The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-18
Two Officers Of the Salvation Army
Fatally Burned and Several Lit
tie Ones Seriously Injured.
FATHER CAUGHT IN THE TRAP
TRIED TO SAVE RtS BABES AND
WAS BURNED WITH THEM.
His Remains Found CIasping What
Was Left of a SOn-Efght Of the
Occupants Uninjured.

CINCINNATI, o., Sept. ia branch
nursery of the Salvation Army at No. 403
East Front street burned this evening and
its occupants were imprisoned so that
six perished, and others were seriously in
jured. Early in the evening it was reported
that a dozen were killed and as many in
jured, but the rimor proved to be untrue.
Two of the injured may die tonight.
The Dead
JAMES HARKINS. painter. aged forty
HERBERT HARKINS, aged four years,
son of James Harkins.
RHODA HARKINS, aged five months.
MAGGIE WILLIAMS, aged three months
EDWARD MULLEN, aged four years
MYRTLE FERRELL. aged six.
Fatally Injured
ELIZABETH ERICKSON, post captain
of New York, native of Sweden, aged
twenty-five.
BERTHA ANDERSON, staff captain of
Sweden.
Seriously Injured
BESSIE ATKINS, aged five years.
FRANK HILL, aged two months.
ALBERT HILL, aged three years.
JOSEPH BENTON, aged four years
All OF the dead were burned to a crisp.
The charred remains of James Harkins
were found clasping what was left of his
little son Herbert. All of the victims and
those injured belonged in the nursery ex-
cept James Harkins, who came TO the res
cue of his orphans. There We're only twen-
ty in the nursery on the upper floors at the
time of the fire, and eight of them escaped
without injury. The property loss was
only $780,
AT 4:50 p. m, Walter Fisher barkeeper
In an adjoining saloon discovered the fire
and sent in still alarm On account of
the cold weather to-day, fire had been
started in the stove for the little tot, who
are cared for there during the day while
their mothers are engaged at work else
where 1t is thought this caused the fire
through some defect in the fiues or other
parts of the old tenement building OF four
stories. Most of the mothers knew moth
ing of the fire till they were through
with their days work and then We're hunt
ing at the morgue for the dead or at the
hospitals for the injured
The fireman rushed into the blazing mis-
sion to rescue women and children. but
some of those on the upper floors were be-
yond saving. The patrol wagons dashed
with all possible speed To the hospital with
those that were rescued and their cries
were heard along the streets. All OF the
hospital physicians were called I'm and the
nurses did their utmost to relieve those
suffering from burns. The first floor was
used church. the second as headquar-
ters for the destitute and cooking, and the
upper floors for the nursery. The women
and children could be seen from these upper
stories pleading for help when the stair
ways were enveloped I'm flames. The fire
was soon controlled, but not until many
had died from sufrocation and others were
seriously burned.
The fire occurred near the river front
In the most densely populated part OF the
city The nursery is near the old Spencer
House and children from the tenement were
in the burned building. John Harkins. who
lived in the old Spencer House. now used
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