The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-14


ended great many romancrs. .
Men and women Identified among the |
victims those to whom they were TO /.
have been married within Il very short /
time.
Rosie Solomon was early In line to I.
view the bodies ut the morguc. She /
was looking for Joseph Wilson, her |
fancc. The young man hnd come from |
Philadelphia some months ago and
found work in the Triangle Waist com
pany's lofts Wilson had come here to
hc near the girl he meant to marry.
He was to have called upon her sat
urday night when he had promised to
set the date for their wedding. He did
not come to her She knew where he
worked and had telephoned the build
ing Saturday evening. Then she heard
OF the fire. So she came TO look among
the collins. At coffin No "a she stop
ped-saw on finger the ring she had
given her sweetheart She spoke then
of a watch. They found 1t and open
ed the case for her. Her own picture
was inside. She fell into her mothers
arms. Then both knelt on the floor,
tore their hair and garments and had
to be placed in the care OF nurses.
Harry Marks similarly found Pauline
Levine to whom he was engaged. In
her purse was her envelope with It's
meager salary, and in a compartment
was the wedding ring he had given
her. Around her neck was golden
ture was in the locket.
A little stoop shouldered man. An
thony Mldolo, came sobbing up to Cap
tain O'Connor, commanding the police.
He led the big captain to a coffin
where was the body Of glrl-a little.
childish body.
my little girl" said Midolo. "In her
ears and on her finger are the little
gold things gave her last Christmas"
Serafno Maltese, n young typesetter
collapsed after the ordeal through
which he passed. 1t was that OF find
ing among the 1873 dead his sisters,
Lucy and Sarah. He tried to go on
with the search; his mother was among
she missing. An ambulance surgeon
gave him reStoratives and advised the
half crazed lad to return later and
seek among the bodies his parents
corpse.
Abraham Robinowitz was one Of
those who jumped from the eighth floor
only to be crushed TO pieces In the
street He was to have been married
next week.
Bride of Month Victim.
Mrs, Ethel Schneider, bride OF one
month, plunged to her death from the
eighth floor. Her husband. Harry,
after repeated attempts to rescue her
was trampled by the onrush Of panic
stricken girls and carried to the street
in the arms of several fremen.
I'VE were married In Portland, Me.
last month and arrived In this city
only twelve days ago" he said. "W.
had been stopping with my wife's
cousin. who had been employed by the
Triangle Waist company. After sew
eral days OF pleading | gave my wifi,
permission to work with her cousin.
ION Saturday. which was to be he
first pay day, called at the offices o.
II euveloped in flames.
Suddenly l heard a scream. ant
there on the ledge of the window
saw nv bride | rushed into the hall
way aud had reached the second foo
when I was knocked down and tram
pied upon. After that everything be
came dark.
when regained consciousness the
told me that my wife had jumped fror
the window Immediately after ! ha
entered the building"
How Many Died.
A thirteen year-old girl hung fc
three minutes by her finger tips to tn
sill of tenth floor window. A tongu
of fame licked Mt her fingers, and sh
dropped TO death.
A girl threw her pocketbook. the
her hat. then her furs from a tent
floor window. a moment later hi
body came whirling after them
death.
At a ninth door window q man and
woman appeared. The man embrace
the woman and kissed her Then
hurled her to the street and tumpe
Both were killed. Five girls smasht
pane OF glass. dropped In stru
Cling tangle and were crushed into
shapeless mass.
A girl on the eighth floor leaped T
firemans ladder, which reached on
TO the sixth floor. She missed. stru
the edge OF a life net and was pick
M with her back broken. From o
window a girl Of about thirteen yea
a woman, a man and two women wi
their arms about one another thrt
themselves to the ground in rapid 81
cession.
One girl jumped into a horse ola
ket held by 6remen and polcemt
The blanket ripped like cheeseclo
snd her body was mangled almost
youd recognition.
Another dropped into tarpau
held by three men. Her weight e
IL from their grasp. and she struck
street. breaking almost every bone
her body.
A Remarkable Experience.
Henry Meshel had most extraol
nary experience in escaping from