Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-23
N APPALLING FIRE.
u.,1r,ls Of DefOrmed and Diseased
People in Danger.
r,vYcHILDREN BURNED
,,o ucIpiessness Of Young ana oia-
rouching soenes-r~e"'y-two D''"
uo8ie. Taken from the Ruins

...i c.rrical Institute was burned TO
N-..3 The FIRE started az midnight
.I..Nee buildng. Above the oihces
i- .-ls for babes and mothers. which
WI" t,.un as the A b G department.
N' ,-. discovered before midnight
f,n thc adyertssinc-room Of tho
.-.-. ,.bieh immediately adlOins the
-oom. back Of tho ofhce. lhe
.r.,rrd % have been from the
c'- r. combustion OF chemicals
...l leon placed m the room. The
-.,rd papofs about the room were
'...,n AID boo fifteen minutes the
.r.rsr floor was onvoioped IN fiames.
rASDrN0SIuM.
,t..,..r3ants quickly awakened all OF
G.rf. sud pandemonium reigned.
fr laIp went up as tue inmates
0aI trr.r terrible situation. aud the
i'-' tesrfs were appalled,. 1he police
t'. ..'...r and the attendants all worked
,.. and iu perfect accord, and many
N'- ,,,re taken from the upper floors
''.,..t ladders and carried 10 places
-l.t. ly fhem. No attempt was made
...e a,.tmne but life. PATIENTS, both
arl female. themselves under ordi-
.-.ur.-fanCes barely able 10 get
i'' tol uobly in the work OF res
...f.rs. a view in The halls and on
-...-asvs before the fire had com
...lI tn tle main building furnished
-I .rhf Inmates wrapped IN hed
r....', lrawied and helped themselves
,-.rI one door and one laDflng TO
w,SY TOUCHING sCFNfs
...---.3. such as friends stopping TO as
...-er..rr unfortunate. The cltiz0n3
....l,,, fl help ln the work of rescue.
..o,r. rudclv constructed nom mat
... and .froug-armcd policemen pick
...,I. unfortunate ones and carried
..-.. the street 20 the new annex
i.,-...rt.g purchased 10y DTs. Allen and
Wilson. Au immense crowd gathered
Ir, and Great anxiety was felt, TOT ~
s.r.i improbable that everybody cou'u
i.-. r.ff.n out Of the burning mass alive.
qbre fears were justified by events.
rvopoNfS JUMTED FROM WINDOWS.
0r,of fheso was badly injured, but an
,,..r. gLD was caught by man standing
,,tt. crowd below escaped serious lnlu-
., Ioo others threw ont their babies,
rflI we're caught and saved by hremen:
D-. ~ fWo men jumped from the ToOt
.-lr.r. badly hurt. Many of the res
,rI r.pls were taken 10 the nearest
.l.f.r two large restaurants, and these
r al five or six hundred inmates.
AMONG whom the scenes were ndescuba-
lyufiuL
Hr1ILEss CHILDREN.
tn.Iuritv Of the patients in the hospital
v,r. children under treatment Tor de-
frn.tes or diseases which rendered them
l.nI..s. very large number had been
-.0r less burned, IN addition 10 their
t-r,r mi,fortunos, aud had become sepa-
r.t. rom their mothers or nurses.
Among these occurred the most pltiiul
AL touching scenes.
HUNDREDS or sUFFERrRs.
GrNths's restaurant held the greatest
mnI,r of sufferers. and u seemed hard II
OIL h0w many. owing 90 the confusion III
& place totally unadapted 10 the use 20
Which 10 was put IN the emergency. but
l.ra were three or four hundred. Sew
t--s ~ eighty more found shelter IN the
W.Ilell House restaurant. hineteen
bodies 80 far have been taken from the
Iulls.
HOW THE FfAMEs SPREAD.
The huilding is located at tho corner Of
Nfr1.. and Georgia streets, with an extern
f.Ynnt the latter street. The fire when
fr-' discovered was IN the Georgi .
street luilding. An alley separates
r. Gccrra-street building from the
m. facing Illinois street. A covered
iri-s connects them. The Ere leaped
rpthrUugh the floors of the buildings IN
pmcn DO -,arted. reachinga stairway about
rs ftetwldc. thus securing drGught, and
.rr,sl through the second floor from room
mr.1m and hallway 20 hallway. Then the
rul and fourth floors were quickly
reached. and across the alley the fiery
uasues dashed, firing the adjoining build
l-.
IHr PLACE FIRE-TRAP.
On tle third and fourth floors the horri-
lI. work WAS done. The buildings were a
network of narrow halls, entrances, ana
e4rv1ys The fire could not have chosen
at,rcr place for its destructivencss. The
bindings were built for business houses
4all.t for the use to which they were af-
i.rVult devoted. I'm the small rooms
arl,aou, The building were from one to
iur tfl.. an occupied by patients, many
a whom We're perfectly helpless. The
L.ues Di
THE IDENTIFIED DEAD
t-e hate l. Strong. homo in Salem,
OT.. Ar4 Lazarus, Of Chicago. jump
ug uom second story Of the rear build
ug William Ramsiack. Milwaukee; Mss
bate Burns. Newport, Mimi. Frank
bu- Newport, Mum; Minnie Arnold,
lancaster. No.: lima PAYNE. Dexter,
Nlan. Stella Specs. Macomb, o.;
Minnie Mcdonald. Ncgaunee. o.. George
Ia.. California. Nv. Mrs. Erb band daugh-
'r Shelby. %. Fannie Breeden, Mem
DIS Tenn. died of her injuries at 4
o'clock Friday; Mortie Decko, Fred.
I I.ssadof. Saltwater, Mimi. Hannah
i-.oA lsyl.rsUlle, H.; G. II. Cor
lll. Mcdonald. Mich. Arthur Bayless,
d. g.
'tilt been identified. Some persons
lcMIs-iur. and II Is probable that other
i'iie wl De found IN the ruins. The
tale- gi twsnty-0ne persons badly burned
eit published. among whom other deaths
W. certainly occur.
AHoRKmE SIGHT.
woman appeared az one of the upper
Window surrounded by flames with babe
ia ltr a,us. Realizing that there was no
pe i.r Der she threw her child out of
il- e,lIw and fell back into the flames
.l4 d.rl s fireman named O'Brien saw
u"'lef's act and caught the child IN
L a.u- entirely unhurt.
gem Iu John laucks was descending a
.AiitI with rescued child IN bis arms
NL'n A's foot slipped and he fell. His lee.
g.. als ln The rounds of the ladder. was
...n. Tie .iung 10 the ladder and the
'' 'a.', anu both were saved by other
1'plca.
MANY ACTS OF HKBoIsM.
Fireman sim Hoyle found two helpless
.'Aca iu room in the upper story and
agat taom both down the ladder,
t'oius one by her night-clothes with
A' Teeth and the the other with
,-e 4fm Hoyle's arm was badly burned.
AMY other eases of herOism are
recorded Oue Of the rescued cripples de-
H.es bow be lay helpless on the floor Of
:. room crying aloud, when the door was
f.iH open aud big colored man picked
~ up ali carried him through the burn
a., Railways 10 place Of safety.
=" Aei tpon Recommended Changes.
called meeting OF the Common Coun-
g. VII Dc held Monday evening at 7
,.T1lk ioT The purpose Of discussing and
.-t'A. action upon the report Of the spe-
.oumittee on proposed changes to