The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-27
Every Member Of Heroic Com
pany Either Killed OF Injured
Fighting Flames.
MEN AND WOMEN RESCUED
Many Saved By Human Pyramid s1a11 u
Formed Against Wali os
Building
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fr,y AssocIa,ed Prcss

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NEW YORK, March 2s.--Four iircinen
pcrishcd and about score OF ilreineh
and citizens wcrcsinju njured to-day IN y 5llre,
accompanied by, q series Of explosions,
v tnut demolished ii slx-storN fact ory hulll N
sIng III Bedford ana Downing Streets, ] " y
,,n Greenwich village district. on the
low west side or the city. That the dam
. 40. estimated al fror, a,oO,o1Dtt 10 $4,000,
was not far greater. vas declared "
+ chief Croker Ia be due 10 the eXplosioi's. !.
ono fireman was ken out of the build
Ing alivr,%but died almoet immediately.
Ihc bodics of his three comrades We're
recovered after tho ,irc was over, crushed
nnder The wreckage OF floors and walls
\ that followed tho explosions.
The dead are. Foreman John Walsh,
ana Fircmcn George Z. Ghfistiiiah. man
Thomas L., lInlpin and ). Hcais, az y.
Engine Company H. l'ircmen Cohen una
Cnila were burned and bruised, and re-
l,oycd to lie hospital. The other per
sons injured were emepoycd ~ the iac-
y tory dyycllers III the adjacent yanenlents
and pussers- By, none 0f them seriously
burt.
Huddled on Fire Escape.
Three hundred men and women were
In thc factory during the lunch hour,
when a slight explosion occurred on one
s5,r hc 1,ppc, floors and almost instantly
ihc entire structure was cneyolopcu IN
flames. Most of them took refuge on
no fire escapes where they remained hud-
llcd togelhef. Before the fire ladders
Truld he run up, pliccmcnt, firemen and
volunteer forIncd human pyramid
against the front wall Of the factory
and in this way handed down TO safety
upwards of sixty girls who were cllhs-
ing TO the firc-escapcs Ton the second
floor. Others jumped into the life saving
nets or on piles of bedding hastily
pntlIc cd and heapcd on the walks
Within ten minutes all the occupants
Of tic building had been taken out IN
safety ana unhurt, saye { ramlnor ihJu-
ilrics. fs
Several hundred policemen were rushed
To tho scene to control tho panlc-strlckcn
crowds in the vicinity. All the adjoining
tcncmcnts were ordered vacated, and
this task had bcen barely accomplished
when n toppling wall crushed In tho
upper portion Of II row OF seven tene-
ments in Carmine Street a moment later
tho flames shot across the street. setting
fire to row t buildings,
Terrific Explosion.
Hardly had ithc flames cnyelopcd the
building, Will occurred within few
minutes nftcr~the outbreak, than ter
rife explosion occurred, followed In rapld
succession by four more, the last OF such
violence ms to shake buildings for blocks
around. With the last detonntion what
remained Of tho walls fell inward. smot-
erlng tho flames which moment before
were shooting 200 feet IN the air. Within
forty minutes after tho blaze showed u
SELF MI that remained Of the huge building
was q glowing heap Of shattered floors
walls and beams, beneath which wcrt
buried tho bodies Of tho four nrcmen,
Just after the second explosion, Fore
man Walsh and the men of his company
made Il gallant effort to force their WAY
close to the rear of tho building, In order
to get line OH tho hottest part of tlit
fire. and while so engaged tic north wal
crashed down on hem, Ilcaly who wa
not completely hurled, wils dragged on
in II dying condition, or tho whole CON,
plly, every man was either killed O
injured. Foreman Walsh was born,n tllis
CITY In 1861, ana II was he who lad
charge of the New York fro brigade thn
aided materially In stopping the grea
baltimore fire In 1901. sy5
The factory was occupied BY the En-
MIRO Art Metal Company; the STANDARD
Thread Company and the Metal STAN!
Company, which owned the building.
Monsignol Morris to Be Bishop
n (By Associated Press)