The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-02-14
An ASYLUM HORROR
Cottage nt Yankton Burns and seven.
teen Inmates Perish.

"a. Y~"kton Burn. and seven
teen Inmates Perish.
YANkToN. :. d.. Feb. l4.-One of the
most horrifying fires in the history OF
Iankton occurred at , a. IN. al the state
insane asylum, where one of the cot
tages took fire in the basement, COM
pletely cutting the building and caus-
ing the death Of II inmates confined
there. The names of those missing and
the counties from which they came are:
AUGUSTA BoERsE. Lake.
JULIA ERICKSON. Meade.
ELLA LoKKEN. Codington.
MARGARET LYNCH. Union.
JOSIAH OLSON. Hamlin.
MARrENYA TENSYsoN. Pennington.
ELlzABKTH SToIPE, Dawson.
Mis-. kAMPINI. Brown.
MAGGIE FLYNN. Hamlin.
LUClNA Gos~AGE. Hamlin.
ApELINA HURLEY. Potter.
CHRISTINA JOHNSON. toad'ng'on.
JENNIE XRoNlG. Penn, a
L.usIA KEN, Coddingt,n.
B1oWn.
KATIE PlANlTZ. Bon Homme.
GAIN SWANSON. kingsbury.
Laundry in the Basement.
The cottage was erected of stoAe and
granite walls with wooden interior and
was intended for laundry purposes. but
owing to tn. crowded condition of til.
main building 40 of the female patients
were placed here with the laundry in
the basement. The exact cause of the
fire is not known. except that it orig
mated in the dryroom of the laundry.
The lack Of water greatly hindered
the work Of the firemen. The burned
cottage stands 300 feet i'll the rear Of tn.
main building. the water tank for fire
protection standing 100 feet III the rear
of the cottage. The steam pipes used
for pumping ran from the boiler room
to the main building through the cot
tage for heating and then 10 the artesial
well or tank. The intense heat in tn,
burning building caused the pipes Il
burst shortly after the fire began. Will
the thermometer standing at
Tweuty-three Degrees below Zero.
the inmates who could eacape cam,
down the narrow flight Of stairs Ill thei'
night clothing and bare feet into tn
bitter cold and had it not been for tn
nearness of shelter the suffering an
probable loss of life would have beef
terrible. The building Was three storie
high with an attic and W entranc q
one east ana one west. lnere was on
stairway from the second and thir'
floors. which led into the main halls {
these entrances. thus giving but on
exit for those on the second and thir'
floors and attic. Fifty-two persons wer
in the burning building. 40 patients an
II female attendants. The attendant
escaped, rs did the others who wer
saved. with none Of their personal 81
fects, many losing all they possessed.
An inquest is now in progress at tn
asylum, which may develop the exae
cause. 1t is not thought blame will a.
tach to any Of the attendants.
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