The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-22

hand by hand to the west wing and from
there was rescued by fremen. T. II. Cum
ming. of Orlando, Fla. was almost
suffocated by the smoke. and was
picked mp on the hall floor un-
able to move hand or foot
G. II. Van Slyke, of Dunlap, Ia, and Mrs
unrecoqnizable condition. The lady was
sitting up with another baby that was
expected to die during the night and
by the time she heard of the fire the build
ing was filed with smoke, and she could
hardly find the way to her own babe.
w. +. Schooner, paralytic, was unable to
walk, and the firemen had hard time in
getting him out. Martin Nevins. q suf-
ferer from hip disease, and Twonnette
Parker, q psraiytic, were taken from
rooms filled with fire and smoke. yet were
unable to move hand or foot, and were dis
covered just in time. A moment more and
they would have perished.
Edith Dryden, little girl with spinal
trouble. was rescued by Miss Bradley, q
friend, who was nursing her. Miss
Bradley displayed much bravery, for
as soon as she discovered what
child to window. handed her to fireman
on ladder. and made her own escape by q
back stairway filled with smoke.
Fred A. Hicks of Warren. ILL.,. q cripple
In both limbs, in being taken down lad
der became so terrified with fear that the
fireman lost control of him. and he fell to
the ground from about half way up the
ladder.
Clarence Griffith. o little colored boy
whose home is in western Illinois, was
put on the ladder, and althou gh
crippled helplesly In both legs. he
managed to hold on with his
hands to the sides of the ladder and 60
down to the ground by his knees
Mack Joseph of Cambridge. Ia.. came
down on fireman's back, while the fire.
man carried babe under his right arm.
w. H. Schooner. of Stark county. Ohio,
occupied fourth-story room. With the
aid of rope he got to the fire escape by
throwing it around the iron ladder and
tying the end about his body. By this
means he got to the ground in safety.
Marvellous Rescue Of Child.
Frank H. Webb, who occupied Room 1o2.
managed to crawl to the fre-escape, and
was making ready to get to the ground
in safety. when baby fell down
ward from the story above. By some
herculean means. which Webb nor
no one else can now explain. he caught the
child in his arms and still retained his
grasp on the fre-escape, and was enabled
| to desce nd to the ground in safety: The
| child wa uninjured, and was quickly car
| ried to the annex across the street and
placed In q warm bed.
The Buildings and Insurance..
DR.. Wilson, partner of DE-. Allen IN the
institute. said. during the progress OF the
| fire, that the insurance on the build
| ing was $4,000. and that on the
contenss about $4,000. Some of the latter
expired yesterday and the partners had 1t
renewed at once, so that they will get the
| benefit of it.
The corner building fronting on Illinois
street was built in the early sixties
and was the Commercial Hotel.
and that in the rear Was the
Bicking House. In 1859 the institute
was established and the two hotels were
remodeled slightly SO as to net net
ter serve their new purposes Ine
| east wing was built in 1913
by it's owners, and cost about $4,000. IL
was in hero that the older patients were
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