ana then gave all their attention
w. Be'llng their children out of the
bsu,nihs building, A policeman VINO
seaIu the cry OF alarm rushed TO Tho
r ro ana every effort was made fo
'OuSe the sleeping persons In the house
0FREAD OF FLAMES.
en- IN he meantime the flames had
,bleau with startling rapidlty and when
wy persons who had been a sleen an thn
sstliel hoors awoke they found them,
LIVES or confronted by wan of names
vi, W. VERY side The panic stricken neo-
nv usnlng for their lives rushed To- IN,
v',t. escapes only to nnd Thorn llftere 4
N.Y.. rubbish Of all dissertations and nj,
ri 'vs. Inpassable. Down through thaa,
n 'usseIel narrow passage ways nowa1
sso aeiean Of humanity. on some of tbe
nGpes tho rubbish was SO CLOSELY
,,ee mat II became Impossible n
anS certain points and men. woman
Soe Vnlldren stood literally roasting 10
,glrGa aS the flames roared throurh
"UluoWs around.
A POLICEMAN HERO.
:, one OF the escapes. which ended near
wv loot Of shed about 20 feet abovs
wv sIound, had been manned bv 20.
NJ. John j. Dwan, who had nm =
i'G,n,h across to the window OF an adj
.oan building Nearly a dozen nor.
S nad been carried across thla par.
,bo priage by the policemen and untu
oa nalnes began "a sweep around ne
ni" eha OF he IRE escape. Rushing
M WI nre the policeman seized a M,
ir,V nllu ana started on the last return
,a55 scI9ss TO the place OF safety. III
NJ nhQe only half the distance when
p,ahk' burned more than haf
ana An, u e.. broke where It rested on The
ie1 "he ana the rescuer and rescued
Dsio. ne stone paved yard 20 feot
lay" me man truck fairly on Ma
FaNh and one Of HE sho,,tt.. ~ - 30