The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-27

the. city today were 4 mournfuI requiem
for the dead. And pastors who had
prepared special sermons put them
aside and spoke Of the disaster that
has plunged 50 many families into
mourning
Preachers Condemn Negligence.
The Rev. E.A, Tvasso1r in St stephens
Episcopal Church. was to have spoken
on Anarchy" but he tod Of 'the great
crime of negligence that had resulted
IN so many lives being snuffed out"
At St Patriek's Cathedral three
priests who had rushed into the build
ing when the flames were at their
height told Of the scenes of death, and
asked for, prayers for the dying
At St. JOseph's Church. too, the as
sistant pastor, Father QsIiTk, who also
had proved a hero during the fire, re-
lated what he had seen
There was one case today of the
finding of the body of a girl probably
under twenty. years Of age. Her head
had been smashed by a falling ma
chine and was unrecOgnizabIe- Her
clothing had been burned and her
body was nude. It was seen that her
right hand was cIenched- When this
was opened a small theater envelope
was found containing two tickets for
The Blue Bird The police and fire
men and the coroner looked at II per
functoriIy. and said what a pItifuI
case IL was. buf they did not know
that THE Blue Bird" stands for hap
piness.
List of Identified Dead.
Twenty Of the dead have now been
identified and the police gave out the
following official list at O'CLOCK this
afternoon
Dead
ROSE CLEARY, 81 New street
SARAH CREEAN, 50 Paramount ave
ROY DAVIDSON. Is years old, address
GERTRUDE DENTON 4sS south Sew
KATHERINE DIEHN. 81 Norfolk
SADIE HAUs. Z2 Orange street
NARY KAVANAGH. 1o5 Summer ave
Mary Kearns. 10 Baldwin street.
FRANCES kRATHIA- s. Livingston
MRS. MARY Ia PIERRE. SO Bergen
street
SOPHIA MEILTwOCK, 81 years old,
- BeIleviIIe avenue
ALICE MELVIN. So Warren street
MATILDA OTTO. 90 Williams street
BESSIE ROSIN. 346 South Orange
avenue
TERESA TORTARELLA, IS years old,
5O7 Market street
MILDRED WALTERS, IS years old,
. Columbia street.
ABBIE WASHINGTON, IS years old
Mrs PAUL WEBER. So years old,
z01 Halsey street
IDA WOOLEY. 81 years old. . Belle
Vile avenue
Woman Found In Orange.
one girl who had escaped at the first
CIV Of alarm. was mourned all night
as dead She was Miss Rose Regan,
thirty-one years old Of 4 Hudson
street d
Her sister-in-Iaw. Mrs Frances Regan,
had searched for her while the fire was
in progress, but had not found her
Then she had gone to the mOrzIe, and
looked at the bodies there, examining
the clothing and the jeweiTy OF those
EGcsg features had been destroyed, but
she had not found her relative Al
Midnight she had returned home and
tohi the girls invalid mother that Rose
must be dead"
But this was not so. The girl had
escaped and while dazed, not knowing
what she did she ran into the street
ard boarded the first trolley car She
rode not needing where she was going
lust rode and rode, hUddled in 2 corner
seat, with her hands covering her eyes
irving TO shut out the awful scene She
had just passed through
~ last the car reached Orange, sis
miles away Mechanically she alighteC
and then she wandered. still dszed, IN
to a hospital, believing that she was de-