St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-10
ROASTED IN CELLS,
Forty-Foup Insane People
Burned to Death in New
Hampshire.
Although Their Rooms We're
Opened They Would Not
Leave.
Only Four Out Of Forty Eight
Inmates Saved From
Death.
Two Lives Lost in q Blaze in
an Iowa Fire
Trap.

locks off the fifty-four cells and tried to
get the inmates out. Then he got
his wife and two children, neither Of
whom were dressed. Of the forty-eight
inmates only four escaped. They are
William Twombly, Rose Sanderson,
William Davey and Frank Donshon.
The latter walked two miles in a blind
ing snowstorm. with only his shirt on,
to William Horne's house, where he was
taken care of. Those who were burned
were:
ROBERT T1ONE, of Salmon Falls, n. H..
MARY FOUNTAIN, of Great Falls.
FRANK NUTTER, of Rochester.
WILLIAM CHESLEY, of Durham.
MRS. ROBERTS, of Great Falls. and an
eight-year-old child.
LEWTER JONES. of Pennington.
WILLIAM TWOMBLY, of Darlington.
OWEN MALLEY, of Great Falls.
MICHAEL CASEY, of Dover.
FRANK ROWE. of Great Falls.
CHARLES LIBBEY. of Great Falls
FRANK PAGE, of Rochester.
WILLIAM FILLS, of Great Falls.
FRANK SPRlGG1NS, OF Dover.
HARRY KIMBALL, of Dover.
JULIA KEEL of Dover.
MRS. MARY LAVINE, of Salmon Falls.
Mrs. MARY McCL1NTOCK, of Dover.
MAGGIE WHITE, of Great Falls.
ANN CARR, of Rollinsford.
MARY NUTTER, of Rochester.
MARY MALONEY, of Dover.
LENA ELLIS, of Rochester
MARY WILSON, of Lee.
MARY TWINDALL, of Milton Mills,
CAROLINE RAIL, of Dover,
MRS ANN ROTHWELL of Dover.
LIZZIE ELLIS, of Great Falls
CATHERINE HALEY, of Dover
ELIZABETH PICKERING, OF Comic.
MARY COOLEY, of Dover.
SARAH SWEET, of Rochester
SARAH HUTCHINSON, Of Dover,
KATE DUFEE, of Dover,
SARAH NC CLINTOCK of Great Falls,
FANNIE SLATTERY, of Great Falls,
ANN M'DERMOTT, of Dover
ADDIE OTIS, of Great Falls
Six others, whose names could not be re-
membered by the keeper. and his books were
burned.
The building was of wood, 113 by sc
feet, two stories high, with a big yard
on each side. 1t was built twenty
years ago. and had fifty cells. The
woman escaped to the yard, and was
burned to death there. The building cost
s150,000. The main building, in which
was over 100 of the county poor, caught
fire, but was saved by the efforts of the
inmates, who carried pals of water
and extirguished the flames, although
many were burned in so doing. The
Dover fire department. was summoned,
but owing to the distance, the binding
snowstorm aud the icy road, it took
eighty-five minutes for them to get
there, and too late to be of any use.
The smoking ruins show the charred
bodies still lying on their beds. How it
caught fire is a mystery.
CAUGHT IN A FIRE TRAP.
Two Killed and Two Injured in a
Hawkeye Blaze.
CENTERIILLE, To-. Feb. ga terrible
disaster occurred here this morning by
the burning of the Continental hotel.
Two persons were killed. They are:
Mrs. Mckee, of Centerville, died of in
juries received from jumping from
the third-Story window; Samuel
Lewis, Greeley, To-, burned to death.
Injured: William Hale, Ottumwa, trav-
cling man, three ribs broken, thumb
torn off, considered critical. M. a.
Roberts, Ottumwa., attorney, feet
burned. At o'clock flames were dis
the Continental hotel, and in a few
moments the fire, which originated from
the furnace, had enveloped the
entire four-story brick building.
The alarm was given, and the
guests were awakened. The hotel
has long been the subject of much COM
ment, and predictions Of disastrous re-
suits should fire ever break out have
often been made. This morning these
predictions proved correct, for three
guests and number of regular board
ers were penned in by the flames, and
escape seemed almost impossible.
Those who were i'll the building made
an attempt to get out the front way, and
those who were OH the first and second
stories got out all right, but those on
the upper floors were not so fortunate.
William Hale, who represents j.
Fecht IL Brother. Of Ottumwa, was late
in waking, and when he arose his
TOOlu WAS ullCu Will OluOhC
and the hotel in flames. He
rushed to the window and leaped.
Whether he struck the wires which
were stretched along by the side of the
building or not, is not known, but he
was thrown forcibly to the frozen
ground and picked up unconscious. He
is in a very serious condition, and his
injuries may prove fatal. Three of his
ribs were fractured. thumb was torn
off and he sustained probably internal
injuries.
Mrs. Mckee, the landIady of the no.
tel, also leap6N out the third-story>win
dow. She was a very large woman,
weighing 250 pounds, and the fall prac-
tically fractured every bone in her body.
She had been on the first floor, but had
rushed up to the third floor to alarm the
guests and the flames cut off her
way of escape. She was pick
ed up unconscious and died later.
Henry Phillips, the OttumWa coal oper-
ator, had narrow escape. He lost his
clothing, money and watch. When ne
reached the ground he took light and
started back to the third story to rescue
others, but was driven back. He
heard voices in rooms, and said