Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-01-08
FORTY ORPHAN
CHILDREN DEAD.
A Terrible Holocaust in Rochester,
New York, This Morning Cost
Many Lives.
ORPHAN ASYLUM BURNED.
The Explosion of Boiler Added Terror to
the Catastrophe Heroic Efforts of the
Firemen to Save the
Orphans.

burning OF the ROcheSter orphan aSy-
l,lm EARLY today, between twenty and
thirty lives were lost, and many in
mates WiM de from burns or other in
juries. The asylum was three story
and Exchange street, and it's occnpents
numbered between 165 and 1876. All OF
the fire apparatus was hurried to the
building, and scores of people Joined in
the rescue of inmates. Shortly after the
fire broke out the boiler exploded with a
terrific force, completely blowing out
the lower part of the west end connect
ing wing thereby cutting off the escape
of the children from the east end of the
building. In the east wing there were
sleeping apartments, mainly on the Sec
ond and third floors. Here We're 40 chill
dren or more. Miss Sarah Ashdown was
in charge and with her was Miss Brad
of the hospital ward, taking care Of two
sick children. Miss Ashdown did all
within her power to save the children
and nurses. Miss Brad was SO seriously
injured by failing that she will not live.
1t was stated by the matron, Miss
Dinehart, that there We're rs girls in the
west wing, and two children and two
nurses in the hospital department. 1t
was estimated at o'clock that all i'm
mates i'm the west wing We're taken out,
either dead or alive. Long ladders We're
run up and plunging into the sitting
smoke, f1rernen after firemen came slid
ing down the ladder bearing inanimate
forms. Most of the children and adults
who were carried from the burning
building were unconscious from the ef-
fects Of the smoke. The fire was fought
from every available point but in spite
of that the building was almost COM
pletely destroyed Foreman Norris
Keating, carrying woman, fell from
a ladder, the woman was killed out
right and the fireman so seriously in
jured that he may die.
Miss F. M. Hubbard, who had charge
Of 20 children ON the third floor of the
main building, said: 'I was awakened |
by the cries of children and realized |
that the building was on fire. AS quick
Iy as possible we made our way to the |
roof, escape in any other direction be-
ing impossible Already the firemen
had ladders to the roof and quickly the
1hilds On were carried down. After most
If them had been rescued the heat be-
sahne so intense that to- save myself
Slid down the post leading from the
'onf to the ground"
= Miss Hubbard was terribly burned.
EARLY today the morgue reported that
llreaIdy Is dead children had been
brought there.
The dead and miesing are: Mrs. Mar
ha Glllis, unrse; Charlotte Bryant, C. T.
8enham, Bushnell Carey; Evelyn Car
"; Evangeline Carey; Rhea Connell,
Nary Alexander, Norton Howard, Helen +
hamilton. Bertha HAIL, Gladys Hill,
Nary Kane, Gertrude Mccall Mary
fCall, Carl Malster, Hazel Murray,
dyrtle Patterson, Harry PoveQosky,
Carl Richards, Allan Richards, George
stuck, Violet Stuck, Lillian Stone, Min
lie Skinner, Herman Saperstone, Mil s
red Slocurn, Gertrude Toner, Minnie
tiffany, Mildred Wright, Otto Welche, {
Athur Kelly, Cora Potter, Bertha Pot 7
er, Fred Potter, Susan Marthage, Eth
Wright, ALFRED Demorest.
The injured are: Lorena Owen, SER
ous; Allen Belmore: Miss F. M. Hib- 8
ard; serious; Mrs. Cline; Miss Kate q
atterill; Norris Heating, fireman;
blanche Addison, serious Paul Dunn, :.
olored; Miss Brad; Miss Lawson; Ma
v Brown.
At noon the identified dead of the
rochester orphan asylum fire reached Y
children, one nurse and a. cook. g
ANOTHER FIRE AT ROCHESTER,. !!
Rochester, N. Y, Jan. 8.-The nitrate !
uildfng of the Eastman Kodak works
as destroyed by fire today. Twa fire.
len were killed by the fumes Of the
urning chemicals, and one other 80 Sc 8
ously injured that he prJhaNy will n
lie. The dead are: Lieutem INT Edwardl Q
[urphy and George F. L,ng and the 9
ljured, George Kitlinger