The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-01-27
HOSPITAL BURNED.
The NJ X. L. Il. Hospital Burned
to the Ground this Morning.
A Defective Flue the Cause No
One Hurt-InSurance.

railway hospital, situated in South
Sedalia near the intersection of Grand
avenue and the main track of the NJ,
K. & T., caught fire this morning
about II o'clock through defective
fiue and in less than two hours the
once large wooden structure was a
mass of ruins.
The fire was first discovered be.
tween the ceiling Of the second
story and the roof by Sister
Beata who Immediately gave
the alarm, and 10 less time than it
takes TO tell it, all employees in the
building were on the scene. All the
water that was available at the time
and forty hand grenades thrown on
the burning part of the building. all
of which had no effect whatever. 1t
was soon found that any attempt to
save the building would be fruitless
and all attention was then turned to
the patients, some forty in number,
who were all safely carried out In the
yard.
The alarm was sent to Engine
house No. 2, as soon as the fire was
discovered, and the fire company
turned out promptly but as there were
no plugs in the vicinity of the fire
they were unable to do anything. A
small portion of the contents of the
building, such as bed clothes,
furniture, ETC., were saved, but
not enough to mention. The
employees of the hospital lost all of
their personal property, also did most
of the patients. DIR. Yancy, chief
surgeon of the road sustained the
greatest loss-he losing about 800 in
money and all personal effects.
There were forty patients in the
building at the time of the fire, all of
whom were able to get around with
help save about seven or eight.
Those who are able will be discharg
ed at once, which will leave twenty
patients reminding. DIR. Yancy
this afternoon wired all the local
not to send patients to Soda.
liza until further orders.
The property was insured for s14,-
mn Il n~y-r vI LiverpUUI Insur-
ance Company $4,000 on the build
ing and 81, 600 on the contents. Up
to the hour of going to press an esti-
mate of the loss had not been made.
THE DISCOVERY.
Sister Beata in conversation with q
BAzoo representative related the fol-
lowing regarding the fire: This MORN
ing about 10 o'clock l went up stairs
to clean up the apartments used by
the Sisters and l had worked nearly
an hour busting, sweeping and doing
other things when | went into an ad-
joining room and sat down. While
in there | noticed the smoke coming
through the door and [ followed it
up. | went into the room through
which the fue goes and found it full
of smoke. / yelled fire right away
and all the folks ran up to where L
was. We soon found out that all
was on fire between the ceiling
and the roof. I ran in and
got the bucket of waller
1 had been useing, and threw it on
the fire, but it had too much the start
of us. We soon saw it was no use to
try to put the fire out SO We COM
menced to look after the patients. II
ran down to get the blessed sacra-
ment but before [ could get to the
alter the smoke choked me so that
L had to 60 back. IL
thought it would be bet
ter to save the lives of the patients
rather than to risk myself trying to
get the blessed sacrament, and under
The circumstances / know the Lord |
will forgive me for not saving it. |
had the fire occurred at
4 o'clock in the morning or about 5 |
o'clock in the evening we
never would have saved |
The patients. They all told
me that 1 was excited, but / was as
cool then as / am now."
MOVED TO THE LA GRANDE.
About IL o'clock the patients were |
moved to the LIE Grande Hotel, cor
her Fourth and Lamine streets
md in three hours after the
ire broke out all were |
resting as easy in their new quarters
m they wera three heurS hoforo tha