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New York Tribune
Thursday, 25 December, 1913

         ASCH FIRE VICTIMS
          VALUED AT $75 EACH
          
         Owner of Triangle Waist Factory
          Settles Nine Suits on 
           That Basis
           
         By paying $75 for each, JOSEPH J. ASCH, who owned the
       building bearing his name when it was destroyed by fire
       on March 25, 1911, in which about 140 lives were lost,
       has been relieved of further liability for nine of those
       deaths for which the administrators of the victims have
       brought suit. Permission to compromise for this amount
       was granted by Surrogate Fowler yesterday on the appli-
       cation of the administrators.
       
         The girls killed in the fire were employes of the
       Triangle Waist Company. Suits were filed also against
       MAX BLANCK and ISAAC HARRIS, constituting the Triangle
       Company. These suits are pending.
       
         The offer of $75 compromise was made by the Amsterdam
       Casualty Company, in which ASCH held a policy. ASCH
       denied all liability, but consented to the settlement
       that the casualty company might be relieved of the
       necessity, as required under the state insurance laws,
       of maintaining a reserve against the claims made against
       ASCH. 
       
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