The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-28


names as those ~ nre victims WHOSE
condition last night wa- very serious:
81 Mchasis. Minnie smith ~ % High
land avenue. and Emma DoesEe of Ar.
hnkton. tIty Hospital bianch" hsal-am NJ
- West street. Sen4i koenig Ut iusSpring-
Held avenue, Newark, and Anna Rowan
Of 20 fifth street. Newark In addition
10 these they are caring Tor thirt-en girls
who are more or lees seriously injured
either through burns or injuries received
when the fight for the fire ESCAPES began.
In all the Catholic churches there were
prayers offered for the souls Of those who
died and fund has already been 4tarted
for th. relief nf the families. To this
Gov. Fort has gwen sluD, Mayor Jacob
hausSing IN" same amount ana IN"
Newark newspapers have offered con
tributInnS. The fund Is Ia charge OF City
Treasurer Gunther.
The reports a. To those missing are
conflict ing hut u ~ now known that two
are positively gone. although Fire Chief
Ashley said last night that he expected
to find no NOR. bodies m the RUNS when
he continues the search to-day, The
two who seem positively To- be missing
are Mrs Lillian Norton of o8a Littleton
avenu. and IN. Toratella girl. There
were queries at the. morgue and at the
hospitals for these: Elizabeth Miller
~ Brooms ~ rect: Miss Lang, isl Mycliffs
street: Miss Remington South stree,
Mrs Rafauge Cutler street; I'm eda
Feretti. P.apaCk: Miss Reynolds Centra
avenue. and Henrietta Martin Of Rose
willie. The aCidr,.~s... have. been visited
and II is laid that nothing could be learned
Of the persons ment toned In thre.' cases
the addr. s.a-, do not exist and the police
place little faith m the genuiueness Of
the queries They have been made,
they .ay NV morbid or IRRESPONSIBLE
persons who finding no other way Of
obtaining admi,,ance To- the morgue.
invented ma mes
Nothing much WAS done Yesterday
in regard To placing the responsibility
for th, loss OF lif,, Prosecutor Wilbur
A. Mott Of ESSEX county SAYS that no
will us, every resource. M his command
TO find how il was possibl., for 40 many
lives to he lost in a comparatively small
building almost adjoining "A fire engine
house IA. had hi. detectives armed
with cam, rns and surveying instruments
al work On the. ruins YESTERDAY Their
reports will br received to- day and hen IL
can I've more definitely decided what
line of action tn. Prosecutor can take
He cid not know IN. said whethar he
would proceed for violation OF the fac
tory law. failure Of proper inspection or
other rea-ons
Among IN. persons that 'ramped
about the ruins yesterday were several
members OF the Grand Jury who seemed
worry much Interested in the width OF the
doors that led out from the various rooms
IN the building and through which the
girls had to rush ON their way TO safety
They found by actual measurement OF
what was left of the doorway on the
ground door. To which the exits IN the
rest of the building conform that the
frightened women had 10 fight their way
out of a SPACE only ~ inches wide The
stairway down which they ran was a
winding one that twisted about the els-
vator and further inp.ded progress
F,rt hermore II was asserted 10y those
Interested in having II So that MANY of
the girls lost their lives 10y sufYocation
from the smoke and that the exits wer.
not so faulty a. they were said 10 he.
Tn. f.., that ~ l.a., by.. k.,d.- -.r.