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NEW-YORK, SUNDAY, MARCH
rospffdaM. mi. by "?***,. Tit*?i AssselaMss 1
2G. I'.m.-I'lVi; P?RTB-SIXT? PAGES.
** PRICE ITVi: (TATS.
MORE THAN 140 DIE AS FLAMES SWEEP THROUGH THREE
STORIES OF FACTORY BUILDING IN WASHINGTON PLACE
DIAGRAMMATIC SKETCH OF THE SURROlTXDIXtiS OF VF.STERDAVS FIHK IIOHKOU
????of?.mf II... isrfartoml - ?so jumped n.the ?iiid??-?. lying ?l?-n- .ystruck il., ??..?cinn.i.
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MEXICAN REBELS
10 LAY DOWN ARMS
Understanding Reached Between
Diaz Government and Insur?
gents Headed by Madero.
RADICAL REFORMS PROMISED
franchise To Be Made Free and
General Amnesty Granted?
De la Barra and Liman
tour in New Cabinet.
rftom *.?:???
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D =?-- Seek? Country's Best Interests.
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to-night win bs fav?
?>? aun :?? nm ?-' a Ith gen? ral
The substantial elements
; opulation are anxloua to have
?, -r ?? at aiiii'iHt am prit**, it
Ii gii n, x . aaatime 11 al the ?*regi
mmanaaly strength? n ins poal*
told on t'.. i- ?pi? ! " de?
og n theaa changea, thua ?i- mon*
ila good faith and ins deain.
?. ? :i!umoon in conversation
Ti Ibunrj ? tarn apond? nt to do
, st for Hi" - "Uiiti : . do
. ? ? -i
ting ?.- i.is ?4tt? n dla
th what ii-*.*= been
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-.,i ?>?- n car is a* ?
? i.u- gon? fai i" ?"? ' ut< the
of ?ndifl ? tl ? Ifar? of
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, d| ..f th? ?-'?, '
' ' ni 'mi?iI on fi/lli piifi?
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Was h dvg" t otst.
\
A?tCH
Wm ill BREAKS
Weight o? Fugitives Ocssinq
Over ?Von'?; Bod.o> Too C-roai.
CENTRE MAN'S BACK BREAKS
Tb?-' Othor Two Men Loir Their
Grip on Window Sills and
All Fall to Death.
Pauline -f?roaaman, i '?r?.t?^?-*?> ythrt ^U).
a tuck? Injun I iptng !
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'????? . ? ? | in ad??? ?n th?
? - 'I *'? nlfchl that ? ' re
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upon ti f ti . ? ? ?. ... ? ?ram?? i
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d that a number of
.m il ?: il the time
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i ,-s ? ? i ? ? ? '?'?- ?ami Ri :? nolda. of
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KNOCKS OUT HEAD WAITER
Waldorf Attendait. Lands on
Jaw of Man Abo??'o Him
Th? usual decoruni ?i ihe main dining
In th? ?W ildoi ?' ??'.a ? ?? .1 for .t
momenta earlj laal < v* ning . bile
i???. ? one of the -traitera, ?ara -
I d In knocking ?Lou ? KnuttI, t he
I head waiter, flat on the Boor. It is ?-raid
the t ' ? il began ?vl en Plni daud re
Bed < ral lh< h.ni ol the
i, who ;.>ik?ii i?.t ?i menu card. The
diner complained and the h-ead waiter
deman.i explanations from ?Plnedaud.
The latter k'??1? offenalve and KnuttI
ged him
Plnedaud, Instead ?>? ?raiaini hia ?rolci
rai-aed i?..t!i ?Asta aiid landed three blowa
In quick auoceaaten on Knuttl'a Jaw. The
bead ?waiter ?r?ent do?*i*n like an ox. Pine?
?daud Ht out iur ?the laundry room, where
:, i,? kt r co t ?in? i !...-? atr? ??? ? lothea?
