Show A Olt AT washington thirteen killed by the burning barnini r 1 of a mattress factory washington sopt 17 the most fatal fire anro of romont years in washing ton was tho the burning of tho the mattress factory of bros today to day four bodies are at tho the morgue charred and crushed beyond recognition while at tho the hospital are three victims fatally injured workmen tire are unaccounted for and their bodies are doubtless in tho the ruins those dead are william H tennyson an old man inan employed in the factory willio willie aslie IS 18 years james F vaughn a cleric henry fowler philip phiip ackerman robert reitzel and an old man whose name is unknown are missing those at the hospital are A J haske both los liogys broken may dio die arthur G nevins internal injuries and fractured wrist harry bacon internal injuries injuries tho the factory was a five story atlue tuie with thin brick walls and windows only at the back and front and no fire escape it was stored with it feathers flathers fo shavings and other inflammable materials and twenty five por per wore at work in it six of whom wore young women fifteen minutes before noon fire was discovered in tho the picking room at tho the front cf tho the second floor almost before tho the alarm could be given to tho workmen iro it had burst up tho the elevator shaft it tho escape of those on the upper floors was cut off they stood in tho the windows shouting for help while hundreds hundred 8 on the streets wore ivere watching but unable to give civo them succor tareo mon men wore soon seen on tho the roof gesticulating frantically before ladders were secured choso men dropped one on ey by one and were horribly mangled A mattress hold to break tho the fall proved of no avail other men hold to projections outside the windows until mattresses had wen heaped upon the sidewalk and these got gofa off without sustaining severo severe injuries twenty five minutes after the fire had bad boon been disco discovered vereA tho the wall fell and soon thereafter the remaining walls fell and crushed several small structures adjacent ono fireman and several spectators were hurt by fallin falling 9 bricks the cause of tho firo fire is unknown tho the agg aggregate regato loss is only salt lake tribune |