New Britain herald., 1929-12-10
NEW YORK MOVIE
 STUDIOF|RE TAKES
 LIVES OF 3 TODAY
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and taken to hospitals or their homes.
 Believe Dead Stage Hands
 Ii was not known at first whether the dead were actors or studio cnl- ploycs but it vas believed most of them belonged in the latter cate eory, having stayed behind in q tu- tile attempt to check the flames and sought escape too late.
 Ono woman was seriously injured and taken away in one of the many ambulanccs that responded 10 tn" calls sent by police. Her name was not obtained at the time. Two m"N, burned about the hands We're taken 10 Harlem hospital.
 The stage was set and Eddie" Itlliins, orchestra leader had his musicians in position 10 start th" overture for the miniature review produced by Harry DcImar.
 With cameras in position. dirrc- tor ready and cast awaiting tn" cHl to shoot" came the flash from black velvet drop in the rear of thoI ''6ic'. ] lIIlt9 lo1IONt'l anu tue studio crew, according to reports made to the police. uncoiled a line Of hose and started 10 fight the blazr
 The fire spread with such rapidity, however, that one of the studio "In- ployes ran 10 the street and pulled an alarm box.
 By the time the fire engines ar rived the studio building was d mass of flames and huge pillows Of acrid smoke were pouring from the structure, smartin2 the eyes of per sons in the vicinity.
 Deputy Chief Dougherty immcdi- ately sounded second, third and fourth alarms, bringing apparatus from the Bronx and many parts Of Manhattan. AmbulanccS from liar lem hospital and Metropolitan hos pitcl. and police emergency squads and reserves were soon at the scene. !
 Performers Leave Building
 Prior to the arrival Of the fire apparatus, the studio employees realizing that the flames were too much for them. shouted for every one 10 flee from the building. The performers in the dressing rooms fled down the stairs and into the 1 street, where they were given refuge ir nearby offices.
 When the fircmcn finally were able to make their way into the i building they came upon the bodies of the five men and four women who were trapped. The bodies were . carried 10 the street.
 I'lnn in OniCc
 John C. Flynn, vic" president oi the Pathc O.. was seated in his Of fee on the second floor with his secretary, Frances Walsh when he heard the cry of fire and on opcuiu% inc door SAW carpenter. scene shift CTS. cameramcn, musicians. actors and actresses rushing toward tn" exits as the studio filled with namr and smoke. He said he closed tA" door and escorted Miss Walsh to Il balcony on the Park avenue side where they remained until the ar rival of the 'fromcn. who ran up ladder and helped them to the street.
 Mr. I'linn said that the pictur" was in ifs second day of filming and that everything was in readiness for the cast to begin the picture. He said there was no explosion.
 One of the bodies was that of q female imporsonator. His body was little burned and he apparently had died of Suffocation.
 The flowing dresses and brightly colored checks and lips made an in congruous picture as fremen carried the body to waiting ambulance. l; was not identified,
 No More Bodies Found
 An hour and a half after the fire. started il was brought under control and an incomplete search of tn" ruins revealed no more bodies, lead ing to the belief that all except nine had escaped.
 AIr. Film said that his company did net develop film in tEc studio. that they had only d film loading room.
 When thc bodies were carried tn the street, several of them burned almost beyond recognition. the ca <; ing director was called on to make such identifications as he could. He made the idcntifications of four oi the bodes.
 News Of the fire spread rapidly and among the first to arrive were the Rev, George C. Murdock. and Rev. Joseph NJ. Walsh of All Saints