The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-12-01


buried In the ruins. five so critically
injured that they will not live through
the day, and 10 others In hospitals,
who are believed to have fatal burns,
Is the latest reckoning made yesterday
In the fire which swept the four-story
factory building at 2l6-2lS High
street.
The bodies Of five were taken from
the ruins Sunday morning and an
equal number who are missing are
now being sought under the heap Of
charred aud twisted debris.
There 1fe eight bodies In the NOR
que that cannot possibly be identified,
and together with the fire recovered
yesterday viii be buried together In
one nameless grave today. Those who
We're identified were removed TO their
homes and their funerals will be con-
Quoted privately by their relatives.
All night long. firemen poured
streams OF water on the ruined build
Ing. and at o'clock this morning II
had cooled Off sufficiently to permit
them TO enter. Then the search be-
gan. q
One by one five bodies we're extri-
Gated. These were at once removed
10 the morgue In the police wagons
aud the ambulance.
Church bells ringing their congre-
over the city we're mourning requienf
over the city we're mornful requient
for the dead. And pastors who had
prepared special sermons. put them
aside and spoke OF the disaster that
has plunged so many families into
mourning.
Preachers Condemn Negligence.
The Rev. +. A. WATSON. liz ST. Ste
phens Episcopal church, was 10 have
spoken ON Anarchy" but he told Of
~the great crime OF negligence that
had resulted In SO many lives being
snnffed out"
Al st. Patrick's Cathedral three
priests who had rushed into the
building when the flames we're az |
their height told OF the scenes OF |
death. and asked for prayers for the |
dying.
A. sc. Joseph's church. too. the as
sistant pastor. Father Quirk, who also |
had proved hero during the fire. re-
lated what he had seen.
There was one case OF the finding
Of the body OF a girl probably under |
70 years OF age. Her head had been
smashed BY a falling machine, and |
was unacceptable. Her clothing had |
LsAn- hsrnad and her body vas nuds4.l
II was seen that her right hand was
clenched. When this was opened
small theater envelope was found |
containing two tickets for THE Blue
Bird" The police and fremen and
the coroner looked nj II pcrfnnctority,
and said what a pitiful case Il was.
but they did not know that THE Blue |
Bird stands for happiness.
Girls who managed 10 get out OF the
manufacturing building destroyed
without injury or with injuries slight |
enough 10 permit them 10 tell their ex-
periences relate some wonderful
stories.
From the girls employed by the An
Choir Lamp company. on the third |
floor. issued the first cries OF terror
and warning and the first movement /
TO save the others In the building.
Miss Sadie Hanson. whose work |
was 10 treat the carbon used IN the In
candescent lamps. says that she was
pouring gasoline over the carbons |
when the fash came. Her arms. face |
and hair were burned. She says that
her screams brought the others Ia The |
room. Is III number. 70 a sense OF
their danger. Then II was that Miss
Geary called her the sand sand Miss |
Fraschin brought II 10 her. Eugene
Mc0ut, the foreman. fought the flames |
until he was painfully burned. aud !
then be shouted an alarm.
Bexmakers All Escaped.
"when ! saw the peril" said Me-
Ont. II ordered the girls 10 run for
their lives and also yelled up to the
fourth floor. and ON my way down
told those on the floor below.
''Those on the third floor had the
least difficulty IN escaping. Gustaye
Schumacher. the foreman or the New
ARK Paper company. on the third floor.
told me that all 40 Of the girls In Bis
department escaped without injury.
Schumacher caimed the girls az they
fed"
SO rapidly did the fire spread In
the building that rescue by means
other than IRE ladders was imposal-
BILE.
"Panic followed the first screams or
the girls In the shop OF the Anchor
Lamp company said Jennie Gill, Nh
employee Of the Wolf company. who
was saved IN The nick Of Time from
jumping by the fircmcn Of Truck COM
pany No. 2. Many OF the girls on the
fourth floor ran Immediately 10 the
windows screaming and pulling their
hair.
"one ~ the girls I do not remem.
Der who Il was. said that the smoke
was coming up the stairway and Il
was on fire. and escape by that means
was impossible. Then the flames
coming out ON the Ore escapes on the
High street side soon made the Gre