Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-04
7 MPLOYES Of
PENNA. RAILWAY
BURN To DEATH:
100000 LOSS
Blaze Starts in Bunk House
at Pittsburgh and Sweeps
Through Buildings With
Incredible Speed,
BODIES ARE CHARRED
BEYOND RECOGNITION
Cause Has Not Been Deter
mined, According to an
Announcement Made by
The Railroad Officials,

Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept 3 (by the
Associated Press) Seven car re-
pair men. recently employed, were
burned to death, ten more were in
iured severely and property loss of
100000 was wrought by fire
which started at dawn today in a
bunk house in the Thirteenth street
yards of the Pennsylvania railroad
and spread through the building
with incredible speed. Nearly all
the bodies were charrcd beyond
recognition. The body of ]. F.
Carr, Baltimore. was positively
identified, however. Railway of
ficials made check Of all em-
ployes living in the bunk house and
gave out the following list OF miss
ing tonight:
ALVIN l.. BRUCE, 81. Kewanee,
Illinois.
FRANK CUsTODINO. rs. la
borer
EDGERT DUNN, 35, repairman.
DAVID L. DAVIS, 46, repairman.
WALTER l.. PARSONS. 20. re-
pairman.
ERNEST INOzATINO. Ss. re-
pairman.
GERALD HARPER, "a, machine
helper
Search OF the wreckage failed to
reveal an eighth body.
Railway representatives said II
was possible that one of the above
listed men failed to report after he
had fled from the blazing bunk
house.
Jump From Second Story.
The most seriously injured en-
ploye Is j. Mineru Tatuma OF
Toxic Japan, an air brake inspect
ors helper. fajuma and the other
employees who sustained injuries
were hurt when they jumped from
the second story of the lunkhouse
investigations Immediately We're
started by the railroad, the police
ana IRE departments and by the
department of Justice They were
IN progress tonight, with announce
ments by the railroad that il had
been unable 'to determine the
cause of the fire"
E. X. Kennedy. a watchman, saw
smoke coming from a section of the
building, which, in addition to
housing workmen, was in part used
as a store house and a comm!ssary.
running to the place he saw the
interior of a room filled with waste
ana 1t was mass of flames. He
turned in an alarm.
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