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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

ran. Their complexion was whitel
and their hair soft. and light. On
top of the fallest pillar-the one
into which Montezuma, the son
Of the governor had been chang
ed. as the Zunians believed. sat
a man of robust form. noble mi
en-. and deep blue eyes; while on
top of the other. into which Col
indrina. the daughter of the pri-
EST. had been changed. as also
the Zunians believed ,-was seat
ed q woman of exquisite beauty.
with eyes as blue and as liquid
~ soft as heaven 3 unclouded Ger
ulean The Zuni council drew.
near the pillar with admiration,
and awe, bowing themselves to
earth. in humbiest alteration. and
by signs besoueht the man, and
woman 10 descend. They. filled
with equal wonder. understood
from their signs what the Zuni-
ans desired. and accordingly
came down. The Zunians gather
ed around them. casting their
deer. AMI buffalo skins on the
ground before them To protect
their feet from It's contact In a
short time they constructed Of
dressed hides rude litter upon
which they bore the two strang-
ers 70 their ruined village
Meanwhile. runners had been
dispatched 20 convey imforna
ton Of these strange events to
the governor and the priest On
hearing the above narrated incl
DENTS. the priest seized the hand
Of the governor. and exclaimed /:
Now q Governor. in all these
things | behold the foot prints.
ri our diyinities. Out Of the pill
AZ of stone into which thy be
loved boy was converted. this
white man must have sprung. He
is but the expression and embOdi
ment of the spirit of their idoliz-
ed. MOntcznma. whom the Just
gods restored TO thee in "A renew
ed form. and i'm higher degree
OF protection: and, O Colindrina
my own dark eyed girl. :
But ere he conld finish the
two strangers were horne into
their presence.
The governor threw himself in
the arms of the white man. while
the priest conyulsively clasped
rhe woman TO his bosom. the one
CRYING. Monteznma. my son.
the other. COlindrina. my dau-
ehter..
The people wept. The excite
ment was overpOwering. The sub
lime conception of these two old
men. that these two beings were
their own sacrificed children. re
stored 70 them i'm brighter beau
~. and in higher perfection. lift
cd their pure spirits too far heav
| onward for the tenuOus chords
that mannacl.d them into clay
They died of intense .iOy-a JOY
which robs death OF it's terror,
and watts bright souls TO another
aud more bliSSful world. They
died. each rapturously smiling
and gazinz-for even death with
held his effacing fingers: the one
into the eyes and face Of him.
whom he had greeted. Monte
.uma my SON. the other. into
the eyes and face Of her whom.
he had greeted Colindrina. my
daughter
! The governor was buried at
| the base OF the pillar on which.
the white man was found sitting.
while the priest was placed AZ
tho foot of the pillar on which
the white woman sat
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Notice Of Letting Contrast For
the Construction Of New Bridge
In 4til. Supervisors District.
The State 81 Mississippi,
Monroe County.

Monroe County.
Notice Is hereby given Hhut Tho
Board 81 SUPERVISOR al said county
viii, on Tuesday thr 1ih, day y April.
1911, a. the west door of thc county
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Miss within legal hours, proceed To- Zee
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March 1911. meeting. Tine fuccras-
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cot lid ior faithful performance 81
said contract.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
Ihud-Dead.

Thud-dead, thud-dead, thud
dead. Sixty-two thud -deads, l call
them that because the sound and the
thought of death came to me, each
time, at the same instant. There
was plenty of chance to watch them as
they came down; the height was
eighty feet.
The first ten thud--deads shocke ed
me. looked up, saw that there were
scores OF girls in the windows. The
flames from the floor below were
beating into their faces. Somehow
knew that thev too, must come
down. and something within me
something that | didn't know was
there-steeled me.
l even watched one girl falling
She, waving her arms, tried to keep
her body upright. Until the very in.
slant she touched the sidewalk, she
was trying to balance herself Then
came the thud-then silent, unmov.
ing pile of clothing and twisted, brok-
en- limbs
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
BODY a Livino Torch.

One woman jumped from the top
floor only to have her dress catch
on broken awning stanchion. Her
body hung there and remained, liv-
ing torch. until the clothing charred
through and then the unfortunate
victim fell to the hard pavement be
meath.
Inside the building other terrible
scenes were being enacted. There
were two elevators running when the
fire started. One was in charge OF
Joseph Zito, aged %, and the other,
John Gregory Each made number
of trips to the upper floors running
through the smoke and fame. Final
ly the Gregory elevator iammed at the
bottom and he was compelled to de-
sert It, AS be left, there was tbud
on the roof and second later a half
dozen bodies came down, life being
crushed out on the steel hood of the
car. Zito managed to make another
trip to the ninth floor and had gotten
Eve persons on board when a puff of
flames caused him to start down. AS
he passed the floor below, Zieber, who
had tried to get down the stairs and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
Love and Death Together.

