Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-01

ran to window on the west side of
the building, where three men and a
young girl were lighting to gain the
| fire escape.
"The girl" said Career, appeared to
| be badly injured and tainted to the
floor, and in the crush that followed
we left her on the floor partially hid
den by the smoke.
IT tried to grab the girl, but a crowd
Joined us from behind and I could not
reach her. In going down the fire es-
| cape a young man, who looked like a
pressman, and who was covered with
oil, tainted across my back and
turned and grabbed his arm, but the
flesh came off with the cloth of his
shirt on my hand, and it sickened me,
and / let go of him. This fellow and
the girl I am positive perished."
Hugh Sutter, apprentice pressman,
| living at West Seventh street and Cen
trail avenue, who was working in the
| linotype room, situated in the south
east corner of the building, at the time
of the explosion, says there were forty
men working in the room, who were
knocked from their feet and whom he
| believes had no possible chance of es-
cape from death by burning. Sutter
suffered a severe shock and burns.
"E. 8. Douglas. a pressman, living at
344 South Olive street, and Charlie
Haggarty, a pressman,p were standing
two feet from me at the time of the
explosion. We were all knocked from
our feet. rushed to an open window
on the south side OF the building and
as l climbed out on the fire escape L
caught a last glimpse of the two boys
| lying PROSTATE on the floor with doz-
ems of men around them in the same
| position"
Among the most seriously injured is
| Harvey Elder, assistant city editor.
| While endeavoring to escape from the
city room he fell and broke his left
leg. He sustained severe burns on
nearly every part of his body.
u. s. G. Pentz, one of the employees
who lives at 912 West Third street,
| Jumped from a second-story window
| and broke his left arm.
William Latta, a stereotyper, who
was at work on the second floor, was
burned on the face and both arms
while running down the rear stairway.
! A rush of flame blocked the passage,
and he stumbled, falling 10 the pottom
of a flight of twenty steps.
H G. Leonard of 301 South Spring
street. an employe of the advertising
| department, was at work in the office
! of the building and was badly cut on
the face by a shower of glass from
one of the heavy plate glass windows
A. G. Schwalna, 204 North Hill street.
was passing the Broadway front OF
the building when the wall blew out.
He was hurled twenty feet into the
| street Part of his coat was torn from
his back and he sustained a slight cut
| on the face.
M. Westin of 231 South Hill street,
employed in the stereotyping depart
ment. was cut on the shoulder by the
| flying glass.
| q. F. Glink, 25 years old, resident
| Of Riverside, was walking on the west
! side of Broadway, opposite the Times
| building, when the crash occurred. He
was knocked violently against store
window and was cut on the head and
| face by glass.
One of the most remarkable escapes
was that of G. L. Sallada of 1044 West
| Thirtieth street. He was at work in
| the composing room on the second
floor. The explosion threw him to the
floor and although stunned and bleed
ing he managed to crawl to one of the
windows on the Broadway side. His
calls for help were lost in the din and
in his terror he clambered to the sill
and threw himself over He landed
on the sidewalk near an open stairway
and his head was cut on the iron rail-
| ing.
u. L. Douglas, S44 South Olive street,
pressman; was in basement beneath
|
face and bruised on the arms.
Charles E. Lovelace 38 years old, 447
South Hope street, coast editor of the
! Times, jumped from a third story
window following the explosion. He
was painfully burned about the body
and his hip was sprained.
| S. w. Crabill, foreman, jumped
from the second floor. He sustained
bruised arms, burned face, and legs
were badly cut.
E. B. Aspinall, 971 Everett street.
compositor, jumped from the second
| floor and sustained a two-ineh cut
above the eye and sprained right
Richard Goff of 211O Magnolia ave-
nue. was painfully, but not severely,
| burned about the body.
Mrs. ], B. Ulrieh, proofreader, of
| 1925 Oxford boulevard, sustained
| lacerated left arm and laceration OF
the right leg. She was on the see'Ind
floor. and in running to the fire es-
cape fell down an elevator shaft
August Kotsch, Al years old, of 933
Everett street, compositor, jumped
from the second floor and bruised his
right arm,
The suggestion was freely made and
doubted by none that mines had been
planted beneath the pressrom, Nothing
hut a great quantity of dynamite or
several quarts Of nitroglycerine could
have caused the terrific upheaval.
Harry Andrews, managing editor Of
the Times, was Just walking up the
front steps Of his residence near West
lake park, when he heard the eXplo-
sion.
dashed down town afoot. He arrived
in time to help care for the wounded
and to assist Mr.. Chandler in taking
charge of the situation.
MANY LEAP OR FALL INTO NETS
With their arms covering their faces,
their clothing ablaze and their hair
smoulderlng, many elutched the win