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Show IJl SEVEN PERSONS jlj BURNEDTO DEATH j J Fire in Factory District in New j I IS York Claims Many ; Victims. 1 1 : York 0ct- Seven persons S 1 11 were nurnec t0 death and two others jig J who are missing are feared to have 1 1 ,ost lneir llves iu a flre wlllcl1 (le" ,1 II I stroyed two factories in the manufac- T 1 l"rInS section of Queenaborough late P f today, with a material loss estimated I I at $250,000. The charred hodies were not found j I j until the flames had been extinguish- II II f ed and the firemen were pouring wa- 1 1 S ter into the ruins of the buildings. I I Search is being made tonight for two persons still missing, but it is belioved they perished. All those burned were employed in the plant of the Oakes Dye Manufacturing company, where the flames started. The known dead: HARRY C. COOK, 42 years of age. married, treasurer of the Oakes company. com-pany. ;. FREDERICK, CRISMAN, 3d. married, mar-ried, head bookkeeper of the company. com-pany. ROBERT VOGEL. 30, married, assistant as-sistant bookkeeper. MISS EMILY KIENSEL, 22, book-keeper. book-keeper. MISS DAUPHEMANN. 20 bookkeeper. MISS E. FAURMANN, 20, stenographer. stenog-rapher. MISS GEARS, 20, stenog rapher. The fire started among chemicals on the first floor of the Oakes building build-ing aud spread with such rapidity that the office force was trapped on the second floor. In addition to the office building, five one-story storage buildings of the Oakes company were destroyed. From these building the fire spread to the Astoria Veneer Mill &. Lumber Lum-ber yard, where many thousands of feet of lumber wore destroyed. The police have learned that an electrician at work on the first floor of the dye-making plant, making re pairs to the electric light fixtures, dropped a ladder which struck a jar of chemicals that burst into flames. There were six young women and three men on the second floor when the fire began. Not one of them has been seen since. A steel stairway led from .the upper floor to the first floor on the inside of the building. There also were two iron fire escapes and one steel stairway escape on the outside. A half dozen windows were located close to where the young women were at work, and it would have been a drop of only 16 feet to the street. Tho authorities believe the employes were suffocated by the chemical fumes and were unable to attempt to escape. . nn |