Handrtds of people, men women
and girls, were at work in the various
branches of the buisness carried on
in the building, which covers a con
siderable ground, having wings which
extend from Atlantic avenue to State
street. As soon as the accident oc
curred those employed in the build
ing endeavored to make an escape,
and some who were last to reach the
street appeared with faces begrimmed
and
STREAMING WITH BLOOD
from wounds received from the falling
timbers. It was reported at first that
K=o girls employed on the top floor in
Milo Hynes’ bolting works, had been
killed by the failing roof, but it is now
known that the most of them made
their escape by climbing on to the
roof.
The tenement houses adjoining the
building were occupied by twenty
small manufactures and there were
about 500 men atd women employed
therein. It was five stories high and
was erected twenty-seven years ago.
The wood work burned like tinder.
When the firemen arrived they found
many young women at the windows
screaming wildly for help. Their re
tieat had been cut ctl' and the firemen
quickly run up ladders but the girls
were hemmed in and many
FELL BACK INTO THE FLAMES
before help could reach them. The
character of the building hindered
the efforts of the firemen. D. J.
Lowry was one of the victims and
was killed by the falling of the left
wall of the middle wing in Atlantic
avenue.
The cause of the fire was the over
turning of the boilers of a soap fac
tory on the 2i floor. The weight of
the wall of the middle wing on Atlan
tic avenue had settled it, and work
men were screwing it up with jacks.
