New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-29
Flames Sweep Through
Crowded FlimSy Building
in Peabody, Mass.
STRUCTURE HAD
NO FIPE ESCAPES
Hundreds Of Pupils Jammed in
paric at Doors and Trapped
in Upper Floors.

Ieao".t -. 5.,, and
..te f...' .-..-..- ,.ho- fr,
.,...-t &. Johns Parochial
.t.. -.--.-.. Nth such fierce
n.. - hundred pupils
I@i'-.'' - ;,..4o .be front en-
80. .- ,,,es f-bNnc blndly 70
80. - a,5 .noto
80 .L. ,ol;.o srd fremen were
.. 80 doo-s eight or
"''e 80 -. - .bo Games or
e" '.- ~. - ,oric The
70 s1-',' - .-.,,od
o'heis WHO ''5' ~ go G.. ouo -;~l
on ,h' 5e'o'-1 ,,. ~ - +,-r;blo burrs
o-e' "' '.'' - - -oscped bv
le"
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The total known oe4'" iO'' 10
one. Four children were badly IN
t..-,5 aud four more arc missing. Most
..t....... .,,.,.o bo+uoo, eovon and
o. 'Ne ''''''''' -
twelve years old' seVeTaI were oe." cen
twelve and fifteen and one was elghIeeh
r..-s old
Without flfe Escapes
The building was an old three story
-.. - b-i.l, ,,.;.b g wooden in
"a ,o,. - s15O
tenor ~ ""S s~'-0~'
600. There were no nre escapes Oh '"e
building.
Tho csrsA ~ The hre has not been
s.--:.s T.. -... e-s,
ue""''''' -.
thought due 20 ooller eAplos'o"' Ou'
investigation by the state police appar-
emily shows that 1t started in a closet
IN tie back Of the bolIef room anu
stairs IN the basement inc "'os' gen
eral theory held by the authorities IS
that the Ere started by spontaneou.
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aoiy sWeeplhgs; 10 10 me eioSe'' - ..,.,
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w. 80" - e. -, ,o,,rdsJ
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esi-e 80 "9! ~ -. Ia raoo5 for
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wiz, Si'n 'eIIVI' III n ra'n 'ie D'"OA ; .ogeu
o's'e's o. NoTe D"ie - c.
AN soiso 'e'. U '.e
might OF the ehioreh was contagious
hno was comm un 'cS'eu IH minute
me gri' on 'he TWO upper noors, WIN WIN
me result lhat 'hey pIeu Gown 'he
sleIs in d "''u I1si, sIiIe Ieii'''s "''u
beng trocden upon IN the rush.
F,,t n St,eet Cboked
ne hrst zoo OF the chlicren poureu
safely out the tront doors INTO the
open air. Then the exit became cnoked
and the Jam was aggravated "heh Ihe
pupils from the upper floors reached
the street door and tried 10 struggle
through those already punched there.
While This terrible struggle was go
ing on a. the doors, the FIRE spread
through the wooden interior so fast
"a. IN Af.ser minutes after IL started
n. Ins,d. Of the building was a fiery
f,y,sc. Fioore and walls cracked
80 ss-,t,a s,lir.ero foll among the
i...i. "~.. - - .ia- g., ~. a. N. door
..aGl fac.s drawn with
-. 80 -. .c~ssming in agony
o. fright. thev fought, scratched and
bit one another in paro1syms OF rear
Many pupils, mostly boys jumped
from windows on the second and thlrd
'oors Some clambered down water
spouts and others down ladders quickly
raised by the fremen. still more
Jumped 20 safety in improyised nets
made OF overcoats, ulsters and even
bits Of elothesline.
Here and there In the windows on
iae second and third noors "ni'e
ace was seeh As 'ne VIM nd
le curtain ts'oe IoI - ,.a,cbere
nan ,,an! "Srieh IN tne -. IA. ,psse
~. 5...t .a.i.'eo 90 a. .. ~ front was re.
r.yeS a s'taI ssoi:os ID fremen hacked
susv ,lo 49, Nth ayes. and some
Of he sisTers relieved the pressure
rom bebird bv Inducing the calmer
children 20 90 out by the rear OF
through windows
As the little ones AZ the front door,
poured out. those fighting the FIRE saw
another terrible sight. Some Of the
children ran about blindly, shriekine
IN their fright. Others, bloodstainec
and lame from the struggle inside
relied out and tainted.
n.,..,, -. p,.
1.,.-.,,- ,,I-.. n-n.,..d 49,
.femen from getting water on the
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