Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-26

PAM. directly opposite the burning bull ding, a converted intoa temporary
mugae. -Four bodies were taken Their and five to the house of Engine Con
rany No a which is located not far from the fire.. County Physician Nc
Kenze vas notified and after viewtng the remains permitted their emova
10 Mullins norgue
word thai the bosiesh had been m we'd spread through the crowd and
relatives n friends Of those employed in the building rushed fol a sight of
their loved mes Within a few minutes h norgue "a surrounded by a
throng beating against the police Ike waves OF a ledge o rocks
Acts OF extraordinary heroisn were perfome os ue score. lhfee priests
from St patrcks cathedral-Fathers Herman, Dillon and B.ennan-fousht
their voy into the blazing structure against the protests Of persons who saw
them and gave conditional absoluion to the dying All narrowly scape
TIE fate of thoset they sought to succcr
A score of clergymen of all demon nations hurried to the scene he they
.mro nfanaao of tbe extent OF he horror and administered comfort and the
asst rites If IN ,hurch to the dying. There were many notable displays Of
courage by hese clergsmen, who bra1ed flames and falling walls to reach
the side Of the dying
tme So fierce we're he flames however ladders placed against the building
burned like matches and the YORK of rendering aid TO the trapped employees
vas disastrously hindered.
In the meantime every window Of tn building vas filed with hystefosA
men and women. The ufe-nets were spread and man were saved by leapins
into these
Several Of those who leaped toward the nets mistndged the distance n
missed striking them, falling to the pavement It is estimated Ia a
Least half a dozen were killed In this manner Sc we're burned h
in the building, but far more met. their death In leaps rom "T WIS oo"e
of the afemen were injured perhaps mortaIy, by being struck d. iii
bodies. Nearly all of the victims we're girls, employed in the box factory
A short time after III hrenen were o. the scene every hosptal amou-
lance and patrol wagon wa on the scene The morgues were also notified
and the work of removing the bodies proceeded
There arr already at the city Hospital thirty victims of jumps from win
dovs and several Of these are mortany hurt The other HOSPITALS also arr
receiving the injured the list of which will greatly exceed that Of the In
stanhy killed
The building where the fire started is a four-story brick structure occu-
pied by sever manufacturing concerns These are: Blevins Manufacturing
70 hands, all women; Wolff Manufacturing COMPANY Hp A%"
Lamp Company, ten hands; Drake Mars & Co, fifty hands and Aetna EA'-
trio Company, fifteen hands
The women employed we're the first 10 leap. Those killed we're all IRON
these workrooma
At the first cry of fire the girls employed by the Wolf Manufacturing
Company on the fourth, TOP fool, started for tn WINDOWS 't Tue
north side OF the structure, furt hest from the blaze, and began jump
ing Some CT the girls had brought their hats and outer coats with mem"
and throwing hem from he lhdow tolo~ed In a aea'"M s"'s 0s
frtt two OF three 1eapsd, but in less than five seconds the living winrow OF
writing bodies between the burning building and the one-st0ry brick strua-
tue formed a cushion for those who leaped, The impact OF eaeh pody was
followed " shrAxs Of gOay.