Fire Victims Identified as Thousands Visit Morgue
A mass vigil and relief efforts unfold after a deadly loft building fire in New York. Agencies like United Hebrew Charities and Hebrew Free Burial Society pledge help. the Waist Makers and Dressmakers unions plan actions. Officials cite widespread fire code breaches and call for a formal overhaul of fire escape regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper Union
United Hebrew Charities
The
Hebrew Free Burial Society
B’nai B’rith
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Canada
Metropolitan Opera House
George M. Price
Cloak, Suit and Skirt Industry of
Washington Place
McAneny
Waldo
Charities Pier
Waist Makers’ Union
Ladies’ Waist and Dressmakers’ Union
Rupture sufferers find relief with Cluthe Truss and massage
Thousands of ruptured patients in towns nearby report relief through Chas Cluthe's Cluthe Truss and Mechanical Massager. The device claims to cure without operation or hospital stay, using gentle automatic massage to strengthen weakened abdominal muscles and support healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Cluthe
Cluthe
E. Hutchison
Jim
Cluthe Institute
East 23d St
New York City
Mass Grief at Pier as New York Morgue Opens
Two hundred thousand people lined the pier in a mournful vigil at the improvised morgue after a disastrous blaze. Coffins lay in a row, and hundreds rushed in for identification or to glimpse the charred remains. Investigators pledged a full inquiry into safety failures cited by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bellevue Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
Russia
Survivor recalls Triangle Waist disaster in New York
Ethel Modiak, a survivor, recounts the March fire at the Triangle Waist Company. She describes confined aisles, inward opening doors, overcrowded elevators, and girls jumping from windows as smoke and flames filled the floors, calling the scene a dreadful, dreamlike death trap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ethel Modiak
Triangle Waist Company
Legacy funds named for servants and surfmen in Bradstreet will
Will of Charlotte Augusta Bradstreet of 86 Commonwealth avenue probated Saturday leaves Lizzie McKinley and Michael J Reardon substantial incomes and outright sums. A $25,000 life saving station fund benefits surfmen between Wood End and Monomoy. Two trust funds of $75,000 go to sons Samuel and Augustus Bradstreet. Other gifts include $12,000 to Charles Stanwood and $2,000 to Rev James De Normandie. Residue to New England Hospital for Women and Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie McKinley
Michael J. Reardon
Charlotte Augusta Bradstreet
Commonwealth Avenue
Lizzie McWinley
New England
Michael J. Rear
Samuel Bradstreet
Marshfield
Augustus Bangs Bradstreet
Beacon Street
Boston
Charles F. Stanwood
James de Normandie
New England Hospital For Women and Children
Gold Dust cleans and sanitizes kitchenware effectively
Gold Dust not only cleans but sterilizes, leaving utensils sanitarily safe. Soap fails to remove decay germs from frequent use. It cleans quickly with minimal effort, doing most tasks without help. It makes pots and pans spotless and comes in small and large packages with the larger option offering greater economy.
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Sia Ed
J. J. Asch
South Norwalk, Conn
Green Street Side
Paul ThompSon
A. S. Cimmellin
Portchester
N. Y
Building Department
Croker
Whitman
Hiere
Estabrooke
Pele
Setleeth
Thomas T. Estabrooks
St. Ver
Bae
Charlotte Bradstreet
N. K. Fairbank Company
Hr CE
Walt
Washington Street
Amnex
Washington St
Friend St
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