The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11

cs.,ruc,,,c Fis. Mt the Illinois Asylum Tor
.,...s tsurn~d-The Paslents la the
-,r.,d Portion. An Females, safely he-
....a -NIs~ linda Auderson. nm Astrnc'
ant. MIsslmg- Well Insured.
40. III. Jan. 1.-The southern
ulipoi, hospital for the insane took
a.. =, midnight, and II was not until >
i that the flames were under con-
..a The center section AID the south
wing. comprising over half 81 the en-
,;r, building. were destroyed. Inc
Nth wing. machinery, laundry and
r,,.h.n departments were saved. The
.,,,,h wing contained the quarters 81
,h.. female patients. the male patients
h.iny chartered In the north wing.
NJ ruE PATIENTS SAFELY REMOVED
all,he patients Ia the number of 800
were IL is thought, safely removed to
the other buildings Much difhcnity
was experienced in making the trans
fer but there was no great panic. II
:. reported that = female attendant
canned linda Anderson has been
l.,rped. rs no trace of her can bs
sourd. The loss will amount To $3.50,
900. The physicians. officers and EN-
gloves in the burned building los
nearly all their personal effects.
STARTED IN TIVE CENTER SECTION.
The fire was discovered at li:4o
IN in the roof Of the center section q
The main hospital building. and tn
danger he'll was rung to alarm In
Guards aud arouse the inmates. IN
rrc spread so rapidly that the hospi''
EMPLOYEES Instantly realized that
could not ne controlled by the meag'
Are aunaratss with which the instif
tion vas supplied, and. while some
the guards rushed
rugoreH TIE HALLS AND coKH''n
unlocking the doors ana opening =
windows. others ran to the village a'
summoned the local fire deparimcI
The hospital contained nearly AZ
;p,nstes. md the section which "
d..troved was occupied by over
women. In the south wing OF
building were located about 5W wo
and children. The north wing OF
bui,dinr was set apart for the m'
md n no time was this section Al tl'
ger.
SCREAMING WOMEN
rs soon as the guards gave the ala
IN. insane women began scream
and. rushing to the farther corners
their cells threw themselves az -
on the floor or cot and in ma"y Ga
II rcouived the united efforts of tive
mor,. attendants to drag them u
their cells and carry them to places
safety.
Al. WE'RE GOTTEN OFT IN SAFETY
however. and were grouped ON
snow covered ground where tor n
minutes. they shivered in the ei
} colduir until they could ts ma''
or carried to other puiio'ngs'
villagers rushed to the assistanc
the ASYLUM people and rendered Va
lille MD in rescuing the sick and rel
,orv inmates Several times som
~. natients broke away from !
guards and
ArrrMr-rEp To RUSH BACK INT"
BURNIx0 BUILDING
They were quickly caught. how
and in cases where they were W
they were bound 10 other tss~ "
means Of straps and ropes
A telegram was sent TO caro-
;t4 asking for the help OF the fir~ dc
&H mcnt " that place. special
was quickly made up. and tho DC
ment reached here at . a. IN.
WORK or THE CAIRO FiEEAFS
Lines Of hose were soon LAID
four big streams Of water p"ur
the burning building. The flames
quickly gotten under control an
Are WINS confined to the center =
and the south wing Of the buildi'
this department were located thf
t.rs Of the physicians and oth'
Moves. In many cases the %
lost all their Instruments clothi'
personal effects.
A CLOSE ESTIMATE OF TIE DAN
10 the building places the !
s.-5. 900. and it is believed TINS
covered by insurance.
II is possible that linda Anders
nor,ed missing. is located at one
houses in the village. where ~
the attendants were carried
count OF being injured by o
clothing or suffering from eS
ON account Of the frightiuiiS
weather.