The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-09-01
ORPHANAGE BURNED.
Nine Buildings of St. Agnes Con-
vent at Sparkhill Destroyed.
FOUR PERSONS LOSE THEIR LIVES.
Two Girls Also Found Missing Many In
mates Seriously Injured -Heroi4m of
the Sister--Incidents of the
Blaze-Loss, SI5O,OOO.

Snnrl,i1l n V Auu % IFire That
broke ont at ono o,clocl, ,.o.,erd,v
destrovad nine of tbe ton b,,ildin,rs ~
the 81 Agnes convent and ornh,nngn
entailip, a loss of stbo ooo and rnrsinr
the dnntb of four ncrsons Tho de,d
are: Helen l,rown. nyed q. Emma
Mnclsin mood :. "Inno :, a nnnsinnar
aped 10. and Mary Kato McCnrtbv
AGED 2s. The missing are: Therese
Murphv nped if. and Marv n,o,vn.
nped 4 The seriouslv ininrcd are.
Sister Sienna. shock and coilanse. Sis
ter Marie. burns and concussion. sister
bertrand. concussion of snine and
shock. Sister Katherine arm brol,rn
and Hannah S1ca. LOO bro,scn. Tyen.
tv-fvc inm,tes v..rf in ipred b,. fails
iumps and burns NON. s,riou.Iv
Thpt NOR, lv,s ,verc NOT Inst was
due to tho b.r,isin of thc sisters and
some of ;hc older inmates. When the
fire broke ont the lOl inmates of the iu-
stitu,ion were asleep. Most of them
were gotten out in almost perfect or
der but "A score who rl,Iled their lives
To- save other, were finally forced to
either iump from the upp,r storir, or
/ make ut~Dt'TtltV u1~nH, nTDuF1 stair
way, and corridor, filled with flames
and smoke. The fire was discovered in
the lav.,tory and soon spread TO the adj
| Joining buildings. ATTACKING first a
| Iormitory i'm which 200 of the older
| uoys slept. Sister Reginald. who had
;rniued the lads in the fire drill rushrd
| down The line of white bed, an / arous-
mo- tin, slcepcrs. CLAIMING her hands
the simplc fire SIGNAL followed in the
orphauapc. The boys Turned ont with
"A ru,h and gained the lawn in their
uipht clothes. Bvthat time the second
dormitorv. where the smaller bovs
| slept. wa, ablnze The older lads made
a dash for the building and ,v,r, soon
carving the smaller ones ont. The
| buildinps were all finished with
Georgia nine and the wood bprnnd
frrinn.l,.
Tbo ,,,,.,,,, aud ,t,o,,ol mud, FL, ,.,.,,,.
s,,ol, ,r a,,nos ,nd L,,t,,,,,, l,,,', o,,d
| ,ho .,,ond Jo,.,,,i,,,.,. ,b, ,,;,.I da,.,,,i-
to.,, hl,,,d and crocl,lnd n. III, g,..
l.,ned nm its yoodnn ,y,lls
a den sistor. ,,nrn cnt o9 :, tho
.,o,;,s of ,ho oor,.,r, I,,;tdir,,
rl,,,. ,,.o,., for,od ia tho ,,,indo,,. and
u,bii, como cIimb.d ont ia ,,. an.
othe,s lsneIt Mt tho easements IN nr,,.o,
Enrinear Otto nIncod . lonr Ioddor
ogains. the onter wall and rescued hnIf
- DOZEN. six were forced tn iumn for
their Iivas and fortunntaIv oil hmt sis
ter Hertrand escaned without snrious
in iurv The escane of Sister AGNES
| seems almost a miracle She was cut
,ff ON the fourtb floor and elected to
iumn from her window rather than
nIunge into the furnace that had once
! haen n stairway. She climed ont ON
r,e sill and then seizing tbe shutter
.wung ont cleor Of the buiIdinp Then
| she lost her hold She strncl, tho
,round souareIv ON her feet and thrn
fell over on her side R,forc anvon.
could reach her she got up ana walked
quickly away unhurt.
The fire reached the pirls' dormitorv
asst. but once il tool, hold of thc build-
NO. il burned ficrcelv. Most of the
rirls were ON the upnor floor. and il
was with the greatest diricultv tl,nt
hey were potteu ont. shortly nfter
! HE last of the rescuers left tbe s,rond
lormitorv there was countinp Of
,eads and the discovery wa, made that
.wo bnbv bovs were missinp John
-odv. 15-vear-old boy. made straight
Cor the door povin~ no heed to tho