I H. Smith ?and A F i'?'M i.*?ni. two
?house detectives, went mur ?alia. With
bli -back up aualnal lus lock?er, ?Plnedaud
i, 11 both detectlvea at baj and land d
a blow "it Bmlth'a Jaw.
r.iii??in.an Moon was ? ?ailed In ind
v. itti the aid of the obit ? tiv? i ?placed
pint daud undi ? arrest
BROADWAY BUILDING SOLD
Washington Life Structure
Bought for About $4,500,000.
?i , ?Waahlngton Life Building, ?an
,i . ?. i..i ? office mi???? ; ire al No .
Hi and 11'- Uroadwaj and ?i three ?story
? ?. . \?,. 130, . Ijolnlng ???
t. Nutlonal ?Bank
the P ttaburg Ufa
Th? i i ?. ? la
? urni ? . ? th? ? ' ?i i
1 h? price a ren " i
, ., i It undei .i to have
? ?? ram
?y\o .ii old."?' clear,
, ? . lena n ta, 1 n
? t National -?"ik i? ?? .
W^SHIJVGTON - r\
ELS STORY OF FI
Samuel Lavine. on Hospital Coi.
Describes Hormr.
SLID DOWN ELEVATOR ROPE
Spv?^v?i1 Girls Wbn Lrrrtorl Tpto
Sha^t After Him Me. In
s'nnt D-eath.
? . ? ' ? ' . ? '. > , 1 i ? ? i i r |
?" ? ? ? ? S'ini'i? ' I lini
? .- ? - from ?'?''? h sIMlnc'
do ? .? ?!-?- ' i?-?- i tor ?rab? fr?
0?-ior
1.-. lue m hl? ? .?i In Ihe > ? ? Vork
)'? pliai, v -'li '. - tanda ? hi? ' I? I '.
?btin ? ?t ??? th? i???r,?. by the n
his i? ..?.??. rapped '. bandaje? stiffei
Inn .'?.?i1 from otbeT aev?re bun
mn tu ?dons nf bla i?.??l? Lavhv ga? ll
follov Ing account ??r hi? <-?,,- ?
' 1 \ :?'? :< 1 ' ?nk .??? ir\\- t?? l??' Im ?". Mi'1
ninth ?l. ?.?- ??f tiv building." i- ?;<i?!. ,
?? i.. ?., i gnu am-nk? ?mina through Ihe I
?nu ka t>f Ih? d.- i nd almos! ? '
stantl; I ard th? ? ry of t-.r- i ?rush? d j
?i ih? stalrv, aj. l?'?)t rnlumpi of
1 ? ??? ;?' tiring up .? and ! r ? '
In the ?levai rs. bill Ihe do >ra ?? ? i ? ' ? ?1
? hammei ???i ?n them In va i .
"The hundreda ?of i/irls and women In
id? room were rushing around -it.?l
g* ?reaming ??? lldlj and many ot * ? m
?.?.??r.- jumping from the nindowa The
imoke wa? by thla time <-??. thick thai
I ?are ?could breathe onl? a Ith dlffl? ult: I
took a ?pail Hlled with water and ?poured ?
?i <.\?r myself and called : ? ?aomi o? ?the
(Irla i?? ?in the name
? I th? ii put Ihe i?iiii ov? m., h? ad.
I which made it easier foi me to breathe,
:.?! then attack? i one of th?
?I.??.is an?! Anally u."t II open The eh
,?;?.i waa down .it t'n? ?. ? > t t ? ? 11 j ?.'' the
haft, and i fell ?thai m* onl? boj ?? waa
in s!i?i<- down the ?cable, l m ?z?-?? it. and
; slid down a ?itt!?- waj. when .?? ?girl
jumped ?ii my ?back and loosened m*
hold, ao thsi i ahol down t?. the bottom
ol :)?? ahafl ??t a t? i rit.? ?apt ?ad, and
: ?? di?<! <?n my ?back ? i the ?top of the
i
I >?';? \ .it"i.
"The gii i v. i, bad Jumped on me ?'? 11 !
and waa killed ?and ?several other girls
who ? ? ; - ? i also luaaped down the abaft
| . i.? ?i, ?ui ..n ?top ol the elevator. Al
thuugfa i waa haul) ahaken up and
-. .i i a a s abl t ? ?make mi wa; out?
