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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-26
Mad With Fear

John Gregory. "a years old, OF 2io East
Eighty third street was the first 10 DIS
cover the blaze. He was passing thc
building when he saw smoke coming
from n window on The upper floors. and
rushing In he shouted to an elevator
man that the place was on fire. The
elevator operator at once started his car
and Gregory jumped into II freight Gle
Yator and went To the tenth floor.
~ found the girls up there already in
n panic said Gregory, The car | was
in would only hold fifteen persons and
there was a riot on the top floor when a
hundred or more tried to pile into tho
car. made three trips and brought
down about forty-fivc persons | had
started up on fourth trip when tho fire
came down the Shaft and | had To go
back. There must have been more than
n hundred up there when had TO quit.
Gregory was cut and bruised by the
paric- stricken people who tried TO pile
into tho elevator and his clothes were
almost torn from his back. He was
made III by the experience he passed
through and required medical atten-
tion.
Police Inspector Hurley took charge
Of the police and called for all the re-
serves from Forty-second street TO the
battery. and in a short time several nun
dred policemen were on hand
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-26
Coffin Supply Exhausted.
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.


NEW YORK, March 25.-Accordins TO
John Gregory. one OF the elevator men
Of the big factory building I'm Washing
ton place, the scene OF the latest horror.
there were no fire escapes except on the
Greene street side
I'VE distinctly heard the explosion and
1T stopped my ear at the fourth floor"
he said. MANY girls had tainted get
ting on the car and the car Jammed We
had to force our way out OF the top OF
the car and get on the fourth floor as
best we could. II was impossible to got
some of the girls, maybe ten of them.
After a time the car dropped 10 the
basement and of course the ten girls in
1t were carried with 1t and killed
Irene Ziebor. one OF the girls engaged
IN the shirtwaist factory. gives the fol-
lowing description OF the disaster:
in the cutting department when all Of
n sudden there WAS a burst Of flame near
one OF The machines and scream from
one OF the girls We all started for the
elevator. but when the car did not re-
srond To The bell there was a rush OF
girls toward the stairways. Dora Miller
attempted to opcn The heavy door. but
before she could swing IL a hundred girls
packed In behind her and Jammed It
shut
Miss Miller then broke the glass with
her fist and started TO climb through.
There WAS Il rush OF others 10 do the
same and I went through with them. All
of MS were badly cut by the glass in the
door. So far as | know only about TWEEN
ty girls got through before the lam pre-
vented further escape In that manner.
"As soon as escape b. the stairways
md elevators was cut off there was "A
rush OF girls To the windows and the
leans Co the sidewalk began"
John Zito. another elevator man. gave
| the following account OF his experience:
"rhere must have been a thousand
| persons. mostly girls, working on the tor
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-26
Went to His Death

At the height OF the panic young man
leaned out OF a window ON the eighth
floor and dropped four girls To the pave
ment He saw all OF them crushed to
death and then, swinging himself through
the frame OF the window, followed them
To the ground.
One girl owes her life TO having
jumped from the eighth floor in the air
SHAFT and failing on the bodies OF her
companions. She broke her leg and was
taken to a hospital.
One OF the first physicians on the
scene was DIR. r. T. Froellch. He saw
most oi the girls jump 10 the street and
as each one fell he rushed To her side
and administered hypodormic injections
to deaden the pain. He treated twelve
of the victims whom he found still
breathing. bat each died within short
time.
The buildings TO the west and rear OF
the Triangle are only onc-story high.
When the first fire company arrived IL
was seen that a score OF more OF the
girls had lcaDed from the uppcr stories
OF the burning structure TO the roofs of
these buildings. Severely injured many
lay there on top of piles of dead Among
the first tasks OF the iircmcn was that
and out OF the range OF the falling tim
bers.
After the FIRE had been burning an
hour iiremen made their way To an In
ner air shaft which pierced the Triangle
building from TOP TO bottom. They found
Il great mass of crushed bodies, the VIC
tins having been driven from windows
facing on the shaft. One OF the remark
able escapes from instant death was that
of Bertha Wcinthrop. aged II. Of 29J
Henry street. who lcapcd from n tenth
story window and survived. Both legs
were broken but she was rushed Ia a
hospital with fair chance OF recovery
Despite the summoning of all the ply
slcianS and ambulances possible the bod
les OF the victims could not ho carried
p--- from the scene as fast as they wore
gathered from the places where they fell
Many were placed on the pavement or
the opposite side of the street and COW
cred With blankets.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-26
Kiss Good-by