Then came love amla che flames.
He brought another girl to the Win
dow. Those Of us who We're looking.
saw her put her arms around him and
kiss him. Then he held her out into
space and dropped her. But, quick as
fash. he was on the ~sndow sill
himself. His coat futtered upward
the air filled his trouser legs; we could
see he wore tan shoes and hose. His
hat remained on his head Thud
dead, Thud- dead, they Went into
eternity | saw his face before they
covered it; could see in it that this
was real hero. He had done his
best We found out later that in tie
room in which he stood many girls
we're being burned to death by flames
and We're screaming for help. He
chose the easiest way and was brave
enough to help the girl he loved into
eternity He leaped with energy, as
if he believed that he cauld cheat
eravitation and arrive first in that
mysterious land of eternity only a
second of time distant, to receive her.
But her thud-dead, came first.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
Cause of the Fire.

The cause OF the fire was in doubt
but the firemen We're inclined TO he
lisve it resulted from the explosion
of a gasoline engine which furnished
the power in the Triangle plant. This
belief was based on the story of the
elevatorlnen and some survivors who
said they heard an explosion few
seconds before the fire broke out.
Harris & Black. the two partners in
the firm, however, denied there was
an explosion. They said 50 far as
they rad been able to ascertain he
fire was caused by spark from a pull
ley that had become jammed and heat
ed. Word of the fearful nature of
the fire soon spread to those who had
relatives working in the shirt factory
and there was a rush of women to the
scene. Crying and beseeching the
police, they tried to break through
the fire lines to reach the silent forms
that lay under the rough woolen
blankets and brown canvass. but rea-
lizing that to be kind ii was necessary
to be cruel, the police forced the
anxious, heartbroken people back.
Some who tainted were cared for by
the ambulance surgeons on the scene.
While the fire was at its height the
coroners of Manhattan arrived and
started an investigation. A hurry or
der was sent in TO Bellevue Hospital
for 70 coffins and patrol wagons hur-
ried them to the scene. After the
cornors had consulted, they directed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
A Slide For Life.

A number seeing there was no hope
of the elevators making another trip,
tried to slide down the cable. Those
who reached the wire rope could not
check their momentum and after
their hands were burned they let go
and We're crushed to death at the bot
tom of the shaft.
Seeing that there was no chance OF
saving more lives, Chief Croker or
dered his men TO quench the fire
and they attacked it on all sides.
The inflamable material used In the
shirtwaist factory, however, burned
like tinder and it was more than two
hours before the fire was under con-
troll. Meanwhile the firemen and po-
lice had covered the bodies of the
dead on the sidewalks with blankets
and tarpaulins. Every hospital in the
downtown section of the city had rush
ed all of its ambulances to the scene
and the interns were aided by volun-
teer doctors who came from every di-
rection. All had their work cut out.
During the first rush down the stairs
many of those who escaped had been
trampled or had fallen in their eX-
citement and We're bruised and cut.
Some sustained fractured limbs. AS
fast as possible they were rushed to
the hospitals.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
Peculiar Thouahts

VI had counted ten. Then duh
sense began to work automatically
noticed things that it had not occurred
to me before to notice, little details
that the first shock had blinded me
TO- | looked up to see whether those
above watched those who fell | no
ticed that they did; watched them
every inch of the way down and
probably heard the roaring thuds that
we heard looked up and saw a
love affair in the midst OF all the
horror. a Young man at th-, window
helped girl to the window sill. then
he held her out, away from the build
ing and let her dlop. He seemed cal
culating he held out a second girl in
the same way and let her drop. then
he held out a third girl they didn't
resist. noticed that Lt1-y were as
unresisting as if he were helping
them on to a street car instead OF
into eternity. Undoubtedly he saw
that terrible death awaited them in
the flames and his aid was only IA ter
rible chivalry
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
Flames DEFY the Firemen

