New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
INCIDENTS OF THE FIRE
Strange and Tragic Occurrences That Marked the
Occurrences
Disaster.

Lbs;
\ n Feidstein manufactures hats end
caps IN the building just in the rear oi
where the fre occurred His back windows
re three feet above the floor. and from them
one can look into the airshaft. the ghastiy
,ul-de-sac Of the fire There is an iron
rickct fence between his windows and ms
sirshaft and hanging on top of -, just a1'er
the frer1en Quit work. Feldstein found me
false ruffs from a wonsn's head " n'ns'
have te.n torn off a she jumped into the
shamhles below.
II pulled them IN right way" he SAID
for even down here burning stuff was tall-
ING and coming in The window. Just AFTER
We eo. tho shutters closed We heard some
ono ban,r'erirs ~, the outside We opened
the window. and a Young man about twenty
one wears old staggered in. covered win
blood
ra,ds,a,n saw the fire lie was IN his
store and heard the screams
81. looked 10 me" he said, Just ike
hs nile Of rubbish coming out If the win
dous. the girls Jumped SO fast. dead man
was fourd Just outside one of my back win
dows"
Found Shoes and Hat in Street.
living in the gutter in front IF build
ING in Washington Place was rUsset shoe.
NTH all tho buttons gone The heel was
half rinred off II was evident that the
1,r1 who had worn IL had caught her heel
on = wire or projection when falling and
4, had been torn from her foot. Not zen
feet avav was a patent leather Oxford.
its laces tied IN a knot. Hanging over rS
edge was q eoiled yellow garter Ana
little further on was fur hat tr'mmod
with what had once been CAV red rose
All sorts of personal apparel ana trinkets
we're found on the sidewalks and in the
buiIding as we'll one fireman found
leather handbag with brass trimmings on
tho eighth Aoor. II had roll Of paper
money and gold watch in u.
On. Of City's Great Disasters
Crief Croker said that the fire last n'sht
could he cIsssed with three other great
i.oe.ors on tho island Of Nanhattan-tne
,,.,,.5eo, Hotel fire. where siXty-eight we've
Luled. the Park Place fire, where s'N'S-
seven lost their lives. and the PARK ANe'''
Hotel fire. where more than twenty per 'so'''
wore burned 10 death. This of course 'o''
no, include the Slocum disaster 'he h'ooN-
,,n theatre fire or other terrible events oc
curing off the island itself
c Girls Crash Through Glass.
= knew the girls in that building "N"'
said Mrs /. Goldman. who runs Si'ia''
Ida,;oo,eesen and kosher shop ins' han
,,ocl north Of the burned hudlnS w
&c s,raet They used 10 come IN mere
,.,r,. dav for lunch. Tho horrid screams
brorebt me running ont ~ my s'o'
Nh saw them falling Ike Ta's oo' ol
- ,.ben II begins - sink, ! saw TWO
,iris crash through cellar glass on WASH
li,rtcn Place ! am going home 10 wv o
s,eAp. but | don't think J can. don
49, IN ever forget 1t a. long as ! ive
crok.r Saw Bodies Everywhere
There could he q repetition Of TINS hre
,o- morrow night IN some places IN Ne"
work " said chief Croker. AT hea'ins
| before Porough President McAneny
month or 50 ago said that 81 factories
oeice and loft buildings should have OUTSIDE
fire escapes.
.1 non, M inside the building and le' me
.u ,ou II was tough sight BODIES we're
.,ervvhere. and especially around th~ WIN
ao1s leading 70 the fire escapes IneF-
o.a,a no, % many bodies near the STAR
cases
! ..1bis u-ss not what ven = ould "ail an 'n
,,sual,v rsp,d fire. for all of this kind bu,n
ra,idl, Fy the time that the d"portnei'
arr,,.ed. which should say was abou; t"o
| ,,;r,,es after the alarm came IN, the fTa
had obtained great hesdvav. The LADDER
40 Lad IN ~ the seventh ncor was 'h"
! Largest ladder sc have.
Girl. Crash Through skyliaht.
The frenzied girls. Jumping vim al me
.,reneth ,hev could muster must hs'e
hot through the air Ike rockets Az 'he
o.usr lights around the building we're
mashed They had great caring holes
n,,b Jagged edges In them These hgh's
az. ueuallv Of steel or cement, With me
.,oee buli's ewes about t"o inches thick one
.,,Ieht al thA corner ~ the building mao
. hola IN I, ~ least Elk feet vide. " was
LA that Eve girls. clssred In one another
o~r,e smashed down through this. Another
wi nr,need through the glass awning over
49,. American Pook Company establish
In, ,ust vest ~ the burning building
o,,oler Alarms Keep R'rp,nu.
I,Ie a hollow nloCkery, fire or burglar
-, bens uere ringing all last night in
,so eu,-ed building The wires had hesn
atssrranzed end the bells rang unceasinsiy
r,,ios;ty Seekers AZ elsze
rb. crowd gathered outside the m" lines
roos.lv curiosity seekers There
,o.roed ~ be no relatives of the dead giris
.,,o,sr them. ann Few persons IN the ihronS
-.,d ,lev knew snv one personally that
- uorHed IN the building This vas
oa.ii,. eyplsine5, for most Of those Yho hal
,.., friends or relative we're ~ the Torsne
a..tinr 10 IDENTIFY he bodies
,,a 1brovnh Firenen's Nets
Tho ere VAS handled IN the hest manner
POSSIBLE. considering ihe conditions OF
rantc Firemen rushed 70 'he WINDOW
9TH their nets right away but the girls