One pathetic incident OF the fire took
place few moments after the flames
started. young man came 10 the win
dow OF the eighth floor holding young
girl tightly by the hand They looked
out OF the window at the raplly-spread- :
ing flames and then the man enfolded
the girl TO his breast and pressed kiss
on her lips. She jumped to her death
on the pavement below and he followed
moment later.
Many OF the bodies OF the girls picked
ND in the street were found with their
hands almost completely burned off,
showing how the Victims had held onto
the window sills until forced TO let go.
one woman who dropped from the up-
per floor with her clothes abiaZe caught
nn a window hook passing the seventh
floor and hung there until she burned
TO death in plain sight Of the thousands
of people in the street. II was impossi-
bIe to reach her or aid her.
Attempts to check the Gre were useless
and The firemen gave all their efforts 10
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-26

down the cable behind him but no trace
Of them has been found.
From Is o'clock on the wagons drove
from Washington square TO Bellevue hos
pltal I'm a steady procession.
In most cases the patrol wagons car
ricd three bodies. although In some in
stances four were placed In them. The
arc lights on the pier which served to
illuminate the temporary morEuc there
at the time of the Socum disaster. were
burning again. and as fast as the wagons
drove down 10 the foot Of the street they
were admitted to the pier and the cof-
fms were lifted off
\ weeping, wailng mob OF men. wom-
en- and children gathered at the foot OF
East Twenty sixth street and the East
river, announcement having been made
that the bodies would bc brought TO the
charities department pier to be idcnti-
fed. Frantic mothers. heartbroken fa-
thers. little brothers and sisters who did
not realize what IL all meant. but cried
jus, the same. clamorcd for admission 10
The doors. The reserves from three sta
tlon houses were called to handle the
frantic throng.
Coffin Supply Exhausted.
Superintendent Payne OF tho morgue
sent all the available cofiins 10 tho dock.
Sixty-two plain boxes We're delivered.
Whcn Lieutenant Sullivan called for
more coff!ns he was informed that the
supply had been exhausted. but that
more had been ordered and that they
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-26
NO FIRE ESCAPES EXCEPT ON
ONE SIDE OF THE BUILDING

three floors. The fire started on the
eighth floor. near the knitting tables. II
swooped down TO the seventh floor and
cut OF all escape from above after a few
minutes"
Joseph Devontry, a Brooklyn automo-
bile dealer who was passing the build :
ing when the fire started says II was
twelve minutes after the alarm was
turned In before there was a stream of
water on the blaze. BY that time there
were thirty dead on the sidewalk.
Predicted by Fire Chief,
When Fire Chief Croker's attention was
called TO the fac, that there were no fire
escapes on the building. he said
Il know It, That is Just what | have
predicted for years. have agitated and
agitated fire escapes should be placed
on these factory buildings, but no attcn-
ton has been paid to me. You Will no
doubt find when the ruins cool and we
can make search that there are prob
ably 100 or 200 more bodies in there yet.
This Is a terrible calamity and would
have been averted II proper protection
against IRE had been given.
At midnight the bodies OF l30 OF the
700 employees Of the company had been
taken TO the morgue. That. however. Is
not the extent of the loss OF life. for
at that time bodies we're still being low
cred from the nre swept floors at the
top of the building at the rate of one
minute. In an air shaft at the rear
there were other bodies. whose number
the authorities could only guess at First
Deputy Police Commissioner Driscoll es-
timated this number at nfty; Coroner
Holtzhauser declared that The whole
number OF victims would reach $50.
More than third OF those who lost
their lives did so In jumping from win
doWs. The fircmen who answered the
first of the four alarms turned in found
thirty bodies on the pavements OF WASH
ngton place and Greene street. Almost
all Of these were girls, as were the ma
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-26

were pushed or and others fell. Others
jumped from the Washington squatc
windows OF the building. AS soon as lhS
police could get the crowd In control
they started removing the broken bodies
that lay on the payment Ihefe WIS u
were at once rushed 10 the hospitals.
The dead were taken away, three at "a
time in other ambulanccs and IN pa
troll wagons.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-26

endeayor 10 rescue the women who were
seen clnging to the window lcdgcs in
the upper floors,
This was also hopeless task as the
extension ladders Of the frcmCn reached
only To the seventh floor BY the time
they were placed most of the fatalities
had occurred. There were seventeen
dead aud dying on ine street when the
ircmcn began the work of rescue.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-26

