The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17
ED FROM THE BUCKNER HOME
RUINS.
NINE OTHERS BADLY HURT.
Of THE INJURED THREE HAVE
BUT SMALL CHANCE TO RE-
COVER.
BOYS DORMITORY DESTROYED.
Full Horrors of the Holocaust MOI
Recognized Until Search for
Victims Was Made

DALLAS Tex, Jan. l6-Fifteen lit-
tie girls and boys are dead as a result
of last nights fire at the Buckner
orphan home, and nine others are seri-
ously burned and crushed Three of the
injured, 1t Is thought cannot recover
The fullness of the holocaust was not
discovered and fully realized until to-
day. The fire which commenced about
10 o'clock Friday night and ragged until
the boys dormitory was destroyed. did
not cool enough for search for bodies
in the ashes until early this morning
AT that time it was thought that only
five children had been burned to death
When the ashes had cooled enough to
admit of search scores of sympathiz-
ing friends and neighbors began the
sad task Of finding the bodies of the
five who 1t was known had perished
The search had hardly been instituted
when the terrible truth that there were
more than five bodies in the ashes ap-
peared. The search continued until
dawn, when fifteen bodies had been
found. The dead are:
OSCAR JACKSON aged a.
BIRDIE BRITTON, aged 49,
MARION BRITTON and MILTON BRIT
TON, twins, aged TO- all of Dallas county.
CARLOS JONES, aged 5, of Hunt county
county.
GROVER CLEVELAND MARLBOROUGH,
aged -, of Smith county.
county.
WILLIAM MILLER, aged II, of Lamar
county.
VIRGIL NELSON, aged 10, of Marion
county.
RFfCHARD MARSH, aged 10, of Denton
county.
ARTHUR EDWARDS, aged 10, of Wise
OSCAR HOWARD, aged g. Of Cherokee
county.
SAY KING, aged g. OF the Indian territory
O'Clock this afternoon from his burns.
The seriously injured are:
Ian Grace, aged 8, fatally burned over two
thirds of his body.
Earle Doole, aged g. BABY burned on back
ChaIies BOYD Friend, aged 10, seriously and
probably fatally burned on head face. hands
ana arms, and injured from jumping from the
second story.
Richard zarmwaldt, aged z, seriously burn
ed on head face and neck.
Sadie Britton, aged IL hands burned and
ankle sprained from jump from the second
story.
Walter Blockington Marlborough, aged g.
both hands burned.
Bonnie Ware, aged ii, seriously injured, not
expected to live.
Jim Scott aged 10, burned on both legs.
Samuel Henderson, aged 10 burned about
face, hands and arms
When the fire was first discovered
the alarm spread through the dormitor
les and 300 children rushed hither AMI
thither in the wildness of their fright
and panlc-stricken confusion The
building was dry as kindIing. and burn
ed with fearful rapidity. The fire was
eating through to the three principal
stalrWays almost as soon as it was dis
covered, and the little fellows on the
second floor OF the west wing were cut
OH from any avenue of escape except
the windows
There were nbOut ITO boys between
the ages OF and IA, asleep in the dor
mltorles. many of them being upstairs.
put they were the largest ones, and
the six year old tots had been quarter
ca on the lower floor with view n
Such an emergency. Even with this
precaution, some of the smallest ones
were burned to death, either not being
awakened by the alarm, or being in
such demOralized state from chiidisi,
terror that they did not know how to
make their way out. Those with most
presence Of mind followed the larger
ones, who raised the windows and
jumped through them. A few had
presence of mind enough to save some
oil their clothes, but most of them es
capped IN only their night garments.
Inc panlc-strlcken little ones did not
80 eti'oA tHey were out OF the
burned building, but fled in their wild
terror as If some nameless horror were
pursuing them, across mud and fields
In every direction. Some went 10
nelghbors houses as far as half A
mile away and others were found stag
gerlng along the lanes in their scant
night clothes crying as if their little
hearts would break, aimIessly seeking
a place of safety. The people from
the ne1ghborhood found the little fell
lows VINO had not reached shelter bv
their cries, and brought them back 10
their homes. Those who had found A
house were accommodated and moth
erly hands cared for them. Some Of
them were supplied with warm cloth
ing
The loss on buildings and contents
IS lght, about $4,000, with no insurance.
The home will be rebuilt.