Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-23

Mnn.
MINNIE ARNOLD, aged seventeen,
Lancaster, Mo.
WM. RAMsTACK, aged seventeen, Mil
waukee.
Mrs. EARL and CHILD.
Mrs. LAZARUS, Chicago.
STELLA SPIRCLE.
c. NJ. ELLIS, aged forty.
KATE l.. STRAUGHAN, this city.
Mrs. BURNS and NEPHEW, OF st. Paul,
MINI.
Mrs. NJ. LUMP.
ARTHUR BAYLEsS.
MINNIE MCDONALD.
FRED BACKENEORF.
KATE l.. STRONG, Salem, Oregon,
GEORGE ELLIS, California, Ky.
Mrs. EARB AND DAUGHTER, Shelby,
Ohio.
FANNIE BREEDIN, Memphis, Tenn.
MoRTIE DECKKo, died at s33 North
Mississippi street.
HANNAH BROOK, Taylorsvlle, Ills.
C. II. GoRMAN, Mcdonald, Mich.
Injured: Minnie Lazarus, age :, leg
broken and in critical condition. Mrs.
II. II. Idena and son, both severely in
iured. Mrs. Thomas, this city, burned
face and body, suffering terribly. Fan
ME Breedon, Memphis, Tenn, badly
burned. Mrs. j. r. Guild, Medaryville,
Ind, internally, probably fatally. Mary
Stearnf, Warren, Ind, badly burned.
Clara Morris, hurt in back. Grant Van
Hoesen, Athens, n. y, slightly burned.
Clarence Mead, Athens, n. Y, leg hurt.
VIM. II. Albach, Dunkirk, NY, slight
ly burned. LeOra Knowles, Independ-
ence, Ind, back hurt by jumping. NJ
w, Wydner, Troy, o., internally injur-
ed. Will Mansfield, Otsego, n. Y,
slightly. Mrs. john s. Stokes, Danville,
H., slightly. Nelly Mason, OF Wal
worth county, Wis, badly injured In
jumping, will probably die. Mrs. G. P.
Simpson and little girl, badly injured.
r. Connor, serious if not fatal. w. M.
Widener, Miami county, o., terribly
crushed and fatally injured. Roy Har-
ris, New Orleans, not serious.
By the time the department arrived
the scene was one to sicken stout hearts.
Poor, helpless cripples were hanging on
the fire escapes and in every window.
The heart rendering cries OF those shut
in the burning building were mingled
with the shouts of the tiremen and
police.
Heroic deeds of rescue were perform
ed and for two hours the delusion was
entertained that all the inmates had
been saved. In the Georgia annex,
third floor, the fire ragged furiously all
this while and there was q sickening
suspicion on the part OF those first on
the scene that in that raging furnace
were Gagged some Of the patients who
were cut off by the flames before help
could reach them.
Soon after two o'clock this suspicion
become a certainty the fire having then
been nearly subdued. The police and
firemen made their way into the build
ing. In one room mass Of roasted hu-
manity lay entwined. When their
bodies were disengaged, it was found
that their were seven persons in that
mass alone.
From that hour on up to midday
other bodies were found, nearly all In
the Georgia street annex. The list o!
dead was further swollen by four
who died from injuries received in leap
ing from the windows. Identification
becomes a difficult task. Many of the
dead were charred beyond recognition.
Seventeen dead had been found up to
5 o'clock this morning, and at o'clock
a woman and child wrapped in each
others arms were discovered in the an
mex. Thus the total grew to 10 and
later to -.
What started the fire is not certainly
known but IL began in the Office OF the
secretary about midnight. DIR. John
Wilson was called by the watchman
and saw the blaze, which was a very
slight one. After turning in the alarm
he was driven back. When the inmates
first awakened they say the dining room
on the third floor of the annex ablaze.
This must have been very soon after
DR.. Wilson made the discovery. But
the fire spread with amazing rapidity
and soon involved both buildings.
The debris filed completely the first
story, and when the firemen began their
search for dead bodies they were
Obliged to commence work on a level
with the second floor. 1t will be several
dayssbefore they can hope to reach the
bottom.
This afternoon the ashes and cinders
were washed from the dead and hun
dreds viewed the blackened remains.
Said Fireman Jim Madden, at head
quarters: ~ will never forget those
shriekS. My God. it was awful. Those
poor Gagged people who could not help
themselves screamed until you could
scarcely stand to listen any longer"
Firemen Morris DOnnelly and John
Higgins were among those who did
many acts Of valor.
The former went TO second story
room, where he found number Of fe
male patients. He took one under each
arm, and ordering third to cling about