The age-herald., 1901-01-09
FULLER DETAILS
 OF ASYLUM FIRE TWenty-Six Lives Are Lost and
 Many Injured ROCHESTER'S WORST HORROR Brave Work of Bremen and Other Rescuers, and it Seems a Miracle
 That the Death List is
 Not Larger.
ROCHESTER'S WORST HORROR

Rochester January S.-Twenty-six dead bodies lie at the morgue and twelve others more or less seriously injuged lie at the different hospitals in the city tonight as result of the terrible holocaust which cured early this morning at the Rochester Orphan Asylum Of the dead "A were chil- dren of both sexes, ranging in age from to II years, while the remaining two were adults. The fire, which was discovered about la. m., and was doubtless caused by an explosion of natural gas in the boil CT room, adjoining the, west wing of the asylum, spread so rapidly that many of the 10s inmates of the institution were over come by the fapes and smoke almost with out warning.
 Shortly after the fire broke out boiler exploded with terrific force, completely blowing out the lower pant of the west end connecting wing. thereby cutting off the escape of the children from the east end of the building. The children who were nearest the connecting wing were apparent ly dazed by the force of the explosion, and with difficulty were able to take in their surroundings when finally aroused.
 lE the east wing were the sleeping apart ments of the asylum They were located mainly on the second and third floors. The lower floor was known as the first nursery and the upper the second. Herein were forty children or more. Miss Sarah Ash down was in charge for the night and with her was Miss Brad of the hospital ward who was taking care of two sick children
 Groans Filled the Air.
 The explosion, though of great force was not enough to awaken the sleeping nurses. When the smoke began to pour into the east wing, it a matter of few seconds that the whole sleeping popu- Ia in Ytfrhf which semed to rob them nearly all of their Judgment and mental facilities. A terrible chorus of cries and groans filled the air.
 Fireman Morris Heating went up to the roof on a ladder to rescue women and children Just as he reached the top a stream of water was turned on him to keep away the flames, but it had the effect to confuse the man. He reached for wom- an and the latter jumped for his arms. Suddenly the man lost his hold on the lad der. The crowd groaned as the fireman fell with the woman to the ground. The woman was killed outright, and the fire man was seriously injured that he may die.
 The Dead and Injured.
 A revised list of the dead follows: Arthur Kelly, Gladys Hill. Gertrude Toner, Bertha Hall, Viola Stuck, Lillian Stone, Mildred Slocum, Mary Alenxander, Helen Hamil- ton, Hael Murray Minnie Tiffany, Myrtle Patterson, Isabel Marthage, Gertrude Me Cav, Marion McCaw, Loreo Owen, Charlie Benham, Rhea Conwell, Bertha Potter. Mildred Wright (colored) Minnie Skinner, Mary Kane, Cora Potter, Charlotte Bryant, Beachnel Carey, Evangeline Carey, Mrs. Maria Gordon, the cook of the asylum; Mrs. Martha Gillis, a nurse.
 The injured are as follows:
 Lorena Owen, suffocated; condition se- rious
 Allen Belmore, badly burned.
 hIHar rd faaa nd nha badly burned condition serious.
 Mrs. Kline, foot broken.
 Mrs. Kate Catterill leg broken, badly bruised.
 Morris eating, fireman hose No. hand in- jured.
 Blanche Addison badly burned, condition serious
 Paul Dunn, colored, badly burned.
 Miss Brad
 Miss Lawson.
 Mary Brown
 That so many children were saved from the west wing of the building seems little short of miraculous, and when the ruins were visited today one marveled that the death roll was not even larger
 The ambulances from every hospital in the city reached the scene almost as soon the fire department but they proved totally inadequate in providing for those rescued. Many sufferers and the dead were removed to the houses in the immediate neighborhood. There were awful scenes around the asylum at this time. Most of those rescued from the building were un- conscious from the effects of smoke. It soon became apparent that the building was doomed. general alarm was sent in and the entire fire department was soon on the scene. The fire was stubbornly fought from every available point, but it was over an hour after it's discovery before it was un- der control.