? here i i ollap* ?i and ??? aa mk? n
to th?? h ispital.
"1 .m, man I? d and llvi at No. IMC!
Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, 'Pu* umde
? ih? thlr i Br? that haa broki n oui In the
Triangle ??Shirtwaist ?Factor) since 1 have
been ? "?: loj ?"I th< i ? ;i mstti r of ?six
_._
?WALDO EXPECTS NEW LAW
Bill Concerning Fire Escapes
Now Bciore Legislature.
ii,.-1 ... ?Mai ' ?? - ? Fire < 'ommlaloner
Rhl n landi r Waldo ?.f Nea Fork, a ho i
?i, Boi ;?'ii to-ii ?'.'. ?said of Ihi \? ?? fork
' r"n ? ?capes ?i . ?i ? : I 1.1? i
j,i the ?Bulldln) - De| ? in ? i?i I
1 no i i n icisn, !..??" .? ? o th is;
? ' . are taktui ? ol .'; ? ?
... , ? III ?. ? i .
ir< 1.1 ?. ?\ III gO .!??; i
: ? i ?, ?. | . . i lona : bul Id | no
. i-.i :,i rh al uld h n
, Um m i ? apt ? t Ihe i filiation ??t in ?
, ... |, - n ... i. oughi undei t i?
of th? ru? i >? i i im? at,"
Kl UK ? nu:! < KOK Hfl
DOOR CLOSED. CROKER SAYS
Thinks Acres.*? to Stairway Mpv
Hnvr Rpor) Barred.
? "n? f ? 'r.'k, r ?aid last i Ighl Im l ?
door In i tuition t .-?.i i ? i c ??>
th? b ?? ; -i ? m??? i? ? th? ninth fl or had
? ? n ? i.? d h ild he -' i" -, !"!?? of
bo?li?'g Ig . .? higl agnlnst l hat ?iooi
HADN'T ENOUGH STAIRWAYS
Bu il run s; H?h? Two, Should Have
Had Three, S?-ys Official.
Alfred I, I i Ig, \ istnnl Superin?
tendent Bn Idlnga, *:?i?i List night thai
the but iu'ii i-M'n?'.! should have
had Ihre? atairwayi Instead nf two An
? ? -' g it I? h of the **?"****orda ,.;" th? Build?
ing 11 pat .i"!.t ihowi .? him that on
Julj !?"? IOiiO, the plana of tha atrucjure
arere approved hj Thomaa .i Brady, Bu?
perintendcnt of Bull? iii;* at that time.
Mr. Ludwig s.ii'i the floor apace ?>f the
' ding was !'ii thouerand tquara feet,
and thai It had ont lire ea a ??
"il. .-?> !ar ..? the atairwaya wert con
cerned, there sraa ;i violation of Mi"
Building ? ode," aaid Mr. Ludwig, "Tha
atairwayg were protect?**! bj n four-Inch
terra cotta wall. ?*hlch was thick enough
to teal until the tenants could past out,
bul then ??? ere no ?I.? walla "
Although four thouaand complaints
which hud been turned in bj tin Fire
Department following recent Inveet ga
tiens were examined. Mr. Ludwig .??;ii,l
he f..'in I ii,.'i> regarding in? structure i?
?Abich t:..- Mr occurred last ninlit.
li ? ,ii in- un.'' added Mi. Luda ig,
"that* t h? r. arill !?? , ,-? 11 Ion of the
Buildlngi Code ao that more pr? 'autlona
., a be taken in t,i<- ful un It te a
?..i, il-, t teachea th? Inadequacy ?,f i?t
tiiin .??iiiur a of ill.d< regulations.
TT/h matt? ? "i ? greaa and Ingresa .\ 111
t., i? ? onsid? red from ?? point of
from a hlch n haa not been ? bn*
sid? i- ?i !>? fore. There ire d? feet m the
regulations, and non th? will b* mon
.i? part al tiiHii ever."*
Mr. Luda Ig aa Id lu to eg?
plain a hi Mi I lr idy waived th? 11 ???
rogatlv? of impelling ., third atairway
in i!,,- building.
QUEEN A ?CRESCENT STRIKE OFF.
