Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-15


! time of emergency.
HELP FROM THE INDIAN SCHOOL.
As soon as news of the fire reached tn,
pelltentiary, Col. Bergman turned of
the water at that institution so as to in
crease the pressure in the city, ant
then, the telephone wires being crossed a
just the wrong time, he rode to the United
States Indian school as soon as possible
and notified Col. Jones. The latter a
once ordered the water turned off at hi!
school and lost no time in dispatching hi
trained fire brigade of Indian boys with
a supply of excellent hose to the scene o.
the fire. These thirty young Indians
forming two relays of fifteen each, under
the orders of Albert M. Jones and JEFF
Davis Goulette, rendered excellent assist
ance in saving the hospital and other
threatened buildings. Archbishop Cha.
pelle aud Sister Victoria express deep
gratitude to Col. Jones and his Indian
boys for their timely aid. Indeed, there
WAS no lack of willingness to help on the
part of anyone.
WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT.
The fire broke out just before the sup
per hour and it thus happened that the
twenty-four guests of the sanitarium were
nearly all about the building and Sister
Victoria and her eighteen associates were
all at their posts of duty in the sanitarium,
hospital and orphanage. In the hospital
there were thirty-two patients, several of
them being cripples and two or three of
them being very sick. These unfortunates
became panic-stricken when they realized
their danger and some of them wandered
away, but Sister Mary de Sale, in charge
of the hospital, was untiring in her efforts
to collect and care for her frightened
charges. Some of them were given beds
in the homes of Mr.. Staab, Mr.. Hall and
Mrs. Church and the others we're made as
comfortable as possible in the orphanage
and sanitarium annex. One of the num-
Der, Frank Bondino, hurt some time ago
in the White Ash coal mine at Madrid,
suffered serious relapse and will proba
bly, soon die as result thereof. None of
the other patients seem to have suffered
much harm.
SEVERAL INJURED.
Among the first to reach the upper
part of the sanitarlum after the discov-
cry of the fire was Fred Muller, of Muller
& Walker, and he continued at work un-
til driven out by the flames and smoke.
At one time he was enveloped in fire and
only his wet clothing saved him. As it
was his hair was much burned and his
face was blistered. Frank Masterson also
suffered serious injury above his right
eye. These we're the most serious mis-
haps that occurred during the progress
of the fire.
During the night twenty-five or thirty
men remained on duty guarding the
scattered property of the Sisters and
taking precautions against a fresh out
break of the smoldering fire.
About midnight one of the huge chin
neys of the sanitarium fell with deafen-
ing crash. At first the watchers breathed
a sigh of relief that menace to human
life had been removed without harm.
Then went up cry of alarm. "Some one
was struck by the falling chimney"
PROBABLE FATALITY.
Investigation disclosed the mournful
fact that John Fayette, engineer at the
federal building and a member of the
Hook d Ladder company, had been
crushed by the falling chimney. The
poor man was extricated from the brick
that held him fast and carried to a room
in the adobe annex. DR.. Knapp ex-
amined his injuries and said he probably
would not live an hour. 1t was found
that Fayette had been literally scalped,
his skull badly fractured and his left arm
crushed into pulp. The doctor performed
an operation on the fractured skull, made
the sufferer as comfortable as possible,
and he lived through the night much TO
the surprise of those who know how
badly he had been hurt. 1t is not prob.
able, however, that he will recover.
Later-At noon to-day the doctors
opened the wound in Fayette's head and
were surprised to find it looking 80 we'll.
He seems tc hold his own. If he is strong
enough tomorrow, his arm will be am
putated. Bondlno is dying.
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.
No one seems to be able to explain how
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ST. vincent sanitarium, hospital and
orPnanage were founded In this city
~ o 's ',a'e aso ~ 'ne O's'eFs OF
Cnarity, whose headquarters are in Gin
cnua',' anu 'ne cnroe-Ioio INSTITUTION mas
since steadily grown in extent and naefn1.