New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
HUMAN LADDER SAVES 40.
Max BIanck, a Partner. Tells OF
Escape with Children.
CLIMBED MEMS SHOULDERS
Thew Passed to Roof Adjoining,
and Broke Through, Descend
ing to the Street.


,,.x Rlancl< who. with Isaac Harris. is
a,r,ner in the Triangle Waist Com
NAVY which occupied the eighth. ninth
and tenth floors of the burned building
,o,a an exciting story last night in Har-
,,s.s home. No 324 West 10lst street, of
,ie marvellous escape and that Of his
two small daughters. who had gone TO
rte ofrto yesterday afternoon. by means
~ human ladder on the roof Of the
huildirc Blanck and about forty others
mere able 10 save their lives by climbing
N the roof Of the adjoining building
breaking 2 skylight there and descend
,r~ N the street II was a remarkable
.escore. and by tho only way that re
,,aired for those who took advantage ~
4, The Triangle Waist COMPANY had
sever hundred ernrloves distributed over
The three floors that II occupied and
MANY ~ the 'panicstricken employees
r.a~s already in the elevators ready 10
1escend - the stree. when Plenck his
children and the forty odd other per
sons got the alarm. two floors above
them Nothing except the presence If
mind of some one in thinking about the
little stairway that Led 70 the roof kept
the Est of victims from being even great
er than - is to-day
r was about o'clock when Blanck's
t-ro daughters. Henrietta and Mildred,
eleven and I'VE years old. respectively,
came from their home. No 2442 Ocean
Parkvav. BROOKLYN 10 their fathers
,a4cA on the tenth foor They were ac-
cor1ranied by their soverness They
ssked Blanck 70 60 with them 70 make
some purchases IN one of the uptown
stores Planck suggested that they wait
until the closing time. o'clock. Fifteen
minutes before that time the whirr Of
The electric fans was halted. 2 signal 70
Tho employees that thev had 2 quarter If
en- hours grace 10 prepare for their de
rsrture for the dsv.
Wild Scramble for life,
Perhaps II was ten minutes later when
Plarck and his children faced death
n hideous form There was a startled
crv ~ Fire" Several girls came rush
'rr M from the eighth floor with the
alarm
Get out quick as YOU can" Is about
au they we're able 70 say after their
,Yld scramble up the stairs - the tenth
Aoor Blanck picked M his Young child
i'm his arms and ordered the soverness
80 take care Of the older girl The
1,n
ether member of the firm. made their
hurried way 80 the elevator door The
car was on the eighth floor. ready ~ res
cue q human cargo from the flames.
There was no time for II 70 GO M for
the others who sought ~ he saved. and
down II went. Bv This time the waiting
eroup had been Joined hy some forty
emuloyes Az this psychological moment
some one suggested the stairway 70 th"
roof There was rush. but. considering
all IL was an orderly hurry that took
the waiting group up and on 70 the roof.
There It was found that the roof Of the
adjoining building was about eight feet
above the roof Of the burning building
: half dozen 81 the Younger men mount
ID on one another's shoulders, and soon
there vas a human ladder in place a
stanch ard safe as any that the firemen
below were using First Blanck lifted
his children 10 safety. Then came the
women of the party. Not 4 person was
ae much as scratched in the process. And
when the last person had stepped upon
the roof above those already there
reached down and saved the men who
had formed the ladder
SkyIiaht Easily eroIsoed,
The skylght on the roof TO which