New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-25
Floor of Building Heaved Up in
Great Waves Volumes Of
Smoke Hide Exits as
Men and Women
Rush for Safety.
BOY LEAPS FROM WINDOW
Body with Clothing Ablaze Hits
Woman and Ignites Her Dress, but
Men Save Her-District At
torney's Office Orders a
Rigid Investigation.

Six bodies were found last night in
the smoking ruins of the factory build
ings. at No. 206 to 212 Canal street,
which were destroyed by fire in the
afternoon, following an explosion on
the fourth floor.
1t was thought last night more
bodies were in the ruins, but the heat
and dangerous condition Of the floors
kept the fremen from making a COM
plete search. One body was seen, but
could not be reached.
Five Of those injured by the ex-
nlosion and fire were taken to hos
pitals. where two were expected to de-
More than twenty received less serious
hurts. The dead were identified last
night as:
coyzoro lanes. eighteen. OF No. SO Hester
street; died in ST. Vincents Hospital.
HOFFMAN. Charles r.. manager OF re
Lindhe SHIN Company NO. IA west ii0'"
/ BURKoFF. Mary.
JACOBS, Jean. No. 1872 Bris,ow street. The
Bronx
IEsu. John. sixteen Of No. l2l Mott street:
| body found near oven which explooed'
MORRIS. Martha. twenty-thIee, Oh NO; 20
| West l43d street; stenographer 10 MT hou-
| man.
The body of Hiss Morris was iden-
tilted at the morgue by her brother'
patrolman Max Morris. When he saw
the bodies he became hysterical' and
his revolver was taken from him. he
said he had once stood on post in front
of the burned buildings and had always
considered them firetraps, urging his
sister to give up her place there
Mr.. Hoffman was identified at the
morgue by Edward Stetson Grilnns'
Republican candidate for Mayor or
New Rochelle. Mr.. Grifting said thae
he had known Mr.. Hoffman for fifteen
wears. and that he was married. The
identification was verified by E. G.
Iindhe. G. No. 135 West 9th street.
cARJry1Lo. James, sixteen, Of No. 1sI Hester
street, employed IN me hOsS SsS,, Hns.nn
! Street Hospital -
! DE CATO, Joseph, twenty-touI OF no; o.
| Kenmare street. employed by the msGnlns
works; burns on body; 81. vincent hoS-
! ptal
| rIJ,GES. Frank. thirty-eight. OF No IS Vine
street Corona, Long Island. employed IN
| the machine works; burns on oody' 81 VIZ
cents Hospital, expected TO die'
| FRANCISCO. Samuel. seventeen. OF No 10
Wacdougal street: burns about body; Hud-
| son street Hospital. expected 10 aie'
| SEMBALTO. Angelo. seventeen, OIL 70 20
Mott street: burns on face ana oooy' 81
| Vincent's Hospital
| JAKOBoWITZ, solomon twenty Oh 20 los
Brook avenue. The Bronx; burned on idee
and hands: went home.
LEWIS Miss Jennie. twenty OF NO. 40 Fast
S6th street. employed by the Metropo.i'sh
Mirror Works; arms burned; went nome
After the explosion Miss Lewis was
groping for fire escape. when man
whose clothing was in flames brushed
against her. setting her dress on IRE.
She made her way down the LADDER 10
the street. where her burning clothing
was put out with blanket. She te-
ceived burns on the arms.
japan Furnace Blew Up.
The explosion which caused the fire
l. supposed to have taken place in a
iapanning furnace in the Royal Ma
chine Works on the third floor, short
" before 3 o'clock. According TO per-
sons in the neighborhood. it was OF ter
rife force. blowing out the windows in
the building, and was Immediately fol-
lowed by a huge gush Of black smoke.
What happened inside is vividly told
by Harry Grifiths, of No. 90 knicker-
hooker avenue, Brooklyn, who was en-
ployed as a burnisher in the silver
Mating works Of Lesch & Farrell on
the fourth floor He was at work IN
room directly over that in which the
explosion occurred.
without warning" said Mr.. Grif-
6ths. there was a tremendous ex-
nlosion. The floor heaved up like a
great wave, throwing me down ard
over toward a window. Then II sank,
a-c a great hole appeared, through
which came a great volume Of black
smoke d flames. | groped my way
N the fire escape and made my way 10
the street in safety.
There were fifteen people at work
in our shops. which occupy the fourth
floor in the buildings running from
Nc. 2O6 to 212 Canal sire t. / know
there must be : -eral more bodies in
these ruins, as 1t was impossible :or
: every one TO escape.
"As | was on the fire escape. boy.
his clothing in flames and his hair
burned off, fell upon me. | seized him
and handed him to three men who
were on the fire escape rescuing peo-
ple."
The three men on the fire escape