The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-24


great factory, which covered over an
acre of ground. is mass of black
and charred ruins.
SCENE OF DESOLATION.
In one spot stands part of the
brick wall, while the great crimney
is alone intact and stands e silent
guardian over the spot where so
many innocent beings, without the
slightest warning, we're carried to
their death In a roaring hell. Strewn
all about is great mass Of twisted
iron, fallen debris and machinery.
From beneath these, the workers
are unearthing the bodies of the dead
the awful calamity were presented
to the minds of thousands of specta.
tors as corpse after corpse was
brought to light charred and burned
so that no possible means of identi.
fication was possible. Even the sex
cannot be determined in the majority
of cases.
SCENES OF HORROR.
blood run cold, and tales of heroism
that made the sobs spring in the
throat at the thought of brave men
and helpless women who went down
to death in the early morning when
the holocaust reached the flood tide
Of its calamity, are being told to-
night Sixteen firemen are on the hos
pital list as a result of their daring
attempts at rescue, but 1t is not be-
lieved any of them are fatally in
| jured.
Homes adjoining the scenes of hor-
ror were early transformed into hos
pitals. Scores of physicians began
to render all the aid within their
power. Men and women staunched
the blood that flowed down theii
faces, and spoke of escaping "unin-
| jured." These same ones, cut and
bruised, turned their attention to the
more unfortunate of their fellows
and rendered help as long as their
strength lasted. 1t was a sight to
behold, for battered and in several
instances with broken bones, they
forgot their sufferings that they
might be near and administer as best
they could, to the entirely helpless
Shortly before noon, the police de-
partment issued bulletin requesting
all the employees of the Grover fac
tory, to report at the Campello police
station, that their names might be
had to ease the terrible anxiety of
relatives and friends.
At 8 o'clock tonight 285 had called
there and still there are many un-
accounted for.
PATHETIC STORIES.
One of the pathetic stories being
told comes from the lips of ex-Mayor
Garfield, who was early upon the
scene. He says: Father o. Rourke
was with me. Cries, screams of men
and women in pain and the roar of
| flames, sounded in our ears.
"The priest is hero, for he risked
his life several times, We crawled
under the wreckage and took out two
before the fire reached them. Earth
er in, where it was impossible for a
human being to penetrate, l plainly
heard men and women ,entombed In
a living death. shouting: For Gods
sake, save me, am dying | am dy.
ing Another woman crawled out on
the edge of a small section of the
roof that remained. Flames were al
about her. Captain Moore, of the fire
department shouted to her to jump
Before she could do so, she fell back
into the roaring furnace of fire."
fed although 1t is absolutely known
that certain persons perished and
therefore the police have removed
their names from the list Of missing
and put them among those on the
death list, The body of Miss Dun
ham, 10, of 16 Chestnut street. EN-
ployed as bookkeeper for foreman
Samuel A. Tiley, of finishing room
was identified by single pearl button
she wore on her waist. The corpse
was unrecognizable.
| MORE BODIES FOUND.
Two more bodies have been found
In the ruins. These make SO thus far
recovered. Identification is impossible
as the flesh has been nearly burned
off the skeletons and the medical ex.
aminer is as yet unable to determine
the sex. Limbs and arms have beer
picked from under the debris and g
head, supposedly Of a woman, was
found beneath stitching machine.
Mayor Keith has decided to push the
work OF clearing the ruins, and the
. | saarcb ia continuing all night Elec.
trio lights have been erected about thu
scene Of the catastrophe and a large
force of men is at work. 1t is thu
intention Of the mayor to have the de-
bris entirely cleared away by tomor
row night and in the morning 20'
, more men will be set to work. 1t Ii
, then expected that more bodies will
be recovered.
n RELIEF FUND.