New Britain herald., 1929-12-11
Tiny Bit of Carbon From Arc Light
 Blamed For New York Studio Fire;
 Most of Dead Victims of Stampede

cd back upstairs again to warn the girls in the dressing rooms. When he got back again, there were flames on every hand.
 I'hn EeIsman. general sales man. ! %@cr ui the pathe company, vas in i pn office on the second floor when . 'no fire started. H. said he had ! plenty of time 10 leave the building. |
 Went Back For Belongings
 Apparently those who were kill | "d or injured had gone back to their dressing rooms 10 save their per . sonal b,I"ngIEEs when they were trapped he said.
 Ihor" were many windows. none Of them more than 20 feet from the &roInds, but few thought to use them. Instead there Was mad rush downstairs to the door---a pan lckY flight in which some W"rc crushed to death.
 The fire started just as it was time for work 10 begin. The pro duction staff was busy on the tloor of the studio. Most Of the players. including 40 girls, were still in thcIr dressing rooms on the balcony. To the first warning shouts the girls paid little heed, for it was the ] familiar cry of "All out, all out" which they arc usually summoned down to tn" sta@c. Addition O. the word "Firr," a moment later i vas only rusc to hurry them. they thought.
 More frantic shouts soon brought action-and then pandemoniuu. The dressing rooms were cmptird oi the girls and men, while smoke b;!- lowed around them. All madr al once for the omc stairway. At the . bottom they were crushed wj,n 1 those who were rctrcHting from tn" studio floor.
 Ernest t'l.sscr. another electrician tried to halt the pell-mclI, franti: surge
 But no one paid any attention 10 me" he said The crowd rushed me and was rolled 10 the bottom Of the stairs. 1 managed to get to my hands and knees and craWIcd out. pulling with m" Richard StradlinG. who Was in q had way on the bot. tom Of th" heap"
 Iint laany of those in that hrap couldn't g"t to their hands an | knees and crawl oGt.
 Caught iu that terrible jam. they were dead before they knew what happened 10 tErm," Dr. Harry NJ. Archer of ta" fire department sail after examining the victims '"Mo,t Of th" bodies were not badly burn 'd. and those that were Killed by tine fire inhaled flames while uu- conscious in th" heap inside th" door, hll the bodies were round within 4u feet of the cNit'
 Delayed in arrhng because no alarm had been turned in while om ploy"s tried 10 fight thc hiHzc them @cIvcs 1irruen saved many lives.
 "Hour water in therc," Assistant Chief nou@horty shouted after on look insid" the door Aud under cover of water the tlrcmcn adv8nca.i and did what they could to pull ih, trilr &nari
 Tt vas just lih" len." Daugh- , orty said. "Fh"y Were s,nlImin" there in mass and the fire was right behind thcm." Their @cantN costumes burned of som" of the girl victims lay uniden- : tilted at the mor%ur for hours. A [ last ell the dead were idrn:ifiod a- follows:
 Bj,hon. Jo.rph. makeup man, @u | West l2ota street; trapped OH stair way.
 . Hurrord. Arna 20. chorus girt ! 2oj West 99th street: yuTocated l.! , smoke. died in hospital Burno, Norinc. 2f. chorus girl @19 &9th street. Brooklyn: knocked down in stairway and stampeded and burned
 I>oorblc. Charles. electrician. 1tl , HarsIN I.unc l.ronla, \. J.; died D buras.
 : Kramer. Carl. electrician, 1G%I
 Grand ayynHe, Bronx; burned ,c
 death.
 %n.$'Hau, Robert. electrician. e.,
 F.asi Fordham road. Bronx: colIaps.
 rd near door after lighting lire.
 Porter, Catherine. 2l, chorus girl
 "o West 6Sth street: caught n stampede. Quinn, Jack. rrCHcrty man. 5' l D"un street. Brooklyn; fought fir | until too late 10 escape. l sparks, .JoIa. l6. chorus girl. 15@' | sheridan avenue. Bronx: trapped il l stampede
 l Wilson, Ernest. h6oEErepcr Am atordam avenue and 1l&th street 2 caught in stampede.