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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1908
Page
2
The crowd fled burned Rhoades's Opera House as flames trapped victims. Rescue trains arrived from Reading and Pottsville with doctors and nurses, while coroners prepared a search inquiry. The death toll reached about 150 with dozens more injured, many of them Sunday school children.
Special to The New York Times survivors describe a sudden explosion and panic at a Boyertown Pennsylvanian hall event. Ruben W Grover and George Dresh recall scorching heat flying glass and a mass stampede as flames claimed many lives. Ex Representative Charles B Spatz suffered broken ribs while aiding victims. Boyertown sits near Reading with about 2500 residents and local factories and schools.
Lawyer Gifford, counsel for the Hamilton Bank, announced the bank will reopen on January 20 after a court extension. Depositors are told not to worry about the Robert Maclay & Co. brokerage failure, as two notes held by the bank are secured by collateral valued at about 88,550 dollars. The bank remains solvent according to Gifford.
A century ago winter trips to sunny resorts were long. today Pennsylvan ia Railroad offers quick through trains with Pullman sleeping cars to Florida California and Mexico via key connections. Atlantic City trips from New York take about three hours. Consult a ticket agent and ask for the Winter Excursion Book.
A London style report cites New York Fire Department hose failures under Hayes and Lantry as a threat to efficiency. Underwriters found 41 of 58 lengths burst at the Parker Building fire, 1907 data show rising failures across Windsor and other brands, prompting calls for audit, new four year guarantees, and broader testing.
After hours of perilous search amid Parker building wreckage a heavy press trapped Fallon and was not removed. Fire department casualties include George OConnor presumed dead, while his wife keeps vigil near the ruins. The Board of Survey will decide building actions, with plans to stabilise and possibly demolish sections as engineers warn of further collapse.
At Grand Central locals used Twenty third Street and Fourth Avenue routes to avoid risks while a beam plan faced opposition from surface road managers. Bartholomewanm began wrecking and shoring the damaged building as the Board of Survey prepared to order demolition. Debris cleared by 20 workers under wage disputes, water pumped from the basement, and Mayor McClellan plus William Willis visiting ruins. Insurance totals cited: Parker Building tenants 2,000,000 and building 700,000.
Contributions collected for the widow of John Fallon rise to 3158 with 86 delivered to The New York Times. Mrs Fallon, living on West Sixteenth Street with an ill aunt, faces added family burdens as her husband’s body was found. she thanks supporters while the case against Thaw continues in court.
A legal team announces new witnesses to prove Harry Thaw's insanity on the night of the Madison Square Garden shooting. They cite prior episodes on trains, in Monte Carlo, and Paris, with high fever and delusional behavior, plus a London sanitarium visit. They promise alienist testimony to support mental state at the time of the crime.
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