WINDOW. a moment later b.
whirling after them 10 nea,S IoF Ooiy a.
AT the ninth floor windom
a woman appeared. Tie mo-, Maa 4
the woman and kissed hnsn hnen emc11
hurled her To the strno, Thea
Both were killed Five ~ aNo hn3,
pane OF glass. dropped in sna's.s
tansle ana were crushed into S..nsFt
y girl on the eighth ,oo, /.
0reman's ladder. which bad eap1 "a
TO the sixth floor She iiedrned s
the edge OF the life moi ,na ,a7sed, s,H
up with her back broken vas III
From one window a piri >,
years. woman, Il man and srof
with their arms about one a,s,, o Sa-
themselves TO the ground in i'.os! IN
cession. The little girl was ,haNa
tne New York hospital In a. "',nsi ,l,
niie She screamed as the d,Ir.a Iii aulo7
policeman lifted her into the I'm h,,sa ~
surgeon came. out. gave ono looy
face and touched her wrist wv.
She is dead" he said. n
Mangled Beyond Recognso,
One. girl Jumped into a boro -.
! held by hrcmen and 2 noIjca. IN
blanke; ripped like cheeseclo,h ~.
Dody was mangIed almost beyonSs sls -
milton. ''u' Fsc
Another dropped into a ,an.uu.
by three men. Her welght i've 4
their grasp and she struck isa
breaking almost every hone in he, S tn w
Almost at the same time ma 80
sau!ted down upon the shoulder ~ y, :,
llcemen holding the tarDan,In =
glanced on, struck the sidewak ars /,
! picked UP dead. aia
Within the building man on N. !
floor stationed himself I'll the don- -
Of the elevators and with snh y |,
back the girls who had stampedsJ y
wire cage. Thirty we're admitted h
car at a time. They were taks, 4 !.
as fast as possible. :
The call for ambulances was fsss,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-26
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Mangled Beyond Recognize,

Continued on Page Thras
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Bodies Came Down Like Rockets.

In the office buildings across Wash
inrton place scores of men detained be-
yond Office hours worked at their desks,
One of them saw a girl rush To win
dow and throw up the sash. Behind her
danced seething curtain of yellow
flames She climbed to the sill. stood
in black outline against the light. hesi-
tatlng then with a last touch of futile
thrift, slipped her chatelaine bag over nc, her
wrist and Jumped Her body went whirl-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-26

the yells for aid that came from the
smoking roof by resting ladders from the
upper windows of their class rooms TO
the frantic men and women on the roof
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-26
Weak From Fright But Alive

The man was so weak from fright and
exposure that he had to be taken out
In the hremen's arms He said he was
Herman Mischer. In the hall he en-
countercd flames. so he raced upstairs.
st the tenth floor he saw an elevator
shaft door open, jumped In. grabbed the
elevator cable and slid down to the eel
lar. dc said that three women slid
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

were entirely centered the secret gwen 70 heo ~
thurman More than once she glanced at iresi con-,
pexoned English girl sweeping rhythmeay pas' 70 be T
strains Of military band and tried TO detect III nJn
manner the peril she might be tempting but they ai
seemed Carciree. .. . o;,;,o for
Presently She found herself sitting out waiting waiting 10, on
Marston whose name was set against ,'iL NUM- br
hercard She was beginning to feel tie uneasy on IlcI
own arcoun when the truant A. d. c: in his dragon
~ toie 70 her side with a hurried Jingle OF gilt
spurs. - -, f;.e M. I fear
H. iaiJ. at,,, Their an unfortunate thing happened
lIss Cruden looked up quickly with question IN 1er
eyes. 800. On 20 evn1ain.
@Dont quite understand it, he went On 70 eIpir
@but Miss Thorpe-daughter Of Bikandra Pqlllicdl
vo,i knov-fanted over a sprained ankle. It an
5Wfuy painful thing Of course; but the queer thing
was She didn't seem quite certain which ankle. GG S
them both mixed and ST. CLAIR coudn de.ecl WIZ" L
was injured In any case, had 70 pack her i'i'o " '
shaw and send her of home ,.t. t.-
Miss Cruden sprang to her feet 50 suddenly 'a' "e'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

