New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-29

20 see that they We're not taking any
lace or other material home with them.
A narrow passage was left they said,
between the partition and the wall. lead
ing to the freight elevator. which the
|. Girls were allowed TO use in leaving the
Il building. But the Are started in the
Greene street corner. and in two min
ut.s the partition was ablaze and the
workers were driven K from II. 50
that they could not esca by the Greene
street stairs. while the door to the other
stairs was locked. they said.
Wanted 70 jump from Fire.
ros,e Nicolosi SAID that when she and
Rosie passantino. Who were among the
fret ones - re-ch the door 70 The Wash
,nston Place stairs. found that IT was
locked they tore AZ IL Tor several min
,tes and then started 80 jump from
the windows rather than be burned -
iccsth Bat Louis Brown. tho mschin-
.is, on thst Aoor opened the door IN time
TO- roos- 81 the girls 20 escape she said
,het before sho cot cut she saw one Of
pc~ fallow workers afro N the middle If
.he floor and that that girl was burned
- death
rD,J you notice - Sly time whether
,ne doors in the Triangle waist factory
uere fastened" was the hrst question
asked Of the girls
The doors were ALWAYS fastened on the
eighth floor on the Washington Place
IL q, rosfe NicolOsi replied
.Pu, The Greene street doors we're not
fast nedo'
NO" she said the Greene street.
doors were not fastened. They always
kent the Greene street SIDE open. never
tho Washington Place side. went
through the washington Place side.
When went to the door IL was locked.
There were about thirty girls there
when J got there Some o. them went
ewsv across the room and some went
70 the windows Then man came ana
opened the door end we went out. do
not know what happened - the sirls
Who went away from the door
DO YOU know il the door at the
Greene street side was locked when the
FIRE broke out?" she was asked.
NO. I do not know what happened
there. the flames we've between u.s. she
said
What part IF the room cd you no.
tee the FIRE como from
1T started near tho Greene street on
trance at the cutting table she said
"AIl Al once it seemed that a match was
lighted and in ono minute y was fun Of
flames. We did not know how II hap
pened
Was ANYBODY smoking" she vas
nsked
y 90 no, know whether they We're 81
not" she replied That was forbid. Of
course We were working and could not
see"
How many minutes did It take for
the flames 70 spread"
1T came al at once Not oven two
minutes
Was it the custom 70 keep all the
doors on the Greene street side IN
locked was asked.
The Greene street doors were always
opened" Josie said
vi tEf tiSHlI ana nlNtN 00OrS
't do not know about the ninth foor:
only the eighth floor" she said The
Washington Place doors were locked
and the Greene street doors opened on
The eighth floor"
Did they have the doors on the Greene
street side open when the fire started?"
she was asked.
Yes" she said.
90 Won know whether many Of the
girls got down the Greene street side?'
was asked
I do not know" she replied. ~ went
through the Washington Place side.
Most Of the girls went to the Wash
ircton Place door and when they found
Il locked they went away. Some went
- the windows and do not know what
happened 10 them. But if the Washin-
ton Place door had been opened many Of
the girls would have been saved"
Was there partition in front Of
the stairway on the eighth floor che
was asked. A kind Of inclosure 81 wood
around the door. SO that at night when