The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-23
This Noble Young Woman and Foreman DimmiCk Sacrificed Their Lives to Save Panic Stricken Girls in The Burning
 Building in Binghampton
Exact Number Who Perished in Fire, That Assembled the Triangular Shirt Waist Blaze, May Never Be
 Known-List of Dead May Reach Sixty

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 Binghamton, July 2s-The exact number of persons who perished in the fire in the overall factory of the Binghamton Clothing company yester- | day may never be Known. l The list of employees is in the com pany's safe in the ruins, only half a dozen bodies recovered have been iden- | tified and many of the missing are | unaccounted for.
 l A rough estimate today places the l number of those in the building at the 1 time the fire started at III. Of these six dead have been identified; fifteen bodies charred beyond recognition are at the morgue; seven injured are in the hospital; eleven have been reported by relatives as missing; forty-six, sev- era1 of whom were more Or less in1ur- ed, are known to have bene saved and twenty-six are unaecounted for.
 The list of known dead and missing reported includes: Miss Button, Nellie Connor, Miss Creegan, Catherine Grove, Marguerite Diamond, Sidney Dfmmock, Mrs Sarah Doran, Mrs Thomas Doran, Mrs. Fillmore Mrs Hattie Freeman, Louise Hartmann Louise Hartwell, Mrs. Anna Gleason Nellie Gleason, Ida Golden, Lena Ken nedy, Mrs. T. R. Lakey, Mary Prior Mrs Ida Prentiss, Bessie Ray, Louise SeheIpf, John B. Shoemaker, John Schermerhorn, Mary Smith, Catherine Sullivan, Mary Sullivan
 Mrs Ida Prentiss who suffered ter rfbIe burns about the head and arms, died at the City hospital today and Mrs. Mary Benny, another of the in- Jured, is not expected to recover. City offiicals estimate the death list is at 1east~s but admit it may reach 60 or rnore Physicians expressed the belief that the bodies Of several Of those lost in the center would never be ac- counted for.
 Crowds gathered about the, scene of the disaster today and silently watch ed the force of men at work razfng the walls and clearing away the de hris under the direction of Mayor IrV- ing and other city offiicals. Charred bits of human flesh were picked up here and there and shortly before noon a body was recovered, burned beyond recognition.
 District Attorney Frederick A. MeaEher announced today that a thor ough investigation would be made at once as to the cause of the disaster and to determine the responsibility, 1T any. for the loss of life.
 Reed B. Freeman, president of the company, will be summoned,'' said the district attorney, ''in order that ne may explain fully his knowledge of the facts-as to the cause of the fire, the number of employees, the precau- tions taken against fire and any other details which may shed light upon the great catastrophe.
 Mayor Irving says he will issue proclamation calling upon the citizens of Binghamton for g general observ- ance of a day to be set apart TOT the funeral of the victims.
 AS many of the bodies are unrecog- 11izabIe public funeral will be con ducted by the city and the unknown dead will be buried in a plot upon foTa CI7 will he erected.
 Frank S. Nash of Binghamton, an inspector for the state labor depart ment, says the fire escapes on the building were of a type approved by the state regulations
 "On Oct 1 of this year." said MT. Nash, new regulations governing the construction of fire escapes will go in to effect which will add to their eff ficiency.'s
 The story of the heroism of Nellie Connor, forewoman and Sidney Dim mick foreman in the burned factory, who gave their lives that those under them might be saved. was heard on every hand today. Miss Connor was one of the first to reach the door of safety when the alarm of fire sounded throughout the building Back of her was a throng of excited girls, hesitat- ing to make the dash through the thick smoke. Hurry, girls, she cried, s'it is all right if you hurry. Then, standing aside, she urged girl after girl through the doorway down the stairs until it was too late to go, and then she waited until those on the stairs above her had returned to the upper floor to fight for life on the fire escape or to plunge through the win dows to the ground.
 MT Freeman, president of the com pany, said today that Nellie Connor died as she had lived for many years, encouraging and helping the girls in the factory.
 Sidney Dimmick had been foreman for eighteen years. He was in charge of the machine rooms, where most of the girls were employed. He directed the fire drill When the bell yester- day rang, he stood at the top of the upper flight of stairs, clapping his hands sharply and urging the girls to move faster. He was the last to leave the top floor. When he reached the lower floor many of the girls had turned back. To help the girls safely to the sidewalk, a third time he re- turned into the blazing building and was lost in a shroud of smoke.
 Nearly a thousand relatives and morgue today. Covered with white shooting the bodies of the unidentified victims rested on rough boxes the throng filed past. Only three of the bodies in the norsue have been iden- tifieds