Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-30
new YORKSTARTS
CAMPAIGN ON
fire TRAPS
Phrase Coined by Chief Croker
Results in Fight Against
Huge Ovens Where Humans
Are Roasted.

New York. March 80 Give H.. nor
merely hroWoof hut doathproor
buildings bids fair to become a mn.
nicipal slogan W he man, sided
campaisn of Investigation which is
undvr way IN New york today A. u
result ct tho Washington place trc
disaster ul SATURDAY afternoon In
which l'u persons ,osl heir lives.
lhc ~losaH was coined lbs thicf
loNcr at The lire department as sum.
| ulht up nis recommendations tor tie
luiutr the entire nation. he dcCllr.
ct VII learn q lesson nom Satul.
dh> ire such ~ q has learned only
twice OF late wears once when The
Itollingsvood disasicr taught he
Necessity uf gdcqua', lro protection
n school buildings ANA again when
tho ltouuois thoaier are taught the
same lesson iur heaters
FIRE Chiefs Recommendation
The olty beautiful rs less vital
| man ihp 'itS safe. be- said Let rs
sec hrs' OF al that our people live
ana work under adequate pruicc ion
Ion their lives and persons
would haV. Gre sCapo landings
extending all aions the uu.std, ct
T"tN office, lot or factory building
| would have the balcony buildings
huiil Wide enough lor Two persons to
pass IN safety without crowding /
would have them built with hand rails
80 that women and children could Dc.
scend them no ladder escapes ur
stairway. built a. acute angles
I.f 80 haN. Al tn-tu.. aiafY.
ways ihclused IN u iiroprouf partition
l.rt rs require hrcpruoi exit doors
aud all doors to open uutwards. Not,r
allow an exit door TO Ice locked or
blocked. aud make The hrc escape.
window OMEN 10 the floor level Hike q
door Protect each floor Win al
available automatic safety devices
and sprinh.ers Last. but not least.
make hrc drills a. frequent intervals
compulsory IN an factories lodging
"uutcs ana institutions
Many Have the Same idea
There we're similar statements to.
day from The coronors the Are mar
shall. the district attorney. he huhd
INK commission. the board of FIVE I'M
d'rNritcrs. the Womans Trade tnioa
league aud other bodies which are in.
dcpcndcntly investigating the dls.
astor
The Womans Trade Union league
announced the beginning Of an invos.
iigaiiun which is expected 10 en-.
brace every factory IN New York city
whore union labor is employed All
union workers will be asked To write
on confidential answers 10 the fol
lowing questions
DO YOU work In n ilretrap'
Are the doors locked while sou
work
Are there bars on the Window
!. Are there IRE escapes on all floors q?
Are The escapes readily accossihl %
Are scraps and waste allowed to
accumulate near The motors OF steam
plant
Would Limit Number OF Stories
Firr Insurance men are inclined TO
urge q complete revision ~ the New
Nurk building laws The limiting oi
the height of an buildings and even
Ia" tearing down az cxisiins skNscrap
CTS IL recommended hN Theodore II
Price IRE Insurance man The height
at every binding should De- governed
De- says. by the character of d., occu.
paacy foui or five stories should hc
the legal maximum where manuiact
urIng CO.. industrial pursuits are tol
lowed
lust as surely As the little frame
building Nas doomed, SO will the SKY.
-Craper loft buildings go. said MIR
Price IL Is crime against human
iiV ana beauty that We have permitted
the erection at any OF these mon
Httusltios. hut We should not build
any more \ IRE In the financial dis.
tlicf could IN a small radius. wine
oui ia, available fiTe insurance cant.
tal in the United states
EightN-siN bodies of The one hun
dred ami fori,unn victims have been
Identified sixteen of the bodies were
mcn There are Twelve injured IN The
hospitals