Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1908 — FOUR BURNED TO DEATH [ARTICLE]

FOUR BURNED TO DEATH

Was It Because They Were Working Overtime That the Incendiary Fire Was Started? New York. Sept. B.—'Four persens, believed to have been members of a group of employes working overtime, were burned to death in a fire, supposedly incendiary, which destroyed a seven-story factory, building on Water street. The bodies, burned beyond recognition, were found after the fire had been extinguished. Three of the victims were men and the fourth a woman. Up to this writing none has been identified. Incident tn the fire were rescues of nearly a score of workers who wete removed frqm the fifth floor by means of ladders after flames had cut off their escape, and the collapse of the sixth floor, enrryipg w|th it and slightly injuring two firemen The financial loss is about SIOO,OOO.