The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-26

Newark N. i, Nov. 26-In a disas-
trous factory fire here today, twenty
eight lives are known TO have been
lost, thirty persons were injured, some
probably fatally. Nearly all the vic.
tins were young women workers In
the manufacturing plant OF the build
ing. q four-story structure which took
fire from an explosion on the third
floor Loss OF life and injury was
heaviest among the factory girls on
the top floor, who were trapped by
the quick spreading of the flames
Some of them jumped to safety In fire
nets and others to their death or
serious injury on the payements be-
low
Newark. y. J.. Nov 26.-Eighteen
persons are reported dead in a fire
which started shortly after o'clock
today in the factory of the Newark
Paper Box comany al 2l6 Hig street
Up to 10 o'clock. eleven dead had been
reported taken from the building The
death list may reach twenty. Nearly
all the victims are young women
Thirty persons are said to have been
injured When the fire broke out ii
trapped fifty girls employed on one of
the upper floors. A panic ensued
Many OF the girls leaped from the
windows
There is an engine house next door
10 the factory, but before the iiremen
could give any assistance at least
twenty OF the girls had jumped The
building in which the fire occurred Is
a four-story structure. The first and
floors nv %
Newark Paper Box company. The
third floor was occupied by the Aetna
Electric company. The fourth floor
was used by Louis Wolf. manufac-
turcr of undcrclothcs
II is believed the blaze started on
the second floor in the rear, among 4
lot OF rubbish. Within a minute OF
two after 1t was noticed. il had made
It's way into lot of waste paper from
which It spread 10 the upper floors.
In all about 200 were employed In the
building.
Jennie Gill. who was employed by
Wolf. said she was in a room on the
fourth floor, with Anna Tague. the
forewoman and Anna Smith Mrs.
Hague discovered tn. smoke and ran
TO window. Panic stricken. she
mounted TO the sill and plunged into
space. Miss Gil went to fire-escape
and was about TO leap when the fire
men raised a ladder and brought heI
down An immense crowd congregat-
ed and 1t took the police reserves
from the first, second, third, fourth
and sixth precincts to handle the stu
alton.
One OF the spectators said that at
least fifteen girls had jumped from the
fourth floor They stayed at the win
dows until, frenZied by the flames be
hind them and nearly suffocated by
the smoke. they leaped to the street
With the exception OF two girls EN-"
ployed by the Aetna company. all the
employees on the first and second
floors OF the building escaped unhurt
The two who were injured were Sadie
Hanson and Mrs Margaret Molanthy.
They We're burned about the head and
face
Twenty-four Of the injured were tnlt
en- TO 81, Michaels hospital. OF these
two died Lifc-nets were put into use
Immediately after the arrival Of the
frcmen. Perhaps thirty lives were
saved in this way. One GIRL Hattie
Dclahey. was badly hurt, She miscal-
culated the leap and struck the edge
of the net, falling TO the pavement.
Hoppe Diehl was also injured when
she leaped for the net.
Eugene McHugh, a foreman in the
employ OF the Aetna company, was
among the first to realize the serious
ness Of the situation, md guided sew
eral score Of girl TO afety down fire
ecape
Less than 20 minutes after tho
arrival OF the liromen. the interior OF
the building was flame'swept. The
floors OF the upper part of the build
ing fell shortly afterward. 1t is be
lleved that search OF the ruins will
reveal other bodies
Among those wso were early at the
scene was Rev. L. F. Qulrk, assistant
rector OF ST Joseph's church. He gave
the last rites to seven of the victims.
The priest worked nobly. helping the
firemen To reach parts Of the build
Ing where others of the injured might
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