The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-22
The Bodies Found in the Ruins Of the
Building,
A FIREMAN VERY BADLY HURT
,goeouito- Netting on Bed Ignitcd
From a Gas Jct-Thc Fire Spread
Rapidly and the Smoke Made
the Rescue OF Patients very
D,mcuIt-Firemcn ana
Policemen Work

>-oprOT.k VA. sept -"-7pe.''''
A., am carly hour this morning "a n''
,ro,,o opt in the second story of The east
,,,n, nj ST. vincenCs Hospital 'huIc"
..I ,voo5 streets. resulting m the de-
etrpctlon of nearly the entire mann ,''o''J
f,p5in- of that tine -honored ana elegant
..-,.t,,re. also in the death of four per-
..,,.. aud the injury of several others
might be supposed. 10 was 'eI'''''
.r,tr owing 10 the character OF me n'-
sutu,ion there being in it some l-' p.'-
,ie-eiehty-aye patients twenty "''''''
a,s twenty sisters OF Charity physi''ai'a
and Others. 20 .,o -ilne was
,,,s5a thls morning 80 was not o'' ,'''-, 80,
erv lives had been lost althousl ,,,t
Two persons were rep'I''N ,-... r.,,e,Is5
.h. e.ort of the hremen To-Day Ies
t ..4 ra.nlts already stated, iout no"'
,~ f,nrd fin the debris, ana most vi
.tl.- ,,oro so badly burned as 4" oe Dc-
,.c,d nereoual recognition. lAe l0l'',''
- rotaht ont 1u blankets and convey
er 40 the morgue for idenune~uo"' l'0'
ing TO be az follows. ,..4 ce ,oars
Mrs Margaret McEWen' aDD"' ,,,g
of sro "a lady of weak mind, VINO We
- for safebeepiug She was thc m''"-
cr of Mr.. j. E Flynn, a well Nno" l. ID
5si-,,r,an Of this vicinity The on.y way
L. ro,ld be identified was 10y heI car
,irqs the body being so badly putueu-
Ms Flizabeth white an old laoy' ""'
had been at the hospital Tor d io"- 'l'il e,.,,
asa hoarder She was ON ine lorl ~ .tl
ana the body had fallen through to .,lo
third She could oniy Do lu0li''
structure Of her body .tua
rf--... rr.ynrroTe "a three Atti-IIA '''-'.'
f~ow Nortb Carolina. who had cl"D
foot and was there for treatment.
Miss pinpin. OF North Carolina VINO
rsd inst entered the hospital and was 10
have been operated upon by Dr. Lelsn 'o
dav. The body was found I'm the runs on
the bed ia which she slept ana was very
badly burned
FIREMAN BARRETT
Mr. Thomas A. Barrett, a fireman VINO
,vas attached TO the Qucen-street engine
house. He was reported 10 gave Hiea 'i's
morning at his home ON CumoeIIa."
et~eet from injuries received during inc
IRE He and several other hremen Hao
run a line Of hose through the main eh-
trance of the building. and were driven
ont either by the fire and smoke OF 10y liio
rremonition of am impending cuA"p7e
above them. Had they remained lu lhe
rorcb they would not have been injured dl
au but as thcv went down into the larn
from the front steps mass or unlDeL
wall &C. 0itchoi out and down irom
above. upon them injurlne two. h'IIe'1
and Robert A. Foster. Mr.. Foster was
hurt about the head IL IS now pehe'eu
they may recover s..o, g.,
The mass that fell upon the hIeheh ls
said 20 have been "a water tank tnal was
located in that part of the building TOT
fhe uurpose Of running the elevator
THE INJURED.
The injured persons are as ioho%5'
Miss Kate Dolan. OF Washington ID. c.
one of the nurses of the institution she
Jumped through the stair wei from tHe
third story 90 the'frst landing in stl.lns
,ost,re at the feet of Sister Bernard. the
etstcr srnerfor who happened at that
polnt lust at that moment She was hurt
about the neck hands and back, and is
considerably injured.
Mics Teresa Glass. Of Richmond. Va,
also q nurse She is badly burned aoout
one hand and foot and slightly about the
face She was carried 10 "a residence
on Wood street
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE
The fire originated In a room occupied
bv Miss Eeeuon % patient from New
yorl, and was due TO the mosquito met
ting ieniting from a gas Jot Her room
was located 0n the second hoor in re east
wing of tine front building. The alarm
was Immediately given by ber private
nurse Miss Frazier and was soon sent
in 10 the Fire Department which had but
reccutly finished "a fight with big Nre
I'm Brambloton The entire department
was called out and ala heroic work in
battling TO save the hospital and rs in-
mates. The building quickly filed with
smoke. which rendered the escape and res
cus OF the inmates very difficult in some
instances they had To- leave the building
,n their night clothes. 10 was a time or
GREAT ueru and most heroic effort the
f~cmen policemen and others present
ieuding an possible assistance in getting
the patients out Of the burning building.
one Of the most heroic recues was thar
cf a lady named Bennett OF Hampton,
who was taken by one OF the policemen
from an upper floor The nurses who
were I'M the main building lost everything
ercent what they had on when they came
ont some of them not having shoes 20
wear this morning. The Sisters of Charity.
who were fin the rear building. were more
fortunate. .,. nom.
The police patrol wagon and other vehi-
cles were kept busy in removing the pa
flents 90 places OF safety and comfort
The police department was largely repre-
scented on the scene. and ala valuable and
heroic work under the direction Of Chief
Kizcr.
Notwithstanding the hour at which the
fire occurred several thousand persons
rathcred in the streets and in the hospi-
tal grounds
The Fire Department found that it had
a big lob on fits hands. but Chief Ryan
and hts men went bravely az the task and
dld splendid work, saving an the valuable
fnopcrty. except the main 0ronD build
Ing. This latter was destroyed. except
portion OF the Church street wing The
city Fire Department was assisted by the
Portsmouth and Navy Yard departments.
NOTES.
4 report sent out from Norfolk to-day,
staiing that thc late patients at ST. Vim
cents have been gent 10 the United States
Marine Hospital IS incorrect. Or. South
.nle Inlrh one nf the attending sur