The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-31
One Dead,
Five Dying,
in nHospital
Three Fircmen Rescued by
Comrades After Fire Is
cape Collapsed - 30
Girls in Building.
Many Forced to Jump

New York, oct 30.=Onc person is
dead Is missing and lS seriously in.
Jured IN fire which tonight swept
through a Brooklyn factory Several
persons trapped by the flames which
were famed by high winds, jumped
from the windows.
| At least 10 others were seriously
burned. OF this number five Of them
were In n dying condition at hos
ptals.
| a series OF fire alarms called en-
gnes from all parts of the Greater
city to fight the blaze Nearby hos.
pitals Immediately recruited emer-
gency forces and the injured were
rushed there by police and firemen
Cut OF by Fire.
The missing persons, who are om'
ployes Of shirt factory In Thlf-
teenth street, Brooklyn plant are be-
loved to have been cut of from the
exits because Of the rapid spread OF
the fire. .4s
The burned building is occupied by
Kasbler.C Chatfield company, shellac
manufacturers, IN the heart of man.
ufaeturing district Of South Brooklyn.
The structure is hemmed In by several
large shirt factories employing scores
Of women workers.
A sewing shop of the Friedman
Shirt company liz on the fourth floor
Of the building H. p. Nlcholsberg. an
employe OF this firm, has reported to
the police that SO girls were in the
shop Several Of them, said To have
leaped from rear window Of the
shop, have not been found.
Firemen Rescued.
Firemen and volunteer workers are
removing large stores Of gasoline and
oil in a three-story garage of the Edi-
son company, next door to the burned
factory building.
Three firemen were injured when
the fire escape on the fifth floor OF
the building collapsed. They went up
to the roof Of the building on scaling
ladders and were making an attempt
TO reach the girls reported to be trap
ped in the shirt shop, when the fire
escapes fell.
All three of the men were left dam
Cling In the air, holding onto the cop.
ing OF the building with smoke and
flames pouring out around them.
They were finally rescued by their
comrades.
Leaps From Window.
Lillian = sky. a stenographer, was
descendnh the stairs in the building
when she was driven back to the
fourth floor by flames. She finally
made her way TO the front Of the
building and leaped from window
before the arrival of firemen. She
was picked up unconscious.
Fire boats were included I'm the
apparatus sent to the scene by way OF
canal a block away. A stiff wind
handicapped the work Of the fircmen.
Nlcholaberg. who escaped from the
shirt shop, said that the fire was dis
covered first in a stack OF shirt ma
terial in q storeroom of the factory
Dive From Windows.
other Witnesses questioned by Dis.
| trct Attorney Ruston, who went at
.
once TO the scene TO gather testimony
ON the origin Of the fire, said that
the flames appeared 10 have started
on the lower floors and fed by shellac,
swept TO the other levels,
Mrs. Rebecea lasky, who lives a.
reetly opposite the destroyed build
Ing said she WAS seated at the win.
dow of her ROOM when she saw
flames danene in the windows ON the
third aud fourth floors IN the middle
of the factory
A moment later she said she saw
man aud two women climb 10 the
window sill AZ the extreme east end
of the fourth floor polse Tor q second
and then dive into the street below
In the windows ~ the ffth floor,
size said. she saw the frightened faces
~ aifla pressed against the glass Tor
moment Then a cloud of snoke
hurst forth NJ several ~ tho windows
we're hroheu When she could see the
building asaiH The faovs were gone.
Tie r.fls reported nlss.ng aie said
i0 http hera working overtime