from somewhere for half dozen Others lay scattered
around The monkey peeped over the edge OF the letter
and grinned at Miss Cruden. She caught up para2l,
the nearest weapon. and advanced thIealeHsY T'' ~,
tIo,.d - Uur,r,an She houriShed the paraSol, and
the monfe l evidently gathered that his ncty did not
reach unto the white folk With cry between chatter
and scream he dropped the letter leaPed tor hanging
dr,nerv. climbed up until he able 70 swing TO
ebafe and then went out through the skyllght
Ar ,. Miss Crudcn was indignant at the thought
that the onkey had red her desk; but glance at the
first letter she picked up disclosed an unfamiliar ,b %o
In reyealed an nnvise infatuaton for the Maharaa
R;tandra More than this they disclosed the writer
agreement to trust her fate in Blandras hands on the
night Of the Viceroys dance. SimutSneouSIy nslii
broke on the diamond hair ornament ana the periuitu
Doetrv The monkey had stolen the trnkct boztrom the
Naharaas suite and brought 1t TO her room Tor i reason
best known to himself He may have thought Was aboi
- natter He had dropped the Jewel box as he mad
done the letters on being scared by someone entrance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

~ can't help that" she swept aside all argument.
4you must 90 after her and prevent her clipping with
BikandraH ,::,
n few words she disclosed her source Of inforna
zion ndntinq out that the sprained ankle clearly
a ruse, and that it was on her conscience 70 rescue the
~ &c ,J.a.e don't lose another moment she begged
aAnd don't come back, mind until you have seen her
safety
THENCE Nar,ton went out into the night half in.
II clned 10 believe he was bound quxotie erranl
%, the caprcious behest Of delightful American gr
for whose sake he would do anything on earth; while
be tried 10 invent plausible excuses 20 cover his absence
Rt rben hour after hour sped by without his reappea
ance her ingenuity in that respect said much more for
her native mental alertness. 1t certainly taxed %
the utmost Finally, when the dance closed with ,tli
no SION Of Narston she went home in fear that bad
cent him TO some phase Of disaster. 1t Hank who
reused her 70 the fact that the next morning W far
advanced and that Marston Sahib had been 'mpa
rN...
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

when dear II he viceregaI grounds l0n.e. 10 J
chased an empty rckshaw all over the hills unit -oE-
cred nv error On reaching St. Clair bungalow Next
learned from a mounted sowar Of the Fnane. D part
nent that he had passed Bikandra escor-ing . ID
the road down the plains. promptly requ-,.' The
SOW horse for which am an-wcrable ~ O.. Finance
Department. At last, when came up with Bi.-- r. be
was not inclined 70 reinquish hi, prize; neither .;
Thorpe wish % be rescued Hence free fight :,
was compelled 70 knock Bikandrao Of his horse. -.1e
shall hear about that from the Political Depart. u.
~Good Heavens. How unfortunate. eTc.a,-. .Ir,
Crllcn with much feeling
~Ye-: but that, not all continued AIar--ou. oil" hen
captured the girl she WASH complimentary 100 my
action Not grateful. assure YOU. Then She .e into
MYSTERIES AMI it took long time 20 make ler ,1s'
in a reasonable liglt.-,hat Bikanira was per ally
undesirable and not patterned after an honorable IAN,
who. considering the circumstances II Ire could win
C9raras1 on gs-s u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

