Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-22
Burned to Death in St. Vincent's
Hospital Fire.
STORY OF THE HOLOCAUST
Nurse Do1an Jumped from Third Story
and Was Badly Injured, Fireman
Thomas "A. Barrett VIII
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NORFOLK, VA. Sept. 2l-Tour lives
were lost in the great fire wh;cc dc.
stroyed st. Vincent de Paul's hospital
early this morning. The remains were
taken from the debris and removed to
the city 7norgue today for identified ton,
proving to be as follows:
THE DEAD .
Mrs. Margaret N1cEwen, about 20
Years Of age, a lady Of weak nina.
who was there for safe Keeping. G'he
only way she could be identified was by
her ear rings, the body being so hodl,-
burned
Mrs. Elizabeth White. an old LADY
who had been at the hospital for a
long time as a boarder. She was on
the fourth floor and the body had
fallen through to the third She was
identified by the structure of her BODY,
Sherry BOSWELL q three year old
child from Lewiston, n. c., who had =
club foot, and was there for traa l1nent.
Miss Pippin, of North Carolina. who
mad Just entered the hospital and was
to nave been operated upon today. The
BODY was found in the ruins Of the bad
in which she slept. Miss Pippin was
from Tarboro. n. G.
THE INJURED.
The injured are:
Fireman Thomas A. Barrett. Of the
Queen street engine house, left leg
broken, right arm fractured in three
places and cut on forehead He is still
alive, but has not regained conscious
ness and but little hope of his recovery
is entertained
Fireman Robert A. Foster, driver.
hurt about the head, but not seriously
Barrett, Foster and several other fire
men had run line Of hose through the
main: entrance. of the. building and
We're driven out either by the fire and
smoke or by the premonition Of an i'm
pending collapse above them.
NIGHT HAVE BEEN SAFE.
Had they remained on the porch they
would not nave been injured at all,
put as they Went down into The yard
from the front steps a mass Of timber,
brick wall, etc, pitched out ana down
from ahoEe them. The mass that fell
upon the firemen is said to have ;,eco
part OF the building for the purpose Of
running the elevator.
NURSES LEAP FOR LIFE.
Miss Kate Dolan. of WASHINGTON y
G., one of the nurses of the insti.ut,cr
She jumped through the stairway We'll
from the third story to tn etirst land
ing IN a sitting posture at the feet o.
sister Bernard, the sister superior. WHO
happened at that point just at the mo-
ment. She was hurt about the neck
head and hack and is considera in
jured.
Miss Teresa Glass, of Richmond, Va.
also nurse. She is badly burned
about one hama and foot ard slightly
about the face. She was carried IL a
residence on Wood street.
LOSS, 100000. m
Sister Bernard, who is in charge of
the hospital. estimates the loss at
s5oo,oOo, on which there was an insur-
ance Of only $50. 600 That the hospital
will be rebuilt there is scarcely a
doubt. Many of the walls are intact
and can be utilized
There are many interesting incidents
connected with the fire. Young HAL
stead, who had a leg amputatod Tues
day. worked his way to a stairway. ana
rolled down the stairway to safety. a
nurse carried out a man weighia. $50
pounds.
Rev. J. 3. Merritt, pastor OF the
Seamen's Bethel. worked like a Trojan
although an old man, and later filed
his home with sick soldiers from IN,
hospital
The Portsmouth and navy yard fire
departments rendered valiant service.
Inc coroners jury Will tomorrow ZEN
DER a vedict in the cases of the four
bodies recovered frarn tho ,,,;pe