The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-06-19
ELLIS ISLAND BURNS.
Government Receiving Station ir
New York Harbor De-
StrCyed by Fire.

- H'untu huhufedS OF thousands of
immigrants, were demolished in con
| Migration during the night which con-
stltuted one Of the most brilliant spec
% %aacieS ever seen In New York harbor and
! winch threatened the lives of cOO inmi
grants who We're on the island
AS Tar as can be learned there was no
loss OF life. The exact amount of dam
age mas not yet been ascertained. but it
| Is said that the loss on buildings viii
amount to something Ike 100000.
Whli" hundreds of volumes of valuable,
/ records have been destroyed.
No Lives We're Lost.
| he first steps taken today by the i'm
migration authorities were to ascertain
heHhltely II possible whether any of the
/ t'lSohS Fh" were on the island last night
hdd be'n caught i'll the flames There
were 10 records left by which the tempo
rary inhabitants could be accounted so
| the immigrants We're divided up into
/ groups according to the ships they came
m | hen they We're submitted to close
questions They We're asked whether
theY missed any of their fellow passen-
gers 1t WAS Gathering noisy crowd.
Al last everybody seemed satisfied that
an thetr ShlpmateS were safe and sound
on land and the authorities came to the
conclusion that in some wonderful WAY
Inc hrc which eat up the buildings on
| Ellis island a if they were matchwOod
had been without fatal result
The cause of the fire is as yet mys-
terry. 1t started i'll the east end of the
/ mann structure. which was more than
/ 1000 feet long and three stories high The
first floor of this huding was almost en-
| tirrv given M to h3r.,a@n while tho rnst-
"rn cna of the second story was used for
offices. Ih" third story was used AZ Il re
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had been rushed out and down the main
double stairway at the WCSt end to the
boat
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Surgeons White and Gideon had been
aroused by this time. and they at once
began Ia remove the forty pitioutS in the
hospital 1t was seen ut a glance that
fh" biz main building was doomed and
It required quick work I" carry out the
helpless si"k hcfor" III" hlist"rinG heat
prevented an appr"ach to the hospital
huildiU@.
doctors. nurses and attendants helped
in the work Miss AholtI one of the
NURSES. ~ rricd out four of the children
herself. III this way all of the forty sick
people W"r" carried into the large cabin
on the 'arilSi" mann deck. Meantime
some Of the immigrants who bad escaped
from th. main huildn@ had become anx-
io,I> about their baggage. and despite the
fact that th" vast building was fast h"
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