The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-11-27
BIC PAPER BOX
FACTORY BURNS
TOTAL OF TWO HUNDRED EN-.
PloYEp IN eulLpNe-Mosr
OF THEM ESCAPED.
Panic Follows Discovery Of Fire in
the Factory and Several Of the EN-.
p'oyes Were injured in the Mad
Rush to Escape.

Newark, N. j.. Nov. 26.--Fifteen
persons were burned to death in fire.
which started at o'clock this morn.
ing In a paper box factory on High
street. Eleven bodies have been
recovered so far and it may develop
that the death list is larger than re.
ported.
Nearly all the victims Of the FIRE
were young women employees Of the
factory, whom the firemen made
desperate and heroic attempts to res
cue from the burning structure. 7
Scores OF employees were Injured
in a panic that resulted when the
fire was discovered, being thrown
down and trampled upon in the mad
rush for the streets. ~
When the fire broke out SO girls
were trapped on the upper floors.
and they could not escape by the
stairways or fire escapes. The fire.
men managed to rescue most of them
put were unable to reach the unfor.
tunates, who were cremated.
Many girls ecaped death by iump.
ing from windows, but in most cases
they were badly injured.
The scene was one Of indescrib-
able horror and several women faint
ed as they saw the horror-stricken
victims fall back into the flames.
1t is said that the fire was caused
by an explosion in the plant of the
Aetna Electric company. 1t spread
with great rapidity throughout the
building
None of the elyen bodies recover
ed from the building were identified,
being so badly charred as to be un-
recognizable. 1t is feared that the
death list may reach 20, as many
are unaccounted for.
Many Jumped.
total of 200 people worked In the
building, most of them being women
and young girls. Scores of those who
were not burned to death were injur-
ed, probably fatally, after other ave-
nues of escape were made impossible
by smoke and flames.
The firemen used life nets, thereby
saving many lives. Spectators de-
clared that at least Is girls leaped
from the fourth story. Some Of
these will die.
Employees of manufacturing con-
Germs on the first and second floors
escaped by exits or fire escapes.
TWenty-four of the .. injured were
taken to st. Michaels hospital. Per-
Gaps so lives were saved through the
use of life nets.
Less than 20 minutes after the ar
rival of the firemen the interior Of
the building was flame-swept, and the
upper floors fell shortly afterwards.
1t is believed that search of the
ruins will reveal other bodies.
Priest on Scene.
Father Quirk was among those ear
ly on the scene and he gave the last
rites to many before dying. The
priest worked nobly. Father Quirk
says he counted 90 PROSTATE forms
on the sidewalk. All were women
who had leaped from upper stories
after becoming frenzied by the flame
behind them.
The Investigation resulted in a
statement that the fire originated
when Miss Sadie Henson was clean
ing the carbon of the incandescent
lamp in the shop of the Eetna Elec-
tric company. lamp manufacturers,
on the third floor. She poured gas
olne into the apparatus. In twin
king there was a blaze that flared
up into Miss Henson's face and con-
nected with waste paper material.