The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 28, 1915, Page 1

IGHT EDITION WEATHER—Occasional rain meeting at a Seattle school re cently The question of fire protection came up. A parent asked the principal why there were no fire escapes on the school “The law,” said the principal, “doesn't compe! the school board to have them.” A VERY GOOD REASON, IS IT NOT? A STAR man attended a parent-teachers’ The Seattle Star The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News : 1915. ONE CENT . Sitws svano 0 CHILDREN Dik! | TRAPPED, R OAS TED, AS SCHOOL B URNS | Investigation Shows Seattle Schools Have No Fire Escapes ONLY 4 QUT OF {t= me 0 roe or VICTIMS CRY AS | ] FACE LIFE wnTHOwT HANDS OR FEET! t | HREE city linemen, all of — ran off the reels They were taken to the ed persons are put to death in them young, strong and dase séine Mtatlnce Swedish hospital, where it was the electric chair. Two thou - with families dependent = away n given out Thursday t the send up to 7,500 volts are sure upon them for support, were on 4 he “< would not die t that the Jeath Wednesday amitten without an and up to a linen on A pole would ippled for life . acts Mke water instant’s warning by 60,000 . dh port h er Wh they w me the! rT , 1 in too great volts of electricity, each sue At ¢ oo s i Paring. 2 He fi : M om into a tube. The we taining enough voltage to ki!! S bo owe my the doctors sal : ter flows down the le of 25_men—yet they live te . the extent to wh bones the ty In the ' They will, however, be crip a 5 wire be have been This can much of the € « flowed Eerie wintenke sunt ‘on me not be ascertained for three or down the outside of the bodies four days Hut tricity of the linemen strong wind { ‘ HANDS ANDO FEET burns are generally dee; oe thks AL mh ALS Le tien. tow 14 wom, 186 ft 1 am, 20 ft VOLUME 18. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, s, WASH " are: J. E. Rhodes, oF else pe: 4 men Thursday ‘ourth ave. N. W.; Wil conditions 1 4 Fletcher a young wife : i 3 es MePaasert ebee otio uve r é wile and bee 4, and unable to Ps: CE ‘ s The appalling school disaster at Pea-§F s° snd F. Fietchor, 4948 Ores Tiavedagpolory ttle. And coms ne tragedy that PEABODY, Mass., Oct. 28.—Fifty lives © P even wo ema h befalle hem J Mb 7 body, Mass., Thursday morning has set Se- The linemen. were extending fassed thew ine’? children ‘and a ‘ittie home ‘in wan Nine haters thelr brains | Were snuffed out today and 12 more will «ne o mareien Ab ™ en, knocking jaliard, which hy een bu ill cle ifficiently for tb s . 2 attle thinking. exo Serie Janet aw 2 wap se ts aga Yas ing.on the installment plan. it ty geass! the ‘Knowledge that ie as the result of a fire which swept the How about OUR school buildings? |B near Dunlap station, in the Ral th de and feet isn't paid for. they, a moment before the ac Ji tinder-like St. John’s parochial school, ‘ aler valley. i. Sosith of the city 2.0 © cident so strong, so confident Are they fire traps like the one at Pea- Fletcher, who received the hospite! ki! Police Sergeant ‘fie Mnemen owe. their-es- 4 thelt-virlle”- yout” aod laccording to the estimates of firemen and” > worst burns, was standing on Runnell arrived tm reaponse to cape from death to the fac strength, may be doomed to go d » the service automo message, and with elved an ov life as helpless cripples, ioctors at 1:30 p. m. saved the infored About 2 be, without hands and Fire Marshal Harry Bringhurst told The J 1,045 cAr7 iat ihe wires pahumtons, paved tne 4 wine soodedis ae? Mothers temporarily insane with grief; Star Thursday that ONLY FOUR OF THE half-naked, crying children rushing in the 43 FRAME SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN SE- ——|midst of the crowds about the building; a ATTLE HAVE FIRE ESCAPES! ALMA GIVES UP $150,000 CONCERT score of broken, charred little bodies “They are at Interbay, Leschi, the