Show CRUSADE AGAINST FIRETRAPS FIRE FIRE- TRAPS IN NEW NEWYORK YORK YORI I District Attorney Sa Says That Three Disasters Bisters Cost CostI I Lives of One Forty-One Persons and I 0 I. I YORK District District Attorney Attorney Attorney I NEW Feb 28 ney Jerome is dissatisfied with the exPlanations explanations explanations ex ex- ex- ex made by inte interested ested persons of the causes which led to the Park Avenue hotel horror He announced that he would bring everybody with knowledge knowl edge of the facts before Defore the grand jury The District Attorney will ill also conduct conduct conduct con con- duct a rigid examination into the protection protection protection pro pro- afforded guests He believes that the the- rules of the Police and F Fire re departments departments departments depart depart- ments were not properly observed The hotel formed formed a a hollow hollow square wit without out outa a single fire-escape fire on the outside or In Inside inside in- in side of the structure Jerome declares that trap fire-trap hotels must go and that the most searching Investigation ever attempted will be made in this case The guilty and negligent negligent neg neg- will be relentlessly prosecuted The police polite also bid fair fall to com come in for censure since they allowed the living and dead to be robbed Thieves swarmed into the building and ran from room to room despoiling the unlucky guests No attempt seems to have been made by the police to protect the Jerome will investigate this charge 4 4 In Park avenue N New W York York col collis col col- f 4 4 lis lon dynamite un and w flames have f exacted fearful toll VC f human life 4 f and property in a period of less f than two years Th The figures follow fol- fol f flow low f Janu January ry 8 Rear e. Rear d collision In 4 New York Tunnel f 4 Killed i WS t I 15 44 4 4 Injured 30 4 Claims agai against st r 4 January 27 Explosion in shaft of 44 4 4 Rapid Transit 44 4 4 Killed 4 8 S 44 4 4 Injured 44 4 4 Property loss l 1 Murray rray 4 Hill Hotel wre k v 44 4 4 February 22 Fire 22 Fire In Park Avenue Ave Ave- 44 4 4 nue Hotel flue Hotel Hotel J 4 Killed a 18 18 4 Inui Injured d 50 60 o 4 Property loss 44 4 4 TOTALS 44 4 4 Killed 41 44 4 4 Injured i. i 4 Property loss and dam dam- 44 4 4 ages 4 4 |