The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-21

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n tfsn. v many jumped from tile second and
\ third story windows 10 tho ground. anu
& ynftsst Din rerroeisl. injured Tho crush on
Tie stsyr@ays reeilatcd u, numerous MINOR
5}intufitss
scarceSS had the rear portion Of me
4 s,r,,ct,,,Sx COLLAPSED vixen u tongue 5ot
q flame .sinrted mp from the boiler III
md reaching ont us II assembled, COM
inIricated with the splintsred %reckase'
and Immediately after with the stand-
Ing walls. soon tho entire factory was
in flames.
Death and Sacrifice.
,ns,ant deaf i, was tho n,,e of many who
vent down with the fours that coliap
4 largo n,mbtw OF lneEl and women VINO
we're Working ii eair the supports were alive
p f.nrS The floo,e and walls FELL From
these ,,nfortunates CRIES OF agony ana
terror went up. Alnrost all had been
caught between broker tmbers- hghter
wooden wreckag e sand ], eavy pieces OF ma
asinsrr a few i, tersoiH succeeded i'll cx-
triraftnr themselves fr ON the wreckage.
h,,ti more were rotsted TO death. BY this
time nearby citisens lad arrived TO as
Y s,st The employees VIC escaped, IN the
rescue OF their fellows This task. pc.
came momentarilyt y aore dlil,cMal ana
81 ,nari,nns for the h,,at from the fire WAS
4 nln,ost ,nbea bic by the use of long
,,;oces az tinbers the rescuers were able
I. ~ rnise narts of thu, twrecka sc and there
nv release some Of the imprisoned men
2 and women. and tf5e en- by rushing into
the smoke pull them from the runs.
Then 1t was that sI5cts OF sacrlftce ana
herosm were seen one man whose iess
were caught under i'm iron beam, cried
y ire resc,1crs that II hey could not eXtri-
cate him. and TO he Up the girls peninu
him Stretching out his arms, he lifteu
several girls. one sy one, and passeu
then, TO rescuers. Then the fire had
him. and he died.
A woman who was entangled In a shoe
ma chine cried out 1 hat she was dying.
and comma nt1ed Sthel rescuers to attend
TO others who might live. She begged
u 10 be shot. Soon the flames envclopcd5
{ her. t$
Priest Among Rescuers
Among the first to u rive on the scene
was Rev. Jsines O. Ro, irke curate at st.
MnrEaret's E,oman Catk Ole Church, near
by. At the risk of his life he removed
seven persons from the ruins before the
ing for the eighth time when he tainted
y IRON the effects of the smoke and the
n shock, Father O'Rourke adm inistered the
IL last rites of the church to many Catho-
lies. both to those who wer e saved and
some who later persisted. Father.
O'Rourke said Tonight:
3i3 '.Pinned beneath heavy pieces of ma
chinery, tiinbers and twisted coils Of
pipe, we're many, OH so many, men and
women suffering terrific tagonies.
..In order to reach these Imprisoned 5suf-s
ferers " e had to crawl Through the debris
and with the aid of a large timber We
raised the wreckage which held fast sew
eral men and women In this manner
and by brute strength, we pulled out
several employees.
by this time the lile:nes were almost
q upon U.s. and we We're a1,ou to nee for
u & sa fety, whensone poor tnIlow begged that
AZ a last effort be made to save him. Three.
ofau us grasped the man ny the shoulders
and arms and tugged ard pulled until
suddenly he. cried; My God, my leg Is
pulled off # s.53Saas
sS$Ss5St':It was terrible, especial y 50 because
asmoment later, with i5T our clothing
scorched, we were ordered away Lya the.
chief Of the fire department., and were
reluctantly compelled to leave the poor
"a man to his fate.
Just before leaving 7 saw at least
fifteen Of the imprisoned operatives, some
already suffering untold agonies from.
the flames, which were actually cooking
their flesh, and others watching witt,
@ terror stricken eyes the fate of their COM
pnnions, knowing that q moment or two
would bring 4 to them similar suffering,
g9 and then DEATH
Seek Missing Ones.
With tear-stained and faggard faces,
women and children besiegcd the rec
tory@of ST. Mnrgarets Roman Catholic
& Church during the day. pleading with
4 the priests for information about hus-4
] 4 hand. father. sister or brother, who failed
to return home Little comfort could be
given TO these people.
At the Campello police station SINH
lar scene was enacted. Early in the day
q Mayor Keith foreseeing tile confusion
which would cnsue, posted notices In con
# spicuous places, requesting all employees
who had escaped to go at once to the
police station and give their names.
q These names were Immediately posted
and around this list Of names lowered
a throng of women. many hysterical with
grief because the list did not include a
relative. Back and forth from the ruins
to the station house. and from the sta
ton house 10, the ruins. these grief
stricken women. filed IN never-endng
8 procession. looking nj the fragments of
flesh and bone as they were placed IN
pine boxes and hurried away to the
morgue. Only In extremely rare cases
was there the slightest chance OF iden-
LITIGATION.
Fire Spreads.
In The meantime the fire was spreading
from the Grover factory. 1t lcaped across,
Calmir Street to n three story brick block,