John TOUR TO SPEND WINTER WITH BABY stretched in a row on the ground while the B. Allen school, and the old Ballard high! PRE g tuins smouldered and smoked—such was school,” said Bringhurst. In addition to these, some of the @ brick buildings also have wooden FIRE ESCAPE LAW stairways The state law provides that He argued that all schools are outside fire escapes or fire provided with many interior stair ladders are required on three Ways and exits story frame school buildings “But supposing the fire UNLESS they can be re the basement by an exp placed by interior stairways spread over the first floor, « “properly placed.” off the stairways, as was the « Four-story buildings must @t Peabody?” said The Star man have a stand pipe—a water pipe jon’t think {t would happ running from the basement to sire,” replied Bringhurst. “Eighty-| the roof, to which firemen may five per cent of the dange couple hose at any story, and fn schools is in the b a fireproof stairway or ladder, the scene as firemen delved among the char- trampled by their playmates in the mad rush |to escape. Many were caught in a jammed doorway and were crushed to death as they sought to flee. A panic followed. Doors swinging inward were responsible for many deaths. “ Before the first of the horrified children will gain t foreign busi. COUld swing back the doors, the rush behind on which the firemen can mount to upper stories. lined ¢ ; . PARIS, Oct. 28.—The French | The port com cabinet resigned today Following Premier Viviani's tender of his resignation, the entire body followed, and Aris: /neas that had hitherto been going to them swept them into the fatal crush. acoma 2 . 7 tide Briand, for many ye Still others ran to windows. Bewildered, prominent in the council 900 worth ed outside. “Anyway, if we DID have outs fire escapes, t would be da nm would be The Osaka Shoren Balebe steam ous, The child cay . - frightened and shove each : sie ghang by President | ship will hereafter discharge they jumped. Neighbors on hand before the eee Ge a Wer sii ; ites Moy nee nemate ia. firemen arrived caught the tiny forms as they needs fire cscapes, Bringhurst Most Have Two Sta rway' No school building in vided with two o stairways haa fire e None of the brick or {ngs has tire escapes. The modern build have nt fnterior stairways, leading to exit FN Fly sce Bagger feattered all over t ower floor, | isetg! Teli ot. ind all the school children in the Grab city are drilled thoroly every year under the direction of the fire de partment, on how to escape in case of fire But they're not told what to do when escape is cut off tw at Peabod :, hurtled thru the air by spreading out blankets ‘as life nets. When the firemen came they accommoda |eould not open the main door owing to the steamshiy ine several. Mass Of little bodies behind. = The ages of the dead children range from ‘ line’ 8 to 12 years. Nine of the charred, crushed is forms could not be recognized. The children were just preparing to go to classes when a sister smelled smoke. She "| found the lower hall wrapped in flames, and 1 Jat once sounded the fire alarm. comn nd Barnes sitions was ald in| line by th John B. Allen, Phinney and N. faith at Daniel Bagley, od Park ave 16th ave. & + 40th st. and 50th Ballard), 26th ave No W r, to.un Mme. Alma Gluck, Her Husband, Efrem Zimbalist, and Their Famous $150,000 Baby cabinet, and som ferent Ten ore eo Away Alma Gluck, one of the most famous prima donnas of the|it may mean the thaw fratict of al Don't fill lamps except in day-| Sapphire peritne deler al N. and New-| world, will sing to the most exclusive audience of her Ife daring tt aie iti haeva’e wiarie (RA | As calmly as she could, so as not to alarm ee ee coe ae a Beh aren 0, 024 Docent ot: “ON sdistl WERIRIn Aedballdt.1velBehies Was ate toe us onen aie damntlan chalava her ward, the black-robed nun told the