Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-08
Heroic Work Of Rescue Amid Flames and Smokes.
Many Saved.
Explosion Lower Story Cuts OFF Early This
Morning While the Inmates We're Asleep---The Death
List---Siz Trainmen Killed in Collision
On the Baltimore & Ohio.

Rochester, n. Y, Jan. S.-By the burn
ing of the Rochester Orphan Asylum, a
three story Structure, containing about
go children and nurses, at o'clock this
morning, between twenty and thirty
lives We're lost and many other inmates
will die from burns and injuries. The
flames We're discovered by two young
men, w. Clark and Il. Young, who We're
passing the building. Clark ran TO the
nearest fire alarm box and sent in an
alarm, after which both turned their att
tention towards arousing the nurses, at
tendants and children. They proceeded
to batter N a door, when a terrific ex-
plosion occurred. which blew out the
lower part Of the west end of the build
ing, cutting off the escape of the occu-
PANTS of the east end. In a few moments
the entire half of the building in which
the hospital and Sleeping apartments
We're situated Was a mass of flames.
Smoke poured out OF every window and
screams and frantic cries could be heard
from the panic-stricken children. Lad
GERS were strung up and fireneu
,s,,r god i,,to s,ta sritijng smoke and bore
out scores of inanimate forms in their
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ii the west wing. It is believed all of
them ware gotten out. sIthsr Geaa o,s
alive. Many of the children we're taken
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rapid headway and spread with such
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from the asylum. The scenes abosis the
building while the fire was at Its height
We're heartrenaing in the extreme.
'Crazed women were running about try
ing to fird out whether certain little
ones had been taken from the building.
in safety whila Others wsre looking
for their friends. All who were rescued
had nothing on but their night clothes.
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was reseuet, by Firan,am Keatins from
q third story window. When part way
down trlA la4der the fireman s,ipped
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