Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-01-30
a SCORE persisted.

Twenty of tho Helpless Inmates Burned
to Dcath--As Many Moro Injured.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. o. In the
surgical institute which burned Thurs
day night at midnight, score of help. !
less, crippled children, inmates OF |
the institution, lost their lives, and |
as many more persons were injured,
some of them badly; most OF
them slightly. Two hundred and forty
six patients and thirty nurses, sleeping
in the two four-story buildings at the
corner of Illinois and Georgia streets,
in which the institute is located, were
in imminent danger of their lives.
Their rescue, the fight with the
flames, and the final discovery of the
charred remains of the poor, dead chill
dren wrapped in each others withered
arms, make a story rarely paralleled in
the annals of modern cities. 1t was al
most on the stroke of 12 when Janitor
Gill gave the alarm, instantly followed
by the second and third The tele-
| phone had conveyed to the chief the
news that the building of all others
where fire was dreaded was in flames.
This meant no ordinary danger. 1t
| proved to be a holocaust.
the others were suffocated or burned to
death. The list of identified dead is:
Kate Strong, Salem, Ore; Mrs. Lazarus, Of
| Chicago, jumped from the second story of the
| rear building; William Ramstack, Milwaukee;
| Miss Kate Burns, Newport, Mimi; Frank
Burns, Newport MINI; Minnie Arnold, Lam
| caster, Mo-; Irma Payne, Dexter, Mimi;
| Stella Specs, Macomb, o.; Minnie Mcdonald,
Negaunee, o.. George Ellis, California, KY;
| Mrs. Earb and daughter, Shelby, o.; Frank
| Breeden, Memphis, Tenn; Mortie DecNko, died
at 3O5 North Mississippi street; Frederick
Dockendorf, Saltwater, Mimi. Hannah Brook,
| Taylorsville, Ill.,; G. H GorrnaL, Mcdonald,
| Mich: Arthur Bayless.
Injured: Minnie Lazurus aged z, leg broken;
Mrs. H. II. Edena and son, both severely in
jured Mrs. Thomas 1874 Massachusetts avenue,
burned sbout the face and body in terrible ago
ny; Fannie Breeden, Memphis, Tenn, burned
IN dozen places; Mrs. ]. R. Guild, Medary-
vile, Ind, internally injured by fall from the
ladder, probably fatal; Mary Stearns, Warren,
Ia terribly burned about the feet while rum
ming into the burning hallway; Clara Morris,
hurt in back; Grant Van Hoesen, Athens, N.
Y, hand and ear burned Clarence Mead,
Athens, N. Y, leg slightly hurt; VIII.
liam H. Albach, Dunkirk, N. Y, slightly
. burned; Leora Knowles, Independence Ind,
back hurt by jumping out Of thirdstory window;
M. w. Wsdner, Troy, o. internally injured by
falling out OF window while trying to escape;
William Mansfield, Otsego, N. Y, foot hurt
while jumping; Mrs. John S. Stokes, Danville,
Ill, spraned ankle; Nellie Mason, OF Walworth
, county, Wis, jumped out of third-story window
, and will die from her injuries; Mrs. c. ]. Simp.
, son and little girl, carried out by firemen, Sc.
riously burned; R. Connor, fell from the second
: to the first floor, serious II not fatal
J internal injuries; w. M. Widener, Miami
) county, o., terribly crushed and fatally in
jured; Roy Harris New Orleans, not seriously
. hurt
Five bodies were taken out Friday
morning. Kregelo & Whitsett took
four of them to their morgue and one
was taken in charge by Powers 4
Blackwell. They were roasted alive
:. the skin having peeled off from the
bodies. In few instances their faces
were burned off.
!. The fire started just before midnight
and the first alarm was quickly fol
lowed by second, third and fourth calls
;. From all that can be ascertained it ii
probable that the fire originated in th'
/. room where the printing matter, cir
- culars, etc, were kept. This is on th
ground floor in the rear of the mail
building.
=. AS soon as the Railways had beel
- sufficiently cleared of the smoke to per
NIT an investigation some of the mos
i. horrible scenes We're developed. In on
4 room on the third floor four vic
2 Tins were found dead kneeling il
3 the attitude of prayer. The window
:, in the room were up, but their OF
" cupants had apparently made n
efforts to escape nor appeal for rescue
The sitting smoke had overtake
them. and seeing no avenue of escap
a had become resigned to their fate, an
=, as a last hope muttered a praye
- to heaven begging the interference c
- Providence in their behalf. In a ROOF
- on the second floor man was foun
- in bed dead. The smoke had found il
- way into the room slowly and he wa
=. gradually overcome, expiring withou
- struggle. Further along the hallwa
=: young man was found sitting besid
rs an open window, his dead body leanin
% forward. There seemed to be no goo
reason for this loss of life, as all thos
~ who appeared at the windows wei
y quickly saved. Although the occupant
~ were nearly all more or less seriousl
=" crippled many of them became so fral
Is tic that they lost all self-control ar
~ almost invited death by their actio
They would rush to window, ca
th tnelr eyes OeioW, anu rediiZihR Ihd1
leap was almost certain death retreate
l at once into the room and faced the r.
suit desperately.
Early Friday morning ghouls b
gan their work among the ruins al
e. no small amount of jewelry and va
Of uables was pilfered by the thieve
Detectives arrested man who ga
,al his name as Russell They foul
all him ruipaging among the debris nj
in his pockets were money and 9th
a valuables which it was thought
sh- had stolen from the effects of the P
ay, tients.
lne The citizens are strong in their CO
tic demnation of the gross negligence
re- the management of the institute in t
ber matter of exit. the building havil
In only a narrow hall and stnircaseS a