The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-26

SostuTe. como 80 cHurrcd that rccogni
stlon was imPvsgiblc a hall uozer
were nude, wita lbs ,ieel haus,ns ia
ehrcds to tho bones.
Women wtth their hair burned awav
with limbs burned entirely OF ana
the cherrcd stuinr visible were lifted
tenderly from the debris. wrapped in
o'lcloth and lowered by pullcys TO The
street,
Across the street there rested on
the sidewalk 100 pine collins into wn;cn
they placed the bodies. AS fast a.
this was done the collins were carrieo
away IN any kind Of a vehicle that
could be pressed int service to tho
moreue at Bellevue Hospital and 10
the Charities Pier Morguc, opened for
the first time since tho Slocum hor-
ror.
Ono hundred and sin bodies had been
taken from tho building and twenty
injured had been conveyc. 10 st. Vim
cents Hospital at 10 o'clock. OF these
three died soon after admittancc.
Others were not expected to live tina
night through. Three Of iivo women
taken 10 Bellevue Hospital died soon
after admittance there
On The tentl f1ocr Of the building
adjoining the burning structure is
the law department OF New York Unl-
yersity. Here twenty odd students
ware listening 10 a lecture by frank
u. Sommer. CORNER sheriff Of Essex
county, \. J. lie saw the smoke and
saw the girls trapped OF The ronf. lie
led his class to the roof of the uni
Tcrsitr quarters. where they foUnu
two ladders. The boys seized these,
bore them down two lights to tho roof
ot an intervening building, awar1ned
out Of The windows and raised them 70
The roof Of tie burning structure.
r J-nvt a.. 81 re- 49,. - L I,,snn-l,t "in1S-r . IN
safety.
Lyman Moschar. a cutter. slid down
the elevator cable ton stories a2d Was
found alive az The bottom. Standing ii
water UP 10 his arm pits. His hands
were laceratod. his forehead was cut,
but otherwise he was unhurt,
Just how many trips were made by
Tie o~levator men will perhaps never
no ascertaincd. There arc varying re-
ports of lleroism al the elevators. but
It was Impossible tonight to learn it
tho lifts were operated up TO the last
possible moment.
The police say that to-day's frs is
the sixth or seventh in the building
within twelve months, all Of Which.
they say, occurred in the shirtwatst
factory. The others were triiling.
Tie factory. incidentaily, is said TO he
the hrst i'll which operators struck
during the widespread s~hirtwaist
strike settled several months agc.
BY to-day's disaster the total oil
sllirtwaist operators WHO have per-
!shcd in New York and vicinity re-
Gently is raised TO nearly 1900.
Official Neglect.
Tho cause OF this ~irishtful GALLANT
ity--ofiicial neglect.
Housing during The busy hour or
the day thousands of employees, this
biz and high reaching building was
equipped with but one narrow iron
fire escape, and that in the rear and
leading into an almost blind court.
AS though this neglect and ALSO
lutte disregard for human life were not
enough. a criminal trap placed as .
gle Company that They were constant
Is under suspicion or theft. added
scores 10 the roll Of death.
An iron door, opening inwardly. had
teen Placed at the head of the stair
way OH the ninth floor by the Tr!-
angle Company. Wien expensive ma
tcria! was being handled on the ninth
floor, where l,aoV woIncn We're en-
ployed, this dopr was closed, and no
one could leave the room without =
superficial search, the women bcius
required 10 opcn their coats and clouks
and expose thr contents OF their llanu
GasS or any packages they might have
viii item. The entire force haa 10
undergo this scrutiny at Tic close Of
the working day.
To-day wien the Alarm WAS -ivcu
there was = Jnad rnsli Tor tho stuirway.
the iron door Shrtiins NH Tho stair
way was closcd and :ciici IN tic press
OF The STRUGGLING mass of women
aEelhst II. ~ vaSf MOI opened until
maily Of THO frightened wcinen mad
hurled themselves frpin ,lIc windows,
or had fallen froa1 .frisht ANA we're LETT
TO die IL the flaiu=a
When by c~ilancc, %tltiirr thar .on>
certed effort t9lia ~diabolical tran was
rpruHg, the rush II tro'ncn down tho
Etair"ay left dead. dying and cruelty
fraInp!ed in it's wake. ana n: tollita Tic
stairway was |@fairlS riloked With the
dead.
Fire Chief Croker ;,,iJ nia men did
their best, hut wrrc lm.Vttealiy heir
less against The. dcnlornpln absence
OF safeguards ovcg llnlan rife t'rhcv
found the uidea.rllts Uttered with tIo