The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-01-27

and chairs, trunks of the inmates and al
most every conceivable implement in the
housekeeping line, until the cellar below
was reached about . o'clock in the after
noon.
All day the employees OF the institution
were going and returning from the build
ing TO the annex across the street bearing
clothes, trunks and other chattels, the
belongings of the unfortunate inmates
that had not been despoiled by fire or
water. The find in this direction was
comparatively meGger, as almost every
thing in the Georgia-st. building was ut
terly ruined where it had not been COM
pletely destroyed by the devouring ele-
ments.
The crowd of curiosity seekers about
the ill-fated building was simply immense,
as the news was early communicated TO
the uptown people through the morning
papers, Ropes were stretched along
Georgia-st from Illinois to the alev adj
Joining the wholesale grocery house of J.
G. Perry on the east, to keep
back the crush of people that
had gathered to view the ruins. The
police detail under command OF
superintendent Colbert met the emer-
gencv, and the great throng was quiet
and orderly all the time that the search
for victims of the horrible disaster was
being prosecuted.
At2 o'clock a stir was noticeable among
the great crowd in the streets to allow the
passing of an ambulance to the Georgia
st. entrance of the Weddell house annex,
where another death, that of Fannie
Breeden of Memphis, had occurred but a
few moments before, and thus another
fatality was added to the long list of those
VacOrdnN hr1rf fio fxkf
The police and rescuers found numerous
valuables belonging to the inmates dur
ing the DAY and night. Capt Quigey re-
ported the finding of a dictionary sup
posed to belong to the ill-fated lady, Mrs.
5. Lazarus of Dallas, Tex. who died from
the effects of jumping from a window of
the main building. Her name was in
scribed on flyieaf of the book and be-
tween the leaves were several bills,
amounting in the aggregate TO $50.
Watches, rings, pocket books, etc, were
found scattered about the rooms of the
buildings, showing that the terrified occu-
pants had cast aside everything in their
eagerness to escape the impending DOOM.
in one of the small rooms of the main
building which was searched as soon as
flames had subsidized. q man was found
1 lying on a couch and beside him on her
knees, woman with Der rlgnt arm
/ clasped tightly about his neck, as if she
! had attempted in her weak wav to rescue
the helpless invalid. The two had died
| together and their blackened bodies were
/ found in the position described.
! Under the pillows of this couch some
money and diamond ring were found by
| one of the police officers.
/ All vaiuables found were promptly
turned over to Drs. Allen and Wilson
/ that they might be distributed to the
relatives of the unfortunates.
One woman owes her life TO the efforts
of John Higgins. volunteer She wa:
! found in a window on the third floor o.
the main building and when MIR. higgins
/ attempted her rescue she refused posi-
I lively to come down <h the ladder with.
out her trunk. She parleyed with him
! for a minute or two when he persuaded
! her to leave her treasures, but not unit
| she had opened the trunk and secured
some money which it contained. By thi:
/ delay she was caught in the binding
/ smoke and would have perished but fol
Higgins timely action in pushing into the
/ room and secur ng her now PROSTATE
/ form and fairly dragging it out onto the
ladder and descending with her to the
/ pavement below.