A big extension truck rolled up tc
the structure and the ladder was
swung into place and hurriedly raised
A groan from both fremen and the
terrified spectators went up as it was
seen that the ladder reached only &c
midway between the sixth and sew
enth floors. Two fremen grasped
scaling ladders and started up, only
to be driven back by the fire that now
was feeding on the wooden window
castings and burning as rapidly as
though fed with oil
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
Mushroom of Smoke

AS | reached the scene of the fire
a mushroom of smoke hung over the
ten story building glanced up and
on the edge of the roof saw a young
man walking along with his overcoat
over his arm. He appeared to be
waiting for the fire engines But
none was there There was none
even in sight or within hearing.
| noticed that the man was well
dressed and had jaunty air. His
hands We're in his trousers pockets
Five minutes later saw him jump
out into space: his overcoat parachut-
ed in the air beside him. and mo-
ment later he vas lifeless on the side
walk. ] looked up to the seventh
floor There was living picture in
each windoy-four screaming heads
OF girls; Waving their arms. "Call
the firemen. they creamed scores
OF them
Get ladder, cried others. They
We're alive and whole and sound as
we stood on the sidewalk. | could
not help thinking of that. We called
to them not TO jump. We heard the
sound Of fire engine in some dis
tant block Then others sounded
from other directions.
Here they come. we yelled. Don't
jump Stay there
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Grotesoue simiIe.

Suddenly the flames broke out from
the windows below them, and curled
up into their faces. The firemen be-
gan to raise ladder. While they
were rushing to the sidewalk with it,
two more girls shot down. The fire
men held it under them; the two
bodies broke it; the grotesque simile
OF a dog jumping through paper
hoop struck me. Before they could
move the net another girls body
flashed into it. The thuds We're Just
as loud, it seemed, as if there had
been no net there. 1t seemed to me
that the thuds We're so loud that they
might have been heard all over the
city, like dull explosions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
More Horrible Yet to Come.

The firemen raised their ladder. 1t
reached only to the sixth floor saw
the last girl jump at it and miss it.
And then the faces disappeared from
the windows. BY now the crowd was
large, though all this had occurred in
less than seven minutes. the start OF
the fire and the thuds and deaths. |
heard screams around the corne~ and
hurried there, What | had seen
was not so terrible as what followed.
Girls were burning to death before
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
The New Sound.
[By William Sheppard. !

NEW YORK, March 25.-I was
walking through Washington square
when puff of smoke issuing from the
factory building caught my eye !
reached the building before the alarm
was turned in. saw every feature Of
the tragedy visible from outside the
building. learned new sound
more horrible sound than description
can picture. 1t was the thud of a
speeding living body on a stone side
walk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
Wm Sheppard of the United Press Was of
1t First Started and Remained Until the Last
Spark Was Out.
WATCHING GIRLS LEAP TO THEIR DEATH ON SIDEWALKS
Standing Hepess By and Watching as Well as the Panic
Stricken Ones Die By Being Crushed Rather Than
From the Flames

Mote VIM. Sheppard, United Press
reporter, was in Washington square,
half block from the scene OF the
disaster, when the first puff of smoke
issued from the building He was
on the scene before either the fire de-
partment or the police reached it. The
following is his story, from the view
point of an eyewitness, of the entire
orror.-Editor:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26

She dropped. | watched her fall and
heard the sound. Two windows away,
two girls were climbing onto the sill;
they were fighting and crowding each
other for air: behind them saw
many screaming heads. They fell,
almost together, but l heard two dis
tinct thuds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
Tried to Hold Her.

One girl climbed onto window
sash. Those behind tried to hold her
back Then she dropped into space.
| didn't notice whether those above
watched her drop, because l had turn
ed away.
Then came that first thud dead i'm
preston. | looked up. Another girl
was climbing onto the window sill.
Others were crowding behind her
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26