? m, innat ''??| '? 8 Th? It Ik ? af tl ?
white (Iremei i ? - Innatl M#a Or?
? h .-. i v.. Parti ?: , ? d "j'.' ? n I
'.-. lared it i ? nlgl1 \n
,, ,.. .i.t s ? aignsd i rapn n?a t i vea
I . r i . trot -i.i ?>' i..., .m,..ii., riren en
< un.i Biiginemstt and Bora, !<.ik i general
? ??! f ?? i.:
?-r
DIWEV't PURE CLARRT WINCri
\ great aid i?j ?tie? tton ?rtth i
| H ,!.?. .?-'.-?''. ? :? Pulton it tf.Y
1
W*$r-*-~ttR.It~Y TZ.
*
Wash rirQ t.oftFl
CROKER &??S UUX OF
ISC
Fir? Department Official Says
Building I? One of Seven
Thousand in Like Peril.
DISASTER EASY TO REPEAT
Former State Labor Official
Sayi Report Qave Warning
Against Jntl Sncfc a Dis
Mter Weeki Ago.
"This calamity ?a just wi*?t I ii?v?
? ?-?sun prfHi'tinq. Th-sr?? wir?, ni outside
fir? ?s?*,?-,?,,-??*? an Ihi? building, I h?v?*
h??n ?Hvoratinq ar\<i ?pjioalifsq that fir?
?*s-flp?s"4 b?s p'.it on b'iildinq* j?j?it ?ucH
?i tl-ii?. Thi? larq? Int? ni lif?, is du?
? to ihj? i-t?*q:?*rt."
T'v. uta! mehl give? chief Croker'i
, ?'?j.itii.?i? ,>f ?i?- r*au?e? of \ ?i^*? rdsv'a en?
1 * iatri phi. 1 ? ter. i hi n asked If ihs
'?ii?!?'. ... ? flrepr-x f, the phief replied:
, ?PartI) fin proof ?so es lied
Chief froker -?-i'.! thai ?there raa only
?.no tir . .???.. ?? ?n- th? building, an old?
lime, p* rpcndlcular affair, he -.i',-?, load
' ing to th? courtyard In ih? centra of the
hlork of buildlnga, which would allov
: ni? ..i?., i?? raon'a e* ape n ? time Whsn
' he ?examined this ????rape, KIm Chief
' ? i| r aid thai he found on tit upper
door? thai II ii-??i b?e?rome ver} loos??, and
j tliat II a 1a 1 dangeroua ?matter t?? at
I tempt ;" eaeape by that ?route,
\ repetition of this dieaster ?.- likely
i ;?. ?happen al an? time In :?imii,:. build?
I inns." ?Mild ? 'r?'k?%r.
The .1 ? :.? is? s m *h? buiidh -.? laid
? .ni?, ?. ????.? of tii? ordin?r? three? fest,
?lx-lnch a'ide type, i?ui he sai.? i.e be?
litvi 1 lhai If ?**a ape ?had ?besn ?sought by
?i m ?route ??". di at h liai "."til I not ?have
i.? ? ?i ??i appalling.
The building ha : no ?sprinklers, ?said
th? ?.:?..:. .' as ? ?ri.;,.? d w 1th atand?
1 if a.
Klre Marshal Be? r* -,,?,1.iUld cun
ducl rigid Investigation to ?Ha ?the ?rs?
ponalbilit?. He aaid ?he would 1 i\ ??
Hin.?i .m ??n ill ih? survivors to help
ih invi itigation.
Fire ? 'ommlseioi ? 1 IVaMo Ix Ing ?"it
?'!" town, the Are v.^ In charge ?u?
Deput) t'ommtaaloner Arthur J 0'K?*?fe,
|ordlparl*3 in cbargi of Brooklyn and
Queena, arho is? ?taking the Commission?
' ? ft place.
I The building, Il a aa ?said bj ofll< '..it
loi the department who atanda irerj near
i., th? Commlssl?oner, but who i*efu ?sd
Ito !>? quoi d, ans ..r.. ? ,' ??even thoussnd
othera ?'hich liad been ?recommended by
: th? Kir? 11 pa 1 tm? ni I r ad lltlonal ?lira
? ?. ipes.
