New-York tribune., 1922-11-04
3 Girls Killed,
8 Injured il,
Factory Fire
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old, of 200 Beach sixty-seventh Street,
Arverne, L. I.
Solomon Mars, thirtytwo years old,
of 644 Saratoga Avenue, Brooklyn.
In Bellevue Hospital:
Gertrude Ramlou, twenty-three years
old, Of 119 East Twenty-first Street.
Frances Aragone, seventeen years
old, Of 1925 Fifth Avenue.
Bessie Levy, twenty-five years old, Of
3S1 Hegeman Avenue, Brooklyn, was
Is Old Dwelling House
The building is an old dwelling house
which has been converted for manufac.
turing purposes. The second floor il
occupied by Henry Schrsiber, manu-
facturer Of perfumes and novelties
Chief Fire Marshal Brophy, after ar
investigation, said that he believed the
fire was started by small electric
stove in the rear Of this floor which
was used to heat imitation jewels be-
fore placing them in cellufoid orna.
ments. A half dozen men and women
are employed in this work.
On the top floor was the uniform em-
broidery establishment Of Mars, who
employed about a dozen girls and sew
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cloak and suit company OF Samuel Ler-
ner and in the basement there was g
plumber shop owned by J. w. Breight-
man.
Two alarms were sounded and -four
ambulances responded to care for the
injured. Acting Deputy Chief Quinn
Of the 9Th Battalion, arrived with the
first apparatus and led his men In the
rescue work. Two women fell just be-
fore the f1remen could get to them
One of them was In window which
they had to chop away with their axes
Just as they were about to release
her, she fell to the pavement. The
other girl was hanging from one Of
the windows Of the third fioor. Ihe
firemen put ladder up to the build,
inc and had almost reached her wher
the flames about her hands caused hc1
to drop.
Firemen Rescue Women
Chief Quinn and Firemen Eichlel
and Kramerar then entered the thirt
floor and brought several women, who
had been overcome by the fumes, dowr
the ladder. In this work the firemer
were almost overcome themselves
other rescues were made by Firemer
Lally and Powers.
The only persons who were known tt
have escaped uninjured from the tol
| floor were Vera 10th, Of 798 Ellsmer'
Place, the Bronx; Tomasina Adams. o.
80 North Eighteenth Street, Elmhurst
l.. l., and Willie Vankoert, of 1908 Hud
son Street, Brooklyn. They made Their
escape by way Of the roof.
They said that the first they knew
| of the Are was when they saw cloud
| of dense smoke and flames coming
from the rear Of the second floor. TIL.
| flames completely enveloped. they said
the one fire escape OF the building
which was in the rear, and they coul'
not use it. The fumes from the cellu
loid were sitting, and they realizes
their only means Of escape was owe
the roof. They shouted for the res
to follow them, and thought they wer
| doing so. They said the other EN-
| ployees must have known Of the doc
| leading to the roof and could only ex
plain their not using it by the fac
! that all were too frightened TO kno,
/ waht they were doing. The thre
Of them made their way to the roc
OF a building few doors away an
/ descended through 1t.
Banfon to Investigate
District Attorney Banton appeare
on the scene during the course OF tn
/ fire. He brought several assistant
from his Office and stenographer t
gather all available information. nj