Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-01-10

th~ fs.sn~ at sans---sash and C@us~r
-~cttsa- Barn~a-rh~ Patt~ut. la the
sarn~d fertlpa. All Females. safety Re-
moved Ind. ts-s-r~Sa. an aft<nsf-
ant Nt~.in<-weiI Is-str-s.
anna, III. Jan The southern
Illinois hospital for the insaze took
nre az midnight. and il was not until 3
n m that the flames were under ssau-
trul The center section and the south
wing. comprising over half % the en-
tire building. were destroyed The
north wing machinery, laundry aud
kitchen departments were saved The
south wing contained the quarters Ct
the female patients the male Patients
being quartcred in the north wing
ALL ruE PATIENTS sAFELY EENovEn.
All the patients 70 ths. nurnh-r of soo
were. u II thauxht. safely removed to
the other buildings Much diligently
was experienced in making the trans
fer. bot there was M rrrz, panic It
- repurted that a female attendant
named linda Anderson has h~~a
burned aS no trace Of h~r can ~
f0unt- The lasS will amount 10 SEQ. :
eos- The physicians. otiiss-rs AMI en-
nearly all their p,rSpuai effects
srAKrED N THE cEsrrE sEs-rrsx.
The Gre was discovered az it-s8 y
m, in the root of the eeuter section u
the main hospital hailding. AMI the
danger bell was runx - alarm the
guards aud aruus~ thr inmates. Tie
nrc spread - rspiaIv that tbs, hospital
eEzploves instantly rcalisrd that II,
could not b> controlled by the rnsarrr
fire apparatus with which the instita-
tion vas supplied. and. while some u
the guards rushed
THRorsH THE Halls AxD coswrn.u-.
unlocking the doors and opening th..
Windows. others ran to the village aud
summoned the local Ere department
The hospital euntaiusd nearly i.ea1
inmates. and the section rhieh Wa
destroyed was occupied By over sla
wonca- In the soata uinr af the.
builting were located about 1ao vroru-
en- and children The e,rth xing q the
building was --t apart for the raeu.
and az no tiale was this section in Ia n
ger
- NAAHAttr @aNkN
- soon n the -uar,ls xavette alarm
the insane women bezan screaming
and, rushing 10 the farther cnrn~rs q
their cells. thress themselves in a heap
on the tour ~ cot and IN many ca-ez
it required the united efforss % tvva ar
more attendants - drag them fron
their cells and carry them u places u
safety.
ALI wEEE GorrEs orr ~ sAEErr.
however. aud were grouped ga the
Snow COVERED .rrsBuad whsr... Tor a few
minutss. they shivrrst IN the bitter
cold air until they could - rnarrfsss.i
or carried tn other buildings Tiss
villagers rushed To- the assistance. of
the asylum praple and rendered valaa-
bic aisi in re>-ain< the sick ami rssfrs...-
tory inmates several times some Of
the patients broae away fruul their
yaarsts and
ArTENrTED TO Kr-H Rack Ixro rux
RCKSISs BUILDING.
They were quickly easghi. however.
AMI IN caseS where they we're violent
they were bound u othe- peties = by
means Of straps and ropes
telegram vas sent - Cair.5 III.
asking for the help OF the tire depart
msnt of that place A special train
was quickly made mp. aud the eepart-
nArut reached here Al 5 a m
WORK oF THE cAIEo FIEzNES
Lines OF hose were soon laid. and
four big streams Of water poured on
the burning buiiiing- The far1ss were
quickly gotten under eontroi. and the
IRE was confined 20 the center Ssctian
and the south wing q ths. building. In
this department wers loeztcd the qasar-
tsrs Of the physisians and osh..r sns
ploye& In many sasss the officials
lost all their Instruments, clothing AMI
personal effects
A CLOSE ESTIMATE 90 The DAMAGE
to the building places the los at
Se75.0eo. and il i believed this il fully
covered by Insurance.
II il possible that linda Anderson. re-
ported missing. i located at one ot the
houses in the village. where many of
the attendants were earried on &c
count Of being injured by burning
clothing or suffering from exposure
on account OF the frightfuiiy cold
weather.