The Russellville Democrat., 1892-01-28
Destruction of the Surgical Institute at
 Indianapolis at Midnight.
TwENTY-THREE VICTIMS.
The Poor, Helpless Creatures Fall Easy Prey to the Fierce Flames-Charred
 Beyond Recognition.
Two Hundred and Forty-six Patients and Thirty Nurses Asleep in the Buiid- ing-Many Hair-breadth
 Escapes.

tikdtCo Ol ttiC Auobttutichy AOcO uAi1h lives and twenty other persons wer' injured, some of them badly, bu most of them slightly.
 Two hundred and forty-six pa tients and thirty nurses, sleeping II two four-story buildings, at the cor ner of Illinois and Georgia streets in which institute the fire was To cated, were in imminent danger O their lives. Their rescue, the figh with the flames and final discover, of charred remains of the poor deat children wrapped in each other arms, make story rarely parallelet in the annals of modern cities.
 It was almost on the stroke of l. when Janitor Gill gave an alarm O fire, which was instantly followed b, second and third. A telephon, had conveyed to the chief the new, that the building of all others where fire was dreaded was in flames. Thi, meant no ordinary danger It proved to be a holocaust
 NINETEEN DEAD BODIES.
 At 8:30 this morning there were nineteen dead bodies. Some were killed by jumping but others were suffocated or burned to death.
 The identified dead are. Trms Payne, Dexter, Mo. /; Minnie Arnold Lancaster, Mo. William Ramstack Milwaukee; Mrs. E. Earl and child, Mrs. Lazarus, Stella Spircle, c. M Ellis, Kate l.. Straughan, this city Mrs. Burns and nephew, St. Paul.
 Missing-Mrs. M. Klunsp, Arthur Bailess, Minnie Mcdonald Fred. Dockendorf.
 Injured-Minnie Lazarus, Mrs. H. H. Idena and son, Mrs. Thomas, Fannie Breeden, Memphis, Tenn. /; Mrs. J. k. Gould, Medwayville, Ind. Mary Steans, Warren, To. :; Clara Morris, Grant Van Hoosen, Athens, N. Y.; Clarence Mead, N. T.; Wm. Alback, Dankock, N. Y; Leora Knowles, Independence, Ind. ; M. w. Waydner, Troy, O.; Will Mans field, Otsego, N. Y.; Mrs. John s. Stokes, Danville, H.; Nellie Mason, Walworth county, Wisconsin; Mrs. G. J. Simpson and little girl; P. Connor, W. M. Widener, Miami county, Ohio; Roy Harris, New Orleans.
 HORRIBLE SCENES.
 By the time the department ar rived the scene was one that would blanch stout hearts. Poor, helpless cripples, hanging on fire escapes and in every window. Heart-rending cries of those shut in the burning building, mingled with .ha shouts of the fremen and police. Heroic dees33a~. of rescue were per formed, and for two Gos ours A delusion was entertained that all the fss,,0 .na ates had been saved.
 In the Georgia street annex, on the third floor, the fire ragged furiousiy all this while, and there was a sick ening suspicion on the part of those first at the scene that in that raging furnace were caged some of the patients, who were cut off by the flames before help could reach them.
 Soon after, the fire having been lhen nearly subdued, the police and hremen made their way nto the building. In one room
 A MASS OF ROASTED HUMANITY ay entwined.
 When the bodies were found nearly all were in the Georgia street innex.
 The list of the dead has further swollen by four, who died from in- uries received in leaping from win lows. Identification has become a task, as many of the dead Ire charred beyond recognition.
 What started the fire is not cer- ainly known, but it began in the 'ffice of the secretary. About mid night Dr. John Wilson was called y watchman and saw the blaze, which was a very slight one. After in an alarm he was driven 'ack. When the inmates were first they saw the dining room, n the third floor annex, ablaze. This must have been very soon after )r. Wilson made the discovery. But. the fire spread with amazing apidity and soon involved both 
 At 9 o'clock the dangerous task f removing debris began. The oors tottered under the feet of the 'orkers. The frail frame work bove their heads tumbled, water ripped down upon them until they 'ere wet through, but they did not alt in the search for unfortunates vho were believed to be in the eel IT. Many persons who were anx- JUS about the missing crowded ito the building where the search rs were at work. The little box edrooms were explored, and ] very article of wear E apparel or furniture as examined in the hopes of get ng some trace of the missing ones. he young man who has 'lative, a little girl, missing, | imbed to the third floor 1 the rear of the east wino. te ls,i-