? Thai bulldlni. ui?l Hie ?'!. ? al, "v..is
(?m?? ?.f ?aevei thousand otben a*hlch bad
?been i*e?commended to the Buildlnga and
[ Tenement House ?Departments foi - ?. i ? i -. -
1 Hon 1 : re ? i spea
Recon.mer.ded Weeks Ago.
11 ? 1 ? ? omm<endattoi 1 a < r?e m i?le
? ?, ,v. eka ?ago aft? i i thorough In?
veatigation bj members of th? ?Fin i?.
pi r: ... m ol all "tii? e, manufa? lurln
1 !..fi bulluinga In ihi B? ?? .??.? ug
The?? Igatloni -? e?re mada i> th?
I'n ? 1 >? ?psrtmenl ??t the 1 oqis .-1 ol ? 'om?
m loner Waldo, although iccording to
thla I 1 ai t,-i? m ?has no control ???? er
1 ? ronatructlon ind m<*ana of escsp ?"i
m mai I ?'???, fa? lorl? i In the ell ?
tu :. a.:?- n ?t n? building In Ih?
? ..nimm I ?ni fourth pagr
GXAC2
CHVJt?J?
x'carl one hundred and fifty lives were lost in i fire thai swept
through the *V.-.? upper stories ol a ten stop faet?n lofi building it
the northwest corner of Washington Place and Greene itreel it ?*
o'clock yesterdai afternoon, occupied bv the Triangle ^v aisl Cotnpan?
ind a clothing house. \\ mignighl 142 bodies had been taken to the
morgue,
! irr C hief Croker said :
'This calamity is jusi what 1 have been predicting, fhcre wert
no outside fire escapes on this building. I \i.c.c been advocating *in?1
s?ritating that fire escapes h?*- put <-.n buildings just ?.ucli as this \Thii
large loss of life is 'lue to this neglect.'
?Thirteen of the victims '.ore men; \29 "eye women and girts.
["he ciiu-c of the fire is unknown. So one has tried r" do mort
than guess at it.
Scenes of almost indescribable horror attended the catastrophe
Score? of girls leaped from windows eight, nine and ten stories above
the street to their <1f3?n. In one place so many bodies fell thai the
glass and iron deadlights in the pavement were broken.
\ fir? escape in <? light shaft proved a veritable death trap. More
than fifty girls were found dead at the bottom of the ?had
Heroic ele*- ator operators saved hundreds of lives. When one man
abandoned his rar one of the horrorstricken crowd hi the street bfol *
through the police lines, reached the elevator .in<1 ran the car for ten
more trips, saving nearly five hundred more lives.
It ?.as .us* 14** p i", when the a!
<-f ?Ir* ta* first ral-???.! In the Mg
?...rv ion building Tha? *a? Bye '
';'??* befor** closing time, and man]
the girla ?lupin',er] ? ?-, the boltdlng ?
purling on their i?a'<? an-l eoeta. I
not known who Ural dlacovered the
01 rhat ' ?"i??7'! ti ? outbreak, bol wli
*hirt; esconda after the crj of "Fl
hc"i been raleeri the r".*-1? nearl? all
th<*m Italiana, V'^iran a mad rush
the two passenger and two freight
? iltnrv
When the; found that thet eonld
au rei'up.- by way of the elevators
nsnirstricken women turned :
daghed for the wlndowa <>n the "*cva
Ington r?a.??* aide of Ihe building
?a in.I.,??.? were raised or 'i>r<^k?%n ??>
with frenzied hlowe and the west
riltnbed out ''i the narrow i?'lc??^ In fr
of ea?*h a*ltidoa". Thai happened tw
nnv firemen had reaehed the scene, ??
although <??"????- In the atreet rrled to
maddened girla not to Jump their **??
j ins:? > ere not heeded.
