Show FIRE PANICS AND FIRE DRILLS From the New York World Could any pains have been too great to avert the sod loss of life In Crosby street yesterday Could any precaution have been too troublesome which inighj have prevented such scenes of horror as there made men blush for their sex when workmen beat down and trampled upon women in their rush to escape It recalled the shameful story of the sinking of the Bourgognc of the Charity Rn7ni fire In Paris frn So far as one can see the panic was unnecessary There was no fire in the building Whether the fire escapes were sufficient or not the trouble mainly main-ly arose from the unfamIliarity of the employees with their use No life need have been lost If they had had the benefit ben-efit of fire drills such ris avert panics in our public schools |