directing the work of the army of
hremen called out by three alarms.
he said to the United Press reporters.
L knew there were no real fire es-
capes. For years | have agitated to
have them placed on but no attention
has been paid to me-
1t was shortly after 4:3O this after
noon when fifty students in the pro-
fessional school of New York Univer-
sity which fronts on University place,
were startled by the crash of falling
glass. Instantly there was rush to
the streets and as the youths reached
there thew saw the first body come
sailing down. 1t was that of a young
girl, apparently not more than Ii. Her
clothing was on fire and as she struck
the stone pavement her head was
crushed, the blood and brains scat
tering almost to the middle of the
street.
Windows Filled With Shreking Men
and Women,
One after another, ten others Jump
ed while the people ON the street
gazed in helpless horror. When the
first piece of fire apparatus reached
the scene, every window on
the eighth, ninth and tenth
floors was filled with shrieking
men and women, some begging for
help, while others We're praying. The
eighth floor windows were pouring
out smoke and fame while framed
in were both women and men who,
as they realized they must chose be-
tween two modes of death, for the
most part jumped. The clothing on
nearly every body that struck the
pavement was afire and in some cases
before they really dropped, it had
been burned almost completely off.
The first engine company on the
scene rushed with canvass life net
directly under the main entrance and
the captain in charge shouted to those
above to keep cool and jump one at
a time" But the frenzied people eth
er could not understand or the heat
was too fierce and three persons jump
ed at the same instant The impact
of the bodies tore the net into shreds,
rendering it useless.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
Urls FACTORY Forced Leap Death From Seventh
otory and Higher Meet Death in Embrace
fhe Flames
one OF The GREATEST FIRE HORRORS Of THE CEN7IIRY|
Over oO Girls and Women Lose Their Supposedly
Proof Building Becomes Roaring Furnace in
lvnxlng of an Eye

tGate City Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, March 26. (sunday)-
Lying under Tapping sheets on the
bleak wind swept pier of the charities
department. are the bodies of 141 oirls
and men, victims of the holocaust in
the American Book Company build
ing, northwest corner Greene street
and Washington Place, late yester
day. In the hospitals are seven more
bodies and twenty-five injured. some
of whom will not recover.
The fire, the most appalling in the
history Of Manhattan, is charged to
criminal negligence, nearly all of the
victims, young girls, employees of the
Triangle Shirt Waist Co., BEING trap
ped In the upper floors of the ten
story structure unprovided with out.
SIZE fire escapes, and forced to leap
to certain death on pavements be.
low' or perish in the flames.
NEW YORK, March 25.--One hun
dred and thirty-six bodies of victims
VI iire tnaf destroyed the factory OF
the Triangle Waist Company this af-
ternoon had been taken to the morgue
at II o'clock, beside the seven dead
In the hospital There We're still a
number of bodies in the basement and
suo-basement of the structure but ii
was said by Chief Croker that it would
De impossible to tell before morning
now many, as the sub-cellar was com.
pietely filed with water and the eel
lar was waist deep. The water was
being pumped out but it was said this
would be an all-night task The police
estlmate that $50 lost their lives
While the firemen say that number
WI surely be passed before the list
is completed and that the number
may reach IT'S.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
The Next Door Building.

In the building adjoining a short
circuit cut all the lights out. Smoke
poured through the structure as
though it were an immense flue. but
the darkness and suffo-
eating smoke, James McCadden, a na-
gro elevator operator kept his car
running until he had taken everyone
in the structure. 29t, 10 the street.
7 had one look from the 10th
floor window. said McCadden, jusr
(Cout.nueS IN poya -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
Bloody Water.

he floods of water from the fire.
mems hose that ran from the gutter
was actually stained red with blood
On the sidewalk lay heaps of broken
bodies. | saw policeman latter go-
ing about with tags numbering each
with pencil and | saw him fasten
tag No. 81 onto the wrist of a girl
Who wore an engagement ring.
fireman who came down stairs
from the building told me that there
We're at least 30 bodies in the big
room on the seventh fToor. Another
fireman told me that more girls
jumped down an air shaft in the rear
OF the building ! went back there
into the narrow court and saw a heaD
Of dead girls. And there saw the
iirst ire escape / had seen. 1t was
narrow The firemen told me that
many girls had gone down 1t and that
others had fallen from it in the rush.
But on the two fronts OF the building
there were no fire escapes The only
way down was the thud dead. way.
These girls We're all shrtwaist max
ers As looked at the heap of dead
bodies ! remembered their great strike
OF last year in which these girls de-
mauded more sanitary work rooms
and more safety precautions in the
shops These dead bodies told the
result
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had been driven back by the fire,
smashed the glass door. zito stop
ped his elevator aad crowded twenty
others in the car. He got these to
the ground while cries and means OF
the other victims abandoned on the
floor could be heard on the street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-26
Shower of surnino Girl

o'uWer OF bUThIh9 GIFTS.
There were 80 in that shower The
flesh was cooked and the clothes on
most of them was burned away.
The whole, sound. unharmed girls
who jumped on the other side of the
street had done their best to fall feet,
down; but these fire-tortured, suffer
ing ones fell inertly, did not care how
they fell, Just so that death came to
them on the sidewalk instead OF in
the fiery furnace behind them