Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-11-25
GRAND RAPIDS, WIS, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 25, $780,

of it it is stated that just before the chill
dren were taken sick they ate uncooked
sweet potatoes, on the vines of which Paris
green had been sprinkled to drive away
the potato beetle.
LATER, dispatches indicate that the
fire in the St. Peter Asylum was not so
one wing of the building was DESTROYED.
The whole structure, which was ten years
in the course of erection. was only finish
ed three years ago, at a cost of over half
a million dollars The loss by the fire
will be from 100000 Ito $l50, 900, on which
there is no insurance. the state having
neglected this precaution. The origin of
the fire is unknown, though it is located
in the basement cf the north wing, which
was destroyed. Reports of loss of life are
indefinite and conflicting. Different
rumors place the number of victims from
two or three to fifty, but no bodies have
beon found, and no one is surely identified
as missing. The superintend ent ordered
the release of all the patients as soon as
the danger became imminent-and it is
probable that in the confusion of the
night some were overlooked and burned.
This probability is increasing by the fact
that some rooms quickly filled with smoke,
and could not be entered by the rescuers.
There were 656 patients IN the hospital
last year. The inmates were cared for
last night by the citizens. Some provision
will be made for them to-day by the state
authorities.
THE official list of missing and dead
furnished by the officers of the Minnesota
Insane hos oital is as follows:
S. 5. Pruden, Lincoln county; probably burned.
&c. Brennan, Washington county; missing;
believed to be safe.
Columbus Mcmillan, Scott county; probably
burned.
William Collophie, Ramsey county; probably
burned.
James E. Clinch, Anoka county: probably
burned.
Charles R. Barber, MOBILES county; missing.
Amos C. Alley, Wright county; missing.
Carl RauSheimer, Scott county: sick probably
burned.
Jacob E. EgfelIer, Mollet county; missing.
NJ. Jutz, Niccllet county; missing; thought to
have escaped.
j. Larson Ross Rock county; missing.
Patrick E. Fahey, Ramsey county; missing.
Joseph NJ. Sloppal, Blue Earth county; missing;
Marcelle GOgyna, demented, Hennepin county.
probably burned.
Hauz Anderson, Brown county; missing; prob
ably burned.
Jonathan 2. Abraham, Hennepin county; res
cued from building, but died soon after
John r. ThOrwildsOn, Fillmore county; rescued
from building and died next day.
Henry Dickmore, Dakota county; probably
burned; had resided in hospital fourteen years.
John Sill, Wright county; rescued and died
soon after from exhaustion.
James Mckay, Carleton county: missing
Ephrem D. Gordon, Rice county; missing; de
mented.
Andrew Olesen, Scott county; demented.
Lenore Dubeman, lIennepn county, epileptic;
probably burned
Edward Mahoney, Todd county; probably
burned.
Peter Peterson Mobiles county; epileptic; missing.
Dave 0'Brien, lie Sueur county; missing,
Patrick Clancy, lie Sueur county admitted
last week; probably burned.
Catherine Holman, Ramsey county; missing
but probably safe.
Those probably burned were demented
and sick patients, incapable of making
any effort to save themselves.