New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-30
NO lET-UP IN FIRE PROBE
Officials Hear Survivors and
Auain Examine Building,
TO RETURN TO RUINS TO-DAY
Coroner Wintertottom Finds
Fault with Firemen and the
Police at the Blaze.


the responsicility .or the washington
Place fre -'as continued yesterday With
no dinnuton of vigor on the part Of FIRE
N1rshal william 7 Beers ami the Dis
trict ATTORNEYS of4ice
After. listening ell the morning 20 the
testin,ony .. survivors. Marshal Beers
spent tn afternoon - the ruins irving 70
get an idea # hou. the partitions on the
ninth foc- rere PLACED T. vas N front
% these partitions. according 70 'he Eve
men who first succeeded in reaching that
part 81 the building 'hs. the greatest num-
Der Of deaths occurred.
The marshal. accompanied b. Assistant
Marshal Willis, arrived at the burned
building shortly after o'clock. and they
were still there when o'clock brought
dusk ard rains,orrn over the city. In
the mean time they had sant for Max
Rlarck, one o. the proprletors CT the
shirtwnist ~ ctorv which occupied the up-
per floors. and had requested 'he presence
Of Assistant District Attorney Postwick'
who came with two building experts in his
rain These Others appeared upon the
ninth floor about o clock
Before their arrival several men froH.
Hook and Ladder Company 20 rad cleared
awav the ashes and other debris from
considerable space IN front Of the door
leading 70 the Greene street stairway ana
had disclosed 10 view q series or sH1aii
ba seboards running along the floor. form
ing q perfect diagram Of the burned parti-
tons. Every trace OF the partitions had
gone except these laths, by which they
we're once fastened 70 the floor. The only
difficulty was 20 determine what KIND OF
barrier the partitions formed.
Girls Cloakroon, Found.
Mr. Blanck's knowledge of the building
was called into service TO explain this feat
ure. For about twenty-nine feet straight
OUT from the Greene street wall, along in
| front Of the freight elevator and the stair
way. ran the Dashboard The first four
teen feet showed obviously where the girls
cloa kroorn stood. for another board ran
parallel 70 II. two feet three inches away
/ and the end was closed with another board
! This closet opened toward the vorkroom
where the machines were, by four sliding
doors, according to the manufacturer
! There was no exit through II 70 the eleva-
! tors or stairs The partitions. he said, ran
UP 70 The ceiling. OF these points he was
/ comparatively sure. But he could not ex-
plain the other fifteen feet CT the base
hoard which ren along some feet beyond
the s-a'rs
He thought that the half nearest tbs
IL
rectly 10 the stairway. and that the other
/ half had been wooden screen, set I'D tc
| Shield the girls from the draft Then hf
changed his mini and concluded that the
| further half must have been the door
which was slid back when the girls were
} assire ont ~ give them more room al rhe
| exit
When he vas shown that there we're SONS
nails IN -his further half, locking &c # 2
permanent partition had once stood there
he decided that the superintendent would
one thing he was sure though. and that
vas that there must have been some exit
| sorr1erhere in the twentv-nine feet
Door Not Locked, Says RIsnok.
" THe ONLY fNenff-'0fSS lUiHfSf f''''N
| ing 10 the measurement of one or me
| building experts. from whetever PARTITION
! stood here n the end ri fallen shaft that
onca transmitted power 70 the machines
/ II looked ~ him as " the girls running
! three rows II machines had 70 NJ" through
! this tuentv-,hree inch passegeTay before
they could hope 70 reach the stairway
/ Even then. there was three-foot door
! behind the PARTITION, according ~ Blanck
/ which ran az right ANGLES - the partition
mentioned and opened inward This. how
] ever. Plsnck maintained, was never locked
When at last u became too derk see
/ the marshal declared that hs would 90
! over the ground again today with other
witnesses He and the Assistant District
! At-ornev then proceeded 70 the ground
I Aoor and inspected the IRE escape
( L, is = vital matter" said Mr. BostUick
/ TO ind cut whether snv one lost his life
| because the FIRE escape led nowhere
came here az rhe special request ~ Mar
! shal Peers 20 examine into the condi-
( ,ions Of the stairvays and 1r@ escape
There is much 10 be gone over before ve
can arrive az any conclusion
/ A. the investigarion during the morning
the thief witnesses examined were Joseph
/ Pitcher. ri No 10 Second avenue. cashier
/ If the Triangle COMPANY for seven Years
Irene szivos. Of 10 100 Second street
who said she had been nth the company
| for tu.o years, and Sarah Camrlerstein. ~
! No x Suffolk stree. Who had only v.orked
in the factorv three davs when the Are
/ occurred
Saws Girls Were h-' rA7rrhsJ
rrchers testimony mas that the girls
,--. ~, eearrhed IN leav-inC their 1oors