The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-23
HORROR IN A HOSPITAL.
-.,.rrpEN LIVES LOST BIZ THE
~ nrpErNG OF THE BUILDING.

2lIHeN IN -
,,aze 81 Indianapolis Proves More
~ g,--i,le Than First Supposed-The
I.sas Found in the Ruins-Weird
go in the Hallway as the In
go Crawled About in an Attempt
70 Escape.
T,,v.poLIs. IND, Jan. 22-One OF
most appalling fires in the history of In
-''arolis ~ occurred last night. The Nat
ul-. a.I surgical Institute was burned to the
.,nnd Ou The fire started at midnight in the
Ts. building. Above the offices were
0IIs for hsbes and mothers, known as the
e departments. Smoke was discov-
~ before midnight Issuing from
%. advertising room Of the
sna3ing which Immediately adjoins
.s,oDarating room, back of the Office. The
..-ir ia claimed TO have been from spon-
...a,ra combustion of chemicals, which had
ss,n nlaced in the room. The circulars and
..nor, about the room soon were ablaze,
ri in fifteen minutes the whole lower floor
vss enveloped in flames.
TRYING TO SAVE THE INMATES.
Tho attendants quickly awakened all the
-.,isDts and pandemonium reigned. Shrieks
t,-b bsln went up as the inmates realized
,tsr terrible situation, and the stoutest
to.r.s were appalled,. The police and fire.
m.n and the attendants all worked dill
rs,tly and in perfect accord, and many pa
fsnts were taken from the upper floor by
ladders and taken to places of safety by
nsm. Noattempt was made to save any
ming but life. The patients. both male
sri female, themselves under ordinary cir
cqmsances able to barely get about, as
raed nobly in the work of rescue.
WEIRD SIGHT.
The view in the halls and on the stair
vavs before the fire had communicated TO
ne main building furnished q weird sight.
\ The inmates, wrapped in bed clothing,
crsTled and helped themselves along from
4 one floor and one landing to another.
Many touching scenes occurred, such
4 S. friends stopping to assist others more
. Unfortunate. The citizens turned in to
4 helo in the work of rescue. Cots we're
ruiey constructed from mattresses and
strong armed policemen picked up the un-
n fortunate ones and carried them across the
street to the new annex, but recently pur-
chased by Drs. Allen aud Wilson.
d ALL COULD NOT BE SAVED.
Animmenss crowd gathered about, and
great anxiety was felt, for it seemed i'm
probable that everybody could have gotten
out Of the burning mass alive, and their
fears we're justified by the events. Two
women Jumped from windows. One of
&ese Was badly injured, but the other, who
vas caught by man standing in the crowd
below, escaped serious injury. Two others
threw out their babies, which were caught
end saved by firemen.
Oaeor two men jumped from the roof
tnd we're badly burt.
Many rescued people were taken to the
nearest shelter. Two large restaurants soon
Asl 5OO or 600 inmates, among whom the
Scenes we're indescribably pitiful.
SCORES OF HELPLESS CHILDREN.
The majority Of the patients in the hos
PaI we're children under treatment for de-
tFmltes or diseases which rendered them
a'pas' A very large number had been
W'Fe or less burned in addition to their
us'0rtuues, and had become separated from
'u'r mothers or nurses. And among these
%calFed most pitlful and touching scenes.
W'u'as restaurant held the
E~@' number of sufferers, 1t
U'ug hardly possible to tell how
Ia-! owing to the confusion in the place,
ea.cl vas totally unadapted to the use to
Sl'l II was put in the emergency.
%''l'y or eighty more found shelter
~ Tue "addell house restaurant. Nine
WA OOales have so far been taken from the
"ARTlNG PLACE OF THE FIRE.
NINE; tae building is located at the corner of
ran Io5 on o auu georgia streets, with an exten-
a,t Sl Ss. Iue latter street. The fire when
. hriSnSo severed was In the Georgia street
rrset rrs b.,;,,! an alley separates the Georgia
ssso. st,,s. Daiding from the one facing Illinois
S%SseI A covered bridge connect, them
a0r. We Ieaped up through the
T5ioS Ti1 Of the buildings in
staicn saca it started, reac5i.q a
hoy ABOUT two feet wide. thus securing
foor f.sl and sped through the second
hsllvar0 0A n room to room and hallway to
vsrs a1;. men the third and fourth floors
fs-y ff-,uAy reached, and across the alley
buiiina - dashed, firing the adjoining
horriHes on the third and fourth floors
vera Work was done. The bulldings
ea.ranoa, network of narrow halls,
could and stair-ways. The fire
pIare II. 10y ~ have been in a better
we're bn;,. ,'s 3 uestructiveness. The buildings
The uSs s',. LOT business houses and not for
devote5 which they afterward we're
The ebniI5iIiu ~ tne small rooms throughout
Occunjai = we're from one to four beds. all
perfectly 59 patients, many of whom were
~ NAMES OF THE DEAD.
Eue names Of the Identified deod oro.
Me- ME- l. STRONG, home in Soien, Orc
Tie aeo seo,15 lazarus of Chicago. iumned from
VIII story Of the rear building.
Ms IAN X. ARMsTACK of WilvenLaa
FRAyr aiE be- BURNS of Newport, MINI.
MINI DURNs Of Newport. MINI.
lLYi' ,1IoLD ARNoLD of Lancaster, Mo.
SrFI1 AWE 6! Of Dexter, Mimi
NIyrL-AA SPECS Of Macomb n
GEORGE Nc FFGCDoNALD OF Negaunee, o.
Ms FsnE Ellis of California, XIV.
,FAyyrE Ran1 Slu daughter, of Shelby, o.
Ced Of bar 9jHEEDEN jHtEDEN of Memphis. Tenn.
.HoarIF INJURIES at II o'clock Friday.
dSdlwat tDLCKo and FRED DECKEYDosF
aa4ysAg1 Rnadnn. MINI.
CH Gop'lh phook Of Taylorsville, Ill.
Arthur U9EPhAN 81 Al. of Mcdonald, Mich.
M, 0oDlEs UNIDENTIFIED.
aa'sntI,ss DOT bas. Of two women and two men
Soma rot oeen identified. '-0 WV 'i'o"
Ole thai persons are missing and :. "a nroh