The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-26

escapes had been noted in the inspection,
he said and he had understood 1t had
been satisfactory. His firm. he said en-
ployed two watchmen for the day and
two others for night duty. who patrolled
the three floors. These watchmen were
instructed to prevent the gathering Of
any refuse or waste. There were auto
matte signal boxes and fire axes on each
Of the three floors.
Mr.. Blanck had no suggestion to make
as to the probable cause Of the fire. He
said that within two minutes after the
word was brought to the Office the flames
had practically shut of possibility OF
getting TO the lower floors. The fixtures
and stock of the Triangle Waist Company.
Mr. Blanck said. he valued at about
S20O. 900. They were insured for about
30 per cert Of .'iis amount.
/ Caring Tor the Wounded.
The more seriously injured were re-
moved to Bellevue. New York and st.
Vincent's hospitals. The ambulances
from these institutions were kept on the
run between the hospitals and the scene
of the fire and the accident wards rapidly
filed up with persons all seriously hurt
Ambulances were hustled Oh from Flower,
Hudson street and Gouverneur hospitals
and they were used to transport the in
jured to hospitals nearer the fire.
Several persons died after they had
reached the hospitals and others were In
such serious condition that they were moi
expected to live. The surgeons were
called upon to treat a large number o
fractures which were received when tht
victims jumped from the windows to Tho
, street below. Splints were hastily ap
piled and the sufferers were rushed on t'
operating tables. where they could re-
ceive more skilful attention.
, More serious than these were the cases
of persons who were badly burned about
the face and body. They were covered
up in oil and bantlages as soon as possible
and were the first to be taken TO th'
hospitals. beca use all depended upon theil
. being treated quickly. All of them were
suffering from shock and this. said thu
: doctors. was just as liable to result seri
ously as was a fracture or burn.
. Two surgeons were sent with an am
' bulance from the Presbyterian Hospital
but it was not found necessary to remove
= any of the patients there. The ambu
y lances carried several injured to the New
:, York Hospital.
Ii was about 6:l5 O'Clock when the fire
men hogan to search for bodies insid'
the building. At that time the report ol
" the street was that between fifty ant
. fifty-fve persons had been burned u
= = death on the three upper floors. the ma
" jority Of them on the ninth floor Tn
truth was worse than the report.
:, One crew Of men rugged two fslls sus
y pended from the roof in Greene stree
: and Washington place. Another crc'
was detailed to pick tho dcad from tn
debris and lower them to the street. Som
n OF the workers carried acctylene torches
In Greene street there was searchligh
!. shooting its white rays against the va
Of tho building: in Washington plac
70 another searchlisht played upon tn
> building and ON tho sidewalk wherc tn
. dead were laid.
d Jswrring of the Dou,cs.
It AZ first the men Oh tho upper floors ~
:. tho bodies that they found in tarpnulin
IL that are part Of tho pa-aphernalia c
. every fire truck. When the supply c
ltsrpaulius was exhausted blankets wer
snatched from the drives soits end eve
- from the horses.
Two or three bodies at a time we-
" packed into atarpauliu or blanket en-
!, carried to a window to be lowered TO th
:. sidewalk by block and tackle. On th
. sidewalk policemen received them Gn
bo-c them across the way. whe-c on a-.a
OF plain coffins from the Morcuo va
ready. As each coffin received its hurdo
y a policeman tagged it with a numbc. al
!. iotted down tho sanc number in h
n not ebook.
A line OF patrol wagons stood the'
u, aud as fast as wagon was filed wit
80 the collins il dashed away 10 the Morvl
"a or to the pier at the foot OF Ea
= Twenty y-sixth street. which took the owe
y. flow. BY 8 o'clock about eighty bodi'
T., in had been found. tagged. and sent away
When darkness fell wires we're strur
"a along Greene street and Washing'e
"a place and soon rows Of arc lights mat
A., 1t comparatively easy for tho worke
- to find their way about. So mrny patr
r. wagons had arrived from distant pr
~ cincts that many of them had to be he
in reserve in the side streets. They stot
bo along the curb like q string of taxical
;a | W0VlnR IOT tdfcs' VoSoi
:. that had been on the scene first begi
~, returning from the Morgue, They brouRl
~ cofYins that had been emptied and tn
~ were to be used over again
OF Found Alive In the Subccliar.
fo At about o'clock a watch that was 81
81 going was taken from the waist of woms
Vi who had died in the hss. Soon afterwal
a man was found alive and almost III
'k scathed in the subcellar, The mann
81 Of his escape will be worth his tellir
s' for many a day. II seemed that the fir
'o men had kept out OF the subcellar 4
V, several hours because it was choke
VI with gas and fast filling with water,
'h A little after O'Clock Battalion Chi
" Worth and Capt. Condey Of Truck s. pee
's ing into the darkness. heard man callil
., and calling What he was saying tn
o' learned afterward was Russian for Help
ey Russian or no Russian, the battalion Obi
'' and the captain knew what he mea
and they gave orders that that man mu
~ be got out.
no Down through the cellar and into Z
a. subcellar climbed Firemen Wolff. Lev
no y, and Wouscher. detailed to the job. T.
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