Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-03-30
NEW YORK FIRE HORROR
Us Persons, Mostly Women, Perish in
Factory fire---Some Cremated
Others Jump to Death

en,oasA The woven wire glass Of can
oPy to the tagging below. Ilsr .i.tsr.
VINO ", followed, hamed through the air
iike roekets. Their path could b. tol. /
lowed, but hardly heard.
II was eighty-hve feet from the sigbtb F.
1oor to the ground. about riret,.fyr .
ieet from the ninth floor. Ii5 feet from
the eorniee Of the roof and the upward
rush Of the dfaught and the erackle Of
tAe aaraes drosnal tAsi- eri..
SIX girls fought their way TO a v,,.
dow on the ninth soor over the ho.l.s.
81 fallen fellow workers ami srawiei out
IN single hle to an eicht-inch stone Tr,..s
running the leugth OF the building. More
thah 100 teet above the sidewalk they
erept along their Perilous pathway To- a
swinging electric feed wire. spanning
Washington place.
The kaders paused for their sonp,u-
ions to catch up at the end OF the lelre
and the slx grabbed the wire simulta1e-
ously- Il snapped ike rotten whip e0rd
and they crashed down to their death.
\ is-year-old girl hung for three min
utes BY her finger tins 10 th. .,v ef f.,
tenth door window. A tongue ef flme
licked at her fingers and she Dropped
into a he net heH bv s-ew.r H.,
women fell into taa NJ. 81 a.m.-s ts.
same moment. The strand. pr-t.f ana
the three we're added q, +b.. 4s,.b l..
4 girl threw her pockstbook. th.r h4r
hat, then her iur- from a tenth story
window A few moment. fit.r her t...Iv
came vhirIns afier them ,a Death.
vt the ninth foa- wirfs, a r1.r a-4
a woman appeared The man s-.b-a..t
the woman ana Ei-.ei her Then ID.
hurled her 20 the .-raat ,-I r,--..i
Both we're kilrL Fire r--l. --t,.t..I 4.
pane Of zla-.. drouue.I in a -t-raH-,
tangie and we're er,.she.i into a ....5.I...
mass. 4 girl on tie sl.h-t faar .s-.f
for a fireman. hdt-r. an.t ra-s4.,f
only 20 The -uth faar. >d- r..i.
struck the e.lee sf a Hte ~ ana wa.
pickesi up VITA bsr bark br.x-n.
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nunshsria- tsas Of thaasaa,i--e s.gturs
Of the Hlorb5alv earia.ss aaa 1t has-
crar-,I reI1fives aa4 irser.ls g. sae W.
tiw-. 4 hur.Ired mounted a,ilIsrussa t...l
TO charge the crowd repeatedly e. keep
T. baeS-
Led bv Ere Ch.et Craker a -aaad 2
s-s,,e, ..orweI ts.. .-1.ruavs ana
,,,i,ad arr,-.. IN lie briLl5a.-. Two
sear,bbrht. from buildings opposite
Eahted the wav OF the ire f-aters e
,hev assembled 10 the top foors- Fifty
roasted bodies we're found oa the l.rta
aoor. They law in every possible pcs
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