Duchesne Record | 1910-12-09 | Page 2 | Factory Girls Die in Fire

FACTORY GIRLS DIE nRE' A Twenty-five Dead and Half a Dozen Dying, Twelve Being Killed by , Jumping From Windows. J t New York A fire caused by an ex- ' plosion of gasoline, which swept through the upper floors of a four- 1 story factory building in Newark, N I J., on Saturday, caused the death of twenty-five girls, while half a dozen V are dying and twenty-two are less se- 1 riously hurt. Twelve were Instantly killed by L Jumping from windows and fire es- !"' cape landings. Eight others died in hospitals from 1 injuries sustained in the same way. j The others were burned to death ' and the bodies of most of them are f buried under a great heap of ruins. f, More than 200 girls were at work la T I ihe building when the panic started.