Within three minutes, more than fl
I won .?i leaped from tha ninth Boor, ot
iin have their llveg crushed oui on I
, gidewalk below. Th? eight of ao n?a
human beInge being dashed to plot
sickened the crowd, and Ihe ahrieka
the rlctlma and of hyatarlcal ontoolu
made th?? acene on? ot Indeacrlbal
i horror.
m midnight 14: bodlea had beentak
! out of the building or ;,i??ko'i up In t
I atreet Chi?tf Croker, however, thoug
? more were hidden Inatd*
The building, according t?> every of
rial i?t th<? conflagration, was fearful
deficient aa to meana of rxit in '?us??
. fir?' While H hhs siii>i"?s?-'i i?. be fir
proof and had one lire encapa on i ?kI
ahaft, the only way ?.f encape th;
I seemed to be available to the unforti
nate Itundreda who worked on tha thr<
upper floors, where the flr-1 was cot
fined, a*aa by the elevators. For Hmr
I reason the stalra*ay waa not uaad it I
tat ? to iay that all those who aunrlva
i the holocauet have the elevatora and th
elevator operatora t.i thank for thai
I Ilvea Tht lone fir?? eacape, instea?! ?
being ;? way to aafety, proved just th
n varan. In that one spot alone mor
than Bfty women lost their lives, t???in
I caught aa though In a trap.
juat after midnight Chief ?'r"k"r ga?i
;i rough estimate of tha damage to th
building ,i probabl) between 1100,00
and $130.0uu) Battalion Chief Langtoci
made a tour of tht building", bul founi
I no more bodlea it" aald i hat the arate
In the aub-cellar waa probabl) tea fee
deep and thai there I n a atrong poaal
: luiit; that more bodli would be fount
when the water waa drained off,
Th-- cordon of police around the fir?
ta waa kept buaj di Ivtng the erowdt
' ? Xotwlthatandlng che late bo?i th?
crowd showed no algn of dlmlnlahlng
h ?' In fad Hi.- Broa I i ?< can froo
,l theatn diatrlcl wen croa led arltl
p< ra ?..- ?. I o h d I eard of the dlaast? r.
\.i ur.uaual scene waa th? numb r ot
autoi bll - ?? 'th ??. i! .'.-' - ,i aromet
- " ... nta. th ?t arerc In the rldnlt)
ai und "-i .' ? outald? of Um
eroM da .'h? '?? must I .<-. been tart ?
1 hundred of tht m
Slack Season ReducH Workers.
The building, arhkh, th?? police aa; la
owned bj John C Aach, of South Nor?
I ?Milk Conn., iront* .< hundred (*r\ ..*?
Washington Ptgct and th? gagM on
Scores of Girls Leap to Death
In Streets Ten Stories
Below Them.
HAD NO CHANCE FOR LIFE
Unable to Reach Elevators or
Stairways. Employes Rush
to Windows.
CROKER BLAMES ESCAPES
None on Outside )f Building,
Says Fire Cbief. Saving That
Is Reason for Fearful Los?
of Lives in Disaster
ELEVATORS SAVE HUNDREDS
r-i4-htful Panic a* Trapped Workert
Fight L.ke Furies for Placen in
Cars. Almost the Only Mean?
of Escape, as Flame*
SrecD Through th?
Workrooms.
Qreene itf?Mi Ths thr?<>e uppsr ?oort ir
?T.-'ipi???i !?? the Trlangl? tva'ai ' >mi
pany ?and the Me yarn, Cn n it il?
lach Company msnufacturff/a -of cloth?
m? Thesa 'n ? Arms emplo? 11 prsl*
ai-,;- beta'?e?ra elghl hundred and nil ?
I lundred romsn There wort 1.800 ma?
chines ?'i the Triangle Waial Compai ?
pl.nt, bul because II la ? alack ?Mason
. ,;!? about hall the mach?n?*? ?are? n
,..,,? ?hen th?? (Ire i"??!??1 ?-?ut
?East of th? fsctory building, and ?rltk
II ralla adjoining, i th? Son T?srk
i *ui- f.r.sii- ?building alao ten atortsa Is
height ''?n its top ?Jl "?r la ?the Son Vnri?
