Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-29
investigation
Of Holocaust
GRAND jury BEGINS suMMoNlNe
OF WITNESSES.
ALL BUT 20 IDENTIFIED
Only a Score Of unknowns Among
vietims-Fire Department Likely to
Have Jurisdiction ovsr Fire Escapes

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monad 'e S'e1s 'ieo "in sum
-. ~. pus "ensy ioentiHeu.
The fire marshal continued his ex-
animation of witnesses today The
work of identification eliminated from
the morFue all but twenty bodies of
the victims, and scores OF funeral
hattan's little Italy and the Jewish sec
ton on the East Side.
Jurjsdiction Of Fire Escapes,
Silch uyera tI,e ssl7iof da,ya,,r,,,a,+s Z,
the third dav sir1ce the are Tn adj
ton an aldermanict COMMITTEES was in
structed to draft 4. bill for presentation
to the legislature, placing the installa-
on all buildings solely under the i1,ris-
diction Of the fire departrnent. sTshera
Chief Croker said. it should have rest
ga al sne Nnlle.
SluAeL ueclares se Lor nre es-
capeo on al cummings. nfeproor ana
osn0i WISE
Machinist Escaped by Roof.
Subpoena servers brought before
Fire Marshal Beers q machinist named
Greenspan who said he ran from his
post on the ninth floor when the flames
began. their sWean throIIvI1 the hI1i1d-
ing. The doors swung open to his tug
snxe ne salo, contrary TO the marsnafs
peiei 1hAl tney We're locked ana bar
REQ. req. Greenspan SAID ne escaped by
tue r9oi, taxing no one with him, al
IN snousn .s siIas I4s eIasped mas garments as
ne ne ran. an n was 700 darK, ne sald
20 ai9 tnem. Hallatlan cnlef Worth;
Mo Muo uIsIs saw ltle nudQieo group. OF
MY nou'es on tHe nlntn nooF, sIesIlned
also tAat Ho Iounu no doofs iockeA OF
parreo;
FHendiesss and Unknown.
Tbs body of a woman I'M 1ltouched by
fame and unmarked by bruises Is the
only one Of tt1e-1tWenty forms IN the
motgues tonight which perhaps win be
IDENTIFIED by anything save trinkets
M!! Mgne q tne . survlving employees OF the
Ia wins hSarS b.. tss eu
heIinvs- that aa f-ir,, ~ ponos
without q relative
c.-.~.1.szsss.'
ess TOT ontuenkiHeo.
A storm of indignation in the Jewish
section over the suggestion that the
unidentified dead be placed in a single
grave was dissipated today by the an
nouncement that the department OF
charities would procure plot Of
ground In private cemetery and bury
each victim in separate CONN and
eaave. Inc cnief RELIEF fund totalee
ss'e0o ~
SymPathy from French Ambassador.
The first expression Of sympathy te
come from foreign government In
connection with the fire horror here
Saturday was communicated to Mayor
Gaynor late today in telegram from
in behalf of the French ambassador.
The message reads:
Il have the honor to inform YOU tha,
| under instructions of his government
the ambassador of the French republic
has called on me to express the sincere
sympathy Of France with the people
OF 1nls country and with the city OF
of life and snfferine accasien rn .He ea1 i1ss ts
ar IN NJ V-,rl- IL, 80 ~ LIZ
y oi's iase 9a.uroAy.
1'r's swear Doors Were Locked.
Two girls who escaped from the
eighth floor by running down the mar
row stairs made AFFIDAVIT for the buiId.
ing department that the doors on The
| Washington place side of the buildins
were always kept locked. To these
Iecked doors. they said, most of the
sr,nla sa. ~ "a .m.r way .nrousn tnt
oainst tha,,. -. 49,, toa,. N ... 1ai!
dsoth Afta. ~ IL paoh 70 incl
:s,ea !. ,..,s ,.iaiig iau surneu dWay
tna n.an opeleu one Oh the doors ana they
PartltIo" Made Earess Slow.
were open, the affiants 7a said a'iIs but sth. tn.