The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-06
Wooden Building in Williams
burg Section, Housing 500
Operatives, Turned Into a
Roaring Furnace.
VICTIMS CAUGHT ON
WAY TO FIRE ESCAPES
Sixty or More Carried to Hos
pitals and Total of Lives
Lost May Prove Formid-
able.
IBy Evsnlng Herald LEANED wirsi

New York. Nov. e--rwenty men
and girls were killed and more than
hny others were injured. according
10 police. IN q fire that swept through
q f0ur-story wooden factory building
on North Sixth street. IN the Will
liamsburs sectian vi brooklyn today.
Fifteen bodies. nearly all girls. had
been carried out of the building az
O'Clock Fircmen said number OF
other bodies were lying Just inside
windows opening into the escape, ana
they estimated that the number OF
dead would be at least twenty. At
this time part OF the roof collapsed.
lutorf, ng for "A time with the re-
covery Of bodies.
Within short time after the fire
was discovered eight girls had beon
burned to death on the fire escapes.
white a number OF others. police say.
had met similar fate before they
coulG reach the escapes
! The lire started close To- the stairs
on tho first floor ana spread 10
speedily thar escape by the stairs from
the upper flcors was entirely Gu, OFF.
The upper floors were occupied by
La shirt concern and cloak manu-
featuring company. Betwesn $50 and
400 operatives, mostly young girls.
were az work there. Il Was stated.
when the fire broke out II was
among these employees that most OF
the casualties occurred.
within few moments she ladders
were iammed with frightened men
and girls. Meanwhile the fire was
lapreading rapidly through the various
} floors
A prcst crowd had gathered and
many spectators called TO the girls
land men ON the escapes not TO jump,
la what seemed To be an incredibly
| short time. however, flames began
lpouring through several windows
4 few moments later the crowd was
mortified to see a number Of girl
burucd 20 death as they chung 10 4
lire escape.
Nearly an of the employees 0f The
W Diamond candy company. on ths
ground fioor, lett az noon. Il wsl
near D. m. when girl employed
lin the offices of the candy company
started from the building and foune
smoke pouring into the main hallway
lfrom the stairwcll.
She notified her own firm, the Es
sex shirt company ana the 70 L. T.
Tailoring company which occupied
the upper floor where fully 200 per
SONS, mostly yo ng girls, were "a
NJyk. When the ioors loading To thl
stains on the upper fioorJ were
Ioponcd. survivors told the police, th'
stairs already were afire and escap'
shut off Tho doors were slamme,
shut ard the operatives ON each floo
lrushed 20 windows opening onto th'
0rc escapes,
a score oF more girls jumped, an'
nearly all were caught by men n TN
crowd Those that were not caugh
were seriously injured
Ht hts timo fire apparatus reachc
the scene and fire nets were quickl
spread scores then lpmpeA "a satet
-iNty-cighi girls and men were SER
lou-iv burned or Injured despite th
Iucts. aud an were rushed to hospual
or treated on the spot
Eight girls and one man wef
burned to death on a fire escape, b,
lice said The flames pouring frei
the windows were 30 fierce that Il W.
Impossible to reach number OF N
bodies enti, thov had been burned h'
yond recognition.