Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-22

she lost her balance ana tell downwaro. the
little one falling upon the mother and remain
ing uppermost until she reached the landing
about ten steps below. Here the mother and
child were found shortly after by John Gavin.
who caught up the little girl in his arms and
started down stairs.
A travelling man. whose name could not be
learned, took Mrs. Purdy mp and started after
Gavin. The smoke was Sitting. but the men
continued TO beat their way through the mar
row passsgeways and down the flight OF stairs.
Half way down the flight leading TO the second
hoor Gavin was confronted by a massed crowd
Of men blocking the passage. Without waiting
Tor them TO make way he raised ms foot and
sent II crashing into the breast OF a man. who
went tumbiing over against the banister and
down the stairs. The others gave way and
nnalIy Mrs. Purdy and her child were taken
over to Weddefs- Restoratives were admins
,ered ana they regained consciousness, although
both we're suffering from nervous prostration.
STRAPPED AND PowERIEss
Lazarus Stearn, Of Dubuque. Iowa. who has
been an inmate OF the institution about five
months, was left in room lOl. He WAS helpless
and on his limbs were his braces, which be
could not remove. He could not get of his
bed Tor fear Of rolling down under the bed Of
his room mate which was right next 10 his own.
lie lay there calling for help. The fire burned
through the partition at the foot of his bed and
a portion OF the burning boards fell on him.
he lost consciousness
He was removed by the police aud firemen.
but when taken TO the restaurant IL wus fouui
| that his feet were dreGdfully burned and so
badly nj ured that the flesh burst asuuder ex-
posing the muscles. An ambulance was sam
Inoned and he was removed to St Elncents
Hospital. where, after examination. bis con-
ditlon was pronounced very critical
At the restaurant of A. J. Griffith. directly
west OF tie institute tie scene was terrible.
The poor untortunates were standing. sitting
lying on the counters and tables. hGddlcd in
groups on the floor. the pale faces staring eyes
turning listlessly in different directions. some
OF them appeared dazed. as II scarcely realizing
what had happened. The room was crowded.
over fifty inmates being counted. They varied
In age from Old men and women down to ba-
pies. Some few appeared cheerful aud were
Imagining and talking among themselves. Some
were greatly concerned about their trunks and
clothes, and numerous inquiries were made of
the police and attendants whe:her their cloth
ing and personal effects were saved.
NINETEEN TAKEN OUT.
At 10 O'Clock this morning nineteen bodies
had been taken from the ruins, eleven OF which
had been identified. number of patients are
still reported missing.
WHERE THE TIRE STARTED
From all that can be ascertained it is prob
able that the fire originated in the room where
the printing matter, circulars, &c, kept.
This Is on the ground floor III the rear Of the
main building
Mrs. Copeland, one of the rescued attend
ants, said that an hour before the alarm of
hro was turned in the nigh: Waterman came to
her room and asked her if she was burning
papers. She told him she was not and in a few
minutes lie again asked her. This proves that
the hire lad been smoldering for some time.
When the fire department arrived at the
burning building women clad only in their
night robes filed every window. they were
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prospect of death either from tie roaring,
CRACKING flames or from a jump 10 the ground
below. The scene, as IT appeared to those who
FIRST reached the place of destruction, is one
| that VIII never be forgotten. The flames
as they burst from the Georgia street annex
and gradually encroached on the main build
ing shed lurid light the surrounding
buildings and cast dark shadow on the street
below. And above the furious roar of the
| flames as they licked up everything in their
pathway could be heard the awful screams and
agonizing groans of the poor tortured women
and girls who chung to the window sills with
their bare fingers.
Strong arms were soon TO the rescue and
words OF encouragement were spoken TO those
above. Ladders were raised 10 the windows
and the work of rescuing those in the rear end
oil the building began. 1t was here that the
flames ragged most furiously and it was neces-
sary to get the endangered inmates down
without delay. In a very few minutes all those
department first arrived had been rescued,
but while the work was going on one or two
women, driven to desperation by the fierce heat
and the thought OF horrible death. leaped to
the ground possibly to receive injuries from
which they cannot recover.
BRAVE MEN RIsKED THEIR LIVES
There were volunteers by the hundred. brave
men who risked their lives time and time again
in the brief period of fifteen minutes to save
the lives Of poor crippled children who would
arouse pity in the human breast at any time
but the sight Of whom in the midst of last
nights fearful holocaust caused strong men to
shudder and grow sick at heart. Tenderly the
rescued were carried to some temporary ref
uge and placed under the care of, kind hands,
where the best physicians of the city we've
ready to lend their aid.
THE DEAD AND INJURED.
The list Of the dead and injured, identified at
IL o'clock, is as follows:
KILLED.
Irma Payne, aged eighteen, Dexter. No. 4:
Minnie Arnold. aged seventeen, Lancaster
Mo-: William Ranastack, aged seventeen. Mil
waukee Mrs E. A. Bear and child; Mrs. Lag
arus, Chicago; Stella Spirole; G. NJ. Ellis, aged
forty; Kate l.. Straughan. relatives at 1874 Mas
sachusetts avenue, Indianapolis; Mrs. Buras
and nephew of St Paul. Mimi.
Missing.-Mrs. X. Lump, Arthur Dayless.
-hAhhAS -uSDohoAue, EfSu DaShtuuOFl.
INJURED.
Minnie Lazarus. aged seven, leg broken; Mrs
II. H. 1dena and son, both severely injured:
| Mrs Thomas, 1S4 Massachusetts, avenue. burned
about the face and body. in terrible agony;
Fannie Breeder, Memphis, Tenn, burned in a
dozen places; Mrs. j. II. Guild. Medary VILE
| Ind, internally injured by fall from a ladder.
| probably fatally injured Mary Stearns, War
rem, Iowa, terribly burned about the feet run
| ming out into the burning hallway on the third
floor; Clara Norris home not given hurt in back,
| Grant Van Hoesen, Athens, y. Y, hand and ear
burned: Clarence Mead, Athens n. Y. leg
| slightly hurt; William H. Albach, Dunkirk n.
| Y, slightly burned; Leora Knowles, lndepend-
ence Ind. back hurt by jumping out of third
| story window; NJ. W. Wydner. Troy, Ohio, in
| ternally injured by falling out of a window
| while trying to escape; VIII Mansfield, Otsego.
| \. Y. foot hurt while jumping from roof to roof
till he reached the ground. Mrs. Jno. 5. Stokes,
Danville. H., sprained ankle; Nellie Mason of
Walworth county, Wis. jumped out Of a
third-story window of the front part OF the
building and will die from her injuries; Mrs.
McSimpson and little girl were carried out by
the firemen and were seriously burned by the
! fire; II. Connor fell from the second TO the
first floor and received serious, if not fatal in
ternal injuries: W. NJ. Widener, Miami county,
Ohio, terribly crushed and fatally injured; Roy
Harris New Orleans, not seriously.
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