L'nlversit; ?Lsa Bch-ool, ?stud?-ants 4
?jrhlch ?saved man] lives, Wh? n ?aons at
the Triangle e?ompsny*a ?mpki* ? a a Ith
clearer h?eada tha?. th?Mr unfortunate W?
Un a'orkera, gained ?the ?roof of the
?burning building they msnared to mal -
th?ir aa) t?? th? ?roof of th? 4M rt?
?Booh Company*! b'illd'ng ?and thus n?
?ra|.?'- In aafet?, t., the atreel
No living person ?has ?so iar been "?vinrt
a*ho saa In th?" cutting room ?of tin Tii?
HtiRi'^ Walel Company, on ?the ??dghth
ftoor, t?? t?!i of the rror of thosa Aral
f? ?seconda after th lam ?ad ?Ara sras
?sounded. Th?- t.rri.r of th>> huadrsdl ,->?
h?-';ii?"*s giii?? ?>n thflt floor can Ml) ?be
Imagined, it is ?certain that man) of
th?- unfortunate eresturea wort kiii???!
ii..t b) lire, i?u in the ?mad tramplim; of
many i""in,iroii?? ??f feet
Borne ?if ?the elevator :'i??n t.?i<i la las
which ?seem ?beyond belief in th?>ir ?tr?-1- -
?orne .I tstla They t"i?i of lt-iv, young
Italian ?sir! ??. th? lr ? yes st.irtin?*. ?ftoi v
?their heada in ?terror, ?fought ?aith in*ar ?
strength an?i aav?agery lo guio th?* als?
vatoes. Woman threw thsmsehrea "against
the Iron i arriera surrounding ?the ?als?
votor ?hilft an?t ?aereamed for help. Th?*
?sei nea ?rhen ?sa? h elevator r?>3?" t?> the
? i ?i? h t h fl?t*or again, aftsr ?arrylns uuYtr?
a ?prssiom load of human fr.'hfht. tvsrs
frightful.
?Women arould cling t" the wir?? nsttlng
with ?hands and ov? n i<?. thoir te?Hh, ?de??
I terminad ?aol ?to ?glw "ay for tboaa ?bs?
hind. Their clothing wa? t??rn ?from
their ?bodies, yel thai would nol kiv. ?ap
their ?positions until i-orced t?> i?y thoot
w* Ight "t r.:!-!ih??r.-4 ?behind them ?Bar?
; ? ",ii dead and mutllatsd ?bodl-sa v-tr*
! ?stretcbe? ab..ut ?the entrance t?> ih?? .?le?
? ral * sii."11>. ii.it gin .i ?by ?Urs, i?ut ?tora
I Co pieces, almost, by frensted human
i ?hands it ?? ?as ?? mad n-' I I i , jvi
I some ol th ?se a*ho ?u?i manage t.? ?anal.?
! their a > t?? the ? leva?tora ?asvei l|?red '?>
r? ;???'i th flrst floor
Fe-i?-t!..l Cruih m Elevator?.
The .' ?tii ''"- atora bad m oui ld< : -
parity, ?probably, of fifteen oi twenty
?person? si ???????. Y t on ? ?- >?rj i p they
m id? i.'i they must haie ni * ??
I dosen ?.?omen and young -2. li ? io the
1 number ? ?" ? lammed In Ih Iplea
. aaaea i Ui m ?!i ? ire. In man) - ? ? ?
ths acrsamlng a omen ?mads lying leaps
j .n th -.n entra?e?. land ni on ihe h ? ??Js
if those airas?
n ? pass? nger . i??.?,..! * ?? .?-,? ?run ?by
Josoph Zltto and J.?-?i>." G?asper. They
?continued t?? mske theti 111 ; ? .-* until it
v.?il -....i oskibl i? rui ?? 11?-1 Ihi \?.?U
ol : ?rs tvhli b bun t throu ? ? ?t??r
? ? ? laapsi continued until th? ? <t?.??s
at ae i lo i i? ". nu ?. r
ih? un? i ??? i.? n
Zltto, aftei n | I ? ? ?,.
iaas forced to leav? h
Aral .i""t I .i- ? ? isi I'll? uni
-i fsa !;? j* -, i,?. ? ? ?. \ fn^fj

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