Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1911 — MANY LIVES LOST IN NEW YORK CITY FIRE. [ARTICLE]

MANY LIVES LOST IN NEW YORK CITY FIRE.

Catastrophe In Ten Story Factory Building Causes Death of 141 People, Mostly Cftds. A terrible fire occurred In New York City Saturday afternoon and caused the death of at feast 141 people, mostly girls, who were employed in the upper floors of a factory*. It is one of the worst fire catastrophes of recent years and it has opened the eyes of New York people to the need of better fire fighting equipment. The life nets, which were held for the people to jump into, proved rotten and many dashed through the nets either to their death or to be frightfully maimed. The fire started on the seventh floor, shutting off the elevator and stairways and the dense smoke soon made it impossible for the frightened women and girls to tell where to go. Some jumped from the windows before the nets were spread and others refused to jump at all and fell when the building caved in. The building in.which the fire occurred had no fire escapes and it is intended by officers to place the responsibility some place and prosecute the negligent parties. Many other buildings in New York are said to have no means of escape from fire.