All that was clear enough
but what about the girl
Mis- Cruden Judged the
writer was still in the roman
til period who purposed to
stake her future happiness
with the odds of a hundred
TO one in favor Of unspeak-
able misery: Granted that
Bikandra's present inten-
ton, were of the best, when
his character hardly war
ranted. overshadowing such
an alliance was the dread
penalty Of caste exclusion,
and in a sinister background
the Jealous enmity OF the
Nlaharaia own womenkind.
Mis-, Cruden had been told
on good authority that when
q woman took such a step
she was not heard Of much
subsequently; in q little was
quite forgotten, then ,ii,'p-
peared. Children Of hers
never came tomatunty. I'M
agnation NAV fill in that
which is not recorded. She
shudiered at the thought 81
the girl whose future seemed
tolie in her hands, but whose
identity was concealed under
the mere initial L. How IN
the world was she 10 reach
the unknown + in time %
urge against haste AMI Sc
crecv in q matter OF >uch
vital consequence; Just then
Colonel Cruien $ voice SUM
moncd her impaticntly.
Yes. Father, I'm com
ing. She responded. She
gathered up the letters and
paused. How was She %
act.
Constance! Constance.
urged the Colonel. Don {
Won know we're late already,
and you're engaged right
from the start for dances
with the Viceroy, the Com
mander in Chiei-and the
Lord knows who:
~Yes-ycs, Father.
We'll. come along. Child.
NJ conscience, you'd keep
the whole British Empire
waiting and let me in for
no end Of undiplomatic eX-
cuScs.'
SIZE hastily thrust the let
~ tiers into q place Of secur-
ity. The only plan that oc-
CURED % her was 10 disclose
the matter 10 AIarston al the
first opportunity. In q few
,,,;D,,..- Ia- -isl-r4W was
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VII HNNAANANN AHAA.H
tiently waiting 20 sce .erfor
q long time. Mis- C-I,ien
rose at once. and She
dressed hurriedly made II
plain 20 Hank ta. fie
good intention Of permit. ing
her 10 sleep indefinite. ras
in this instance "a cr.raule
mistake. Her custom putt
ting on her habit for
ing cantcr served l. we..
subsequently. She .ni
Marston studing ur and
down their priyate ing
room in a state of H. .ae
doctors call high nervous
tension.
~Nly word, In glad
you've come al .a Dee
greeted her. I'm iu .w-
full mess on account . LAT
Thorpe girl you -.a me
after
~Please sit down .eN
me Just what you re
done" she invite %
a state Of calmer ra.
Simply can'trem. III.
a moment. Cons'ar
Il was the first - .a
had called her by Dor r--
tian name. and rer- t.
not pass her lips.
~Ncither would 81 .e
went on. IF you ia e.a
given the choice ot rrg
yourself % some .- 700
didn'tcarcan anna ny
public disgrace. H.. .rl
twelve O'Clock ~ .le
matter. auii,' snow ..-.r-
ute, % eleven. J.. =.
really was mistaa aui-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1911-07-20
Toano.

Toano. Va. July ia dance
viii DC given at the Wayside Inn on
Thursday evening. Those who
were fortunate enough TO receive in
vitstions anticipate a delightful time.
Miss Matte Wynnsis IN Williams
burg visiting Miss Kstharyn Geddy.
DR.. George Hsnkins is assisting
DR.. Stephenson during the summer.
Mrs. Kate Lamb has returned
from most pleasant visit to Surry.
Much to the regret of the people
Mr.. Powell is contemplating leaving
Toano. Mr.. Powell has been par
ticularly accommodating and has
made a most excellent agent.
Mrs. w. g. Farinholt is quite
sick.
The game on Tuesday afternoon
was a onc-sided affair. Toaro has
really not pretended to have a team
this summer. The pitcher was sick
and the score was IL to in Norge $
favor. The Toano folk did net
seem particularly enthusiastic over
the results.
Miss Marion Jennings is expected
home in a few days.
Rev. J. (. White is in Ports
mouth attending the District Con.
ference.
Miss Lou Geddy has returned
from a very pleasant visit to New
port News.
Mrs Noel Marston and little
daughter are visiting Mrs. judith
! Richardson in Hampton.
Potato prices are still good an'
as there are several who are talkin
> OF purchasing automobiles. the farm
ers cannot have lost very much {
:, say the least.
. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wilson hsv
made their home ia Client. Norfolk
Mr.. Wilson will practice law there
Mrs, Wilson. who was Miss Fanni
! MarSton. was well known social
all over the state.
x Miss Eloise Peasants was oper,
ted on Monday at the Retreat fc
the Sick. In Richmoad. She is &c
ting on nicely.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1911-07-20
West Point 10 Play Here.

Another great game of baseball IS
scheduled for this place next Satur-
day afternoon. when the splendid
West Point team viii 60 Up against
the Williamsburg nine. This prom
ises to be the most interesting game
played here this season. and both
teams are now at their best. The
game will be called shortly after 3
o'clock on Cary Field.
From West Point will come a
hundred or so of enthusiastic rooters
to witness Eve hope the defeat OF
their team. The West Point girls
are as pretty as they are enthusiastic
over their baseball team and that is
saying a heap. We feel mighty
sorry for them for they are going
back home with heavy hearts
(maybe). The visitors. who are
always welcome 90 Williamsburg
will come by launch to Capita
Landing wharf.