pupils | sor, president Thursday that Seattle ciently prote be bees nke called because t that Mme. Gluck|stormy, session after the resigna to leave by the side doors. For a few mo- tnd a path axe, [eave up a tour which would hate netted her $160,000 for the sake of|tions, but adjourned at the request Can You Stretch a ments, while they were in the class rooms, of Viviant i Seik = Goe ae husband, Efrem Zimbalist, will devote the tngland came tn for its share of autor an ocrar sec rf nad. ow: and her Bee TnOan DALIT hE: Lie ice eee oF the children maintained perfect order. H] oo", ee aicthe ¢ ave, N. and Mer r nice w America and Europe} fer course toward the Balkans Dollar? Then, as they marched into the i , perce. annex, Sard ay lullabies, sung to an audt-land her failure to 1 a strong he a thick, hot smoke poured n ———— Jed to have contributed to making scihle ( ed near b i - her responsible in the eyes of the Impossible Not at VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct, 28 Terror seized the sisters and the i MRS Ti L IA N Ss French for the present unrest all By carefull Suit for $50,000 damages is on file Children simultaneously Seeing I) a Son or > advertis- here today against Dr, J. °M. P./|their charges helpless, the teachers L watching the adverti Chalmers of this city, accused by ordered them to break rank As | ws L Star every day and t: attle, of alienating his wife's affec- | Windows followed | cp im | tar every day and tak- | f° Below the townsfolk had already Fi BE BORN IN JA IL N ED: ing advantage of the Willsher had served a few months /gathered. They besought the white - nitta ‘canis in the penitentiary for attempted |facéd children in the windows not TROOPS LA 0 opportunities presented murder of Dr. Chalmers because of |to leap until they brought blankets there, you can stretch as life nets ed relations between the physi-/to rk, 12th ave. #, and au evens, Isth nye. N r.| Ma L a child will not of one year tn the county Jail, but | , nace clan and Mrs, Willsher. He was| Some obeyed . a o yecome & ] = ywe ‘ . i eres tH. Vato ot, |bO born In Jal In the event whe | to become ! LONDON, Oct. 28—One hundred the buying power of a || oitoned by Gov. Liste Crying and-, protesting, ©. they SMeighte, Tithave, Nb and | So declared Judge Smith ‘Thurs: Mother, her wentence will he wile | and fifty thousand French troops,|| dollar to a remarkable er the windows, while the it, Hen 1 en th ' \ fore the child {st |} with 100 big guns, have landed at extent. A case in point PUPILS EARN MONEY: ta and smoke came dangerous- | Wait H ' Ailsthe, time Ana Shes Already haar to aid Serbia, according to} js Fraser-Paterson Ca,’s Pekan a ve L lea of extra preca n Ave, Warren ave. and Repub- | deseried hor,| will alec ‘be counted as part of the |ouemerest tday, special Friday — sale. EVERETT, Wash. Oct. 28—A) Below alrong men tried to catch ‘ r’ ! “ otal of $26,661.52 was earned by | them v outspread overcoats, ‘ eae?” Judge Winsor was aske ame up for sentence ear to be served. She has been| eae total i “We do.” a Be hed bee. convicted leat in jail einoé July $0 Better rent that flat now before|| You'll find full details | 1,095. set n the| 4, No Fire Escapes on School } Would it not make it extra safe | week of manslaughter, tho charged| Judge Smith's sentence of Mrs,|winter sets in! A Star want ad in their ad on page 3 summer vac ace of y this titae blanketa hud bees 1 to have the numerous exits you men ath i with murder in the first degree Lillian is the only one of its en eee attend to it Phone Main 9400 | surve y made by teac he re ve This 4 ° tioned and the outside fire escape, ave. #. W. Judge Smith imposed a sentence lon record in King county. now. | makes an average of $24.35, (Continued on Page 4.) | red timbers for more bodies. | Twenty-seven bodies have been recovered. Many were burned to a ccrisp. Others were §