The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-08

smoke ana udmCS.
An explosion IN the boiler room was
heard by two men who were passing
They saw flames issue from the big west
wins. An alarm was turned in at once,
followed by another. bringing cut the en-
tire fire department. but despite the eff
for-s which were put forth less of life
could not be prevented AmbuIaaces from
all of the hospitals were on the ground
almost as soon as the fire companies, and
the houses Of those residing in the neigh
borhood we're thrown open to receive the
little waits who ran and were dragged
and carried from the asylum. The ambu-
Iances were started TO the hospitals with
the most seriously burned CT the chill
dren. and in several cases the little bodies
were cold in death when taken from the
vehicle at the hospital doors
The scenes at and near the asylum were
beyond description. In the east wing we're
the sleeping apartments of the asylum
They were located on the second and third
floors. The lower floor was known as the
first nursery and the upper as the second
Herein were about forty children Miss
Sarah Ashdown was IN charge for the
night Not all who succumbed to the fire
we're actually burned The loss Of life
through sufocation was large
Not since the holocaust of the Ianta-n
works fire in 1888 has Rochester had such
a catastrophe The property loss viii rot
be great as there was an insurance Ct
sS1-cC on the buildings which VIII cover
The loss TO The asylum.
4 dramatic incident was the fall Of
fireman Morris Heating. who went up 20
the roof on q ladder Just as he reached
the TOD. a stream Of water was turned On
aim TO keep away the flames. but it had
the effect TO confuse the man He reached
for a woman and the latter jumped for
his arms Suddenly, the fireman lost his
hold on the ladder and the man and We
man fell three stories The woman was
killed outright and the fireman was in
Iu-ed. Jut not seriously.
Miss F. 81 Hi5bard had charge Of TWEEN
ty-three children on the third floor. in the
main building. This morning she said:
i was awakened by the cries CT the
children AS quickly as possible we all
made cur way 10 the Roof Of The building.
escape IN any other direction being impos-
sIbIe- After most of the children had been
rescued, the heat became so intense that
TO save mys If slid down post leading
from the roof 70 the ground" Miss HID
bard is terribly burned about the face and
body.
Despite the early hour at which the fire
broke out, the news that general alarm
had been sent in was sufficient TO attract
thousands TO the scene. These who ar
rived early saw sights which made them
sick at heart Windows Of upper stories
were filed with terrified faces OF helpless
waits Frantic women elbowed in an en-
deavor TO get 10 places Of safety. Citi-
zens and fremen worked like mad to res
cue the inmates. but the expression
dead" was a frequent one IS q fireman
descending from ladder handed bun
die to another fireman.
Every home IN the vicinity was thrown
open TO receive the dead and living. At
the residence Of one neighbor twelve bod
les were laid out in a row at one time
Later they were removed to the morgue-
Heating. the fireman who was thrown
from a ladder, by Mrs. ellis. Q nurse,
whom he was trying 10 rescue. was able
to leave the hospital this morning Miss
Brad. one Of the nurses, jumped from
;hird-story window, and received injuries
which may prove fatal
Miss anna Vallieur had a narrow es-
cape. When the fire vas discovered. Mrs
Cline. the baker at the asylum. hurried
into The adjoining room. occupied by Mss
VaIlient. The latter was in charge Of he
IL her charge. and she took them two by
two. 70 the windows. where they we're
passed out so aremen and citizens. Miss
VaIlient was AT last forced TO escape IN
her Hight clothes She lost all he per
souaI effects.
Following is a corrected list of the den
titled dead. Gertrude Ponee. Bertha Hall,
Viola Stuck. Lillian Stone. Mildred sIo-
cum. Mary Alexander. Ellen Hamilton.
Hazel Murray, Minnie Tiffany. Myrtle Pat
terson. Isabel Marriage, Gertrude Nc
Cav, Mary McCaw, Gladys Hin (coloreD,
Lorena Owen. Charlie Benham. -- Con-
nell. Bertha Potter. Mildred Wright (col-
oredJ. Minnie Skinner, Mary. Kane. Cora
Porter. Charles Bryant, Beachnen Carey, I
EvangeIine Carey, Mrs Maria Gordon
and Mrs Martha Giilis-
The injured are: Allen BelInore,
badly burned; Miss +. NJ Hib-
bard, face burned; Mrs Cline. foot |
broken: Miss Kate Catteril. leg broken.
Morris Keating. @re-lau. hand injured; |
blanche Addison. badly burned. Paul
LunH. coIored. badly burned. Miss Brad |
ard Miss lawson. burned.