Show FLAMES RAMES CONSUME UTOPIA Home H me of or Upton U Sinclair Cooperative Cooperative Colony Burned One Man l Loses His Life I Englewood N J March farch the burning of Helicon hall halt the home of f the Upton Sinclair Cooperative colony colon today toda teda one man Lester Lster Brings Brigs a carpenter of or Providence R Its I was and eight of f the colonists Injured by jumping Jum from windows Mrs rs Grace McGowan n Cook awell a cel known writer wrIt r of t short stor stories storIes ies lea is believed to have hae suffered fatal l in injuries injuries juries and her h r sister Miss M Iss Alice Mc McGowan McGowan McGowan I Gowan also a writer and Miss Leonle Leonie were badly Injured The loss 1051 is estimated at I members of ot the colony colon were W re reIn In the building a structure An n explosion of gas ga which occurred on the main floor started the fire tl fi about dawn As there were no lire fire escapes escapee and I exit by the stairways was cut off art f by y tire fire the colonists Including men women women wom n nan and an children Jumped from rom th the windows The men who wim were first to go g attempted ta to catch th the women and children In blank blankets ets eta used sa as 8 fire nets Bets but Mrs Cooke Coeke Co ke Miss MI McGowan and some of the others were w re badly injured by striking against a cop eop copIng Ing In their fall The TIle b was tt totally destroyed d Those most seriously Injured were taken to o Englewood pitaL 0 A |