Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-03-30
so,t-one hundred and fort

fork.-One hundred and fortv-
u, s.r.aus-i33 OF them girls and eI-
e womsu-vere crushed 70 death on
I. narsments. =mothered IN smoke or
LnssieS crisp in factory fire Saturday
k--uoo1 in the worst disaster New
~ IA. known since the steamship
- Sloeum was burned to the va
{. sses OF North Brothers Island in
u
|sur hunslrel ard forty-one bodies had
!. removed tom the runs at riA-
- and seven Of the forty injured had
4 n hospitals. Grief-eraxed relatives
rrI the morglIe as the bodies werc
n aIt
|y,~rlv an. IL not all, the victims were
Ivoved b. the Triangle Shirtwaist
Srusas. on the eighth, rinth ami tenth
r. Of ten-stoFy loft building at No.
| Washington plSce, on the western
- Of the iouutown wholesale cloth
! IN AMI millinery district. The part
1, af the frm, Isaac Harris and Max
kurk- escaped unscathed from the Of
y en- the tenth Hoor, carrying with
N ever an adjoining roof Blaneks
J vuuug daughters and a goveruess.
w vas not an outside FIRE escape IN
huiliinr.
Esw the FIRE started viii perhaps never
szsuu. A corner on the eighth aoo-
IL point OF origin and the three
rsr aoors ouly were swept. On tne
r. soor ffty bodies were found Six-
E,Arse. or more, persons were crushed
lsath b. Jumping. and more tkan
Ir.v eiogged the elevator shafts.
Rim of FLESH
Peiestrians going home through Wash
On Pace to Washington Square, at
nal.es TO 5. were scattered By the
z Of something rushing through the
ssigrs them; there was a horrible
y On the ravement, and a body fat
ri On the stones. Wayfarers on the
szite .hie Of the street shaded their
, trlinst the setting sun and saw the
Bows Of the three upper hoors Of the
Eins hlack with girls erOWding 10
slls There we're no fire escapes.
|Dsat jump Doa't Jump ysIle,.
Euwl. but the girls had no alterua-
he pressure Of the madslenea hun
y bshiai them and the urging Of
= ssa isar- Eere too stronx. They
y ta ial % the sidewalk in a tern
an q iesa and blood
sr alarzn- we're rung within fifteen
re Before the engines euull -
~ bsiars the aets could b. strssehe,g
- atiers ralsesi. i've girls hsd fallen
iss -hta and ninrh foors ~
rT ;Aaf brok- through the rsry
- nfa tie vaults below.
Dsne a Few Nantes
n aalr tie fire was out. ia half
sw { aal lone Is worst. Pruhablv
kuta h-s vas fun IN txsaty
NJ
y saiidInE ssArsis On 4 corner xith
Hure en- tho siEie=. bar the ouiy Ere
p Eas IN the interior. openizS On
~f and ar shaft. In all there we're
s1lts--t1s single FIRE escape. tive
rr ssszafsrs az the rear. two pas-
y slezaiors in the frout. AMI tive
-zvs Al Of them proved almost
- aad Practically al who escaped
" eimbed to the root and scrambled
- % the roof OF the banking oc-u-
oy The American Book Company.
N7lag. or led IN the first rush for
~ before the crush and the smoke
20 thicS-
Flre Nets Goryed-
zen hundred persons, 500 Of them
EsaI we're employed BY the shirtWai,t
qany. They sat in rows at their
rns machines. the tshles before
p'ied with himsy cloth. the foor
ri With Int, the air itself full Of
= Mhammable dust. The first rush
z1e Wa almost an explosion. Ope-
= cied IN their chairs, their lungs
u ay mhsling fame. Others we're
MI INTO the elevator shafts after
sa's had made their Last trip. StIll
y we're pushed OF the inadequate
nnr Ere escape.
saeh horrible stream did the
: sverilOW from the windows that
ars nets, stretched by the first com
. arrlve, we're soon gorged beyond
ny Twelve bodies weighted one
= NE bursting point, but the bodies
"a tambling to the pavement,
ihem.
sa the hrst breath of fame eurled
y e'ise OF pile of shirting on the
ao"r- I'VE minutes before quitting
asadreds were in line before the
window In the Office buildings
Washington place scores of r,sn.
oeyond Office hours, worked at
:" 'hem saw a girl rush TO the
and thrown up the sash Be
"a danced seething curtain of
aaile She chEabed to the sill,
: eiaek outline against the light,
then with a last touch of ft.-
III slipped her ehatelaine bag
:, sriss and jumped.
Nay vent whirIing downward