The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-22
fANITARIUM BURNS.
Fire Destroys F NOUS Health Re-
sort at Bltvle CreeS, Mich.
All Hut One of the 400 or More Pa
tients Escape .iiiNc-One Inmate
and Three FiremcM Injured
Lows, Si50,0OO.

Battle Greer Mich, Feb l9.-The
Kellogg. or Seventh Day Adventist,
sanilarium here, which WAS located
on Il hill at the highest point in the
city, was destroyed by fire early
tuesday.
The LOSSES.
The total property loss will reach to
nearly half :. million dollars. divided
as follows: Maiu building, $250,0O0;
! hospital, $l25,u00: furniture, etc. $685.
600; loss to guests. $4,000. The in
Surance On the sanitarium property is
placed III 100000.
Fire Starts in bathroom.
The fire started in the bathroom
of the sanitarium building, probably
about the furnace. \ still alarm was
turned in, but the first company
of tiremen called could not cope with
the flames, which shot up the Gle
vator shaft To the roof like rockets.
A general call WAS sent in, but the
fire was beyond control. The water
pressure was low aud this added to
thcahandicap Of the tircmen, as the
Soon Reduced I" Ruins.
| In two hours the building was in
ruins and the hospital was destroyed.
| 1t is almost miraculous that the 400
sleeping inmates escaped with their
lives. Watchmcn dartcd through the
corridors awakening them when the
fire was discovered. Few of them
had time to gather together any
clothing, escaping in their night
clothes.
One Life Lost.
II is now supposed that one life was
lost. The missing man is Abner Case,
aged SO, of Bath, n. y. Mrs. Case, who
was at the sanitarium with her hus-
band, escaped. She said she supposed
the nurse who was attending her hus-
band succeeded in getting him out.
His remains have not been recovered.
One Person Injured.
The corridors soon filled with smoke
and about half of the patients were
compelled to make their way down
the fire escapes. Mrs. Ii. c. Daniels,
who was injured. was on the fifth
floor. She was awakened by the cry Of
fire and rushed to the fire escape on
the fourth floor She got down safely
as far as the third story, when she
either jumped or fell, she hardly
knows which. She is resting easily
and is in no danger.
Firemcn Hurt.
Fireman Henry Lucas and Arthur
Z, A., n1>
were slightly hurt by fall from n lad
der.
story Of IN Eye Witness.
Mrs. Dillingham;, of Atlantic City,
N. j., describing her escape, said:
| ~ was in my room OH the NTH floor
| when the nurse rushed to the door cry
ing fire. Tho electric lights were going
then. but they soon went out ana we
were In darkness. but TOR the flames
which rushed from the tower above our
heads. My aged husband was on the
floor beneath me and had to go down the
4 fire escape as did [. lie WAS guided by II
nurse ana escaped safely. Scores of peo-
pie were on the escape coming from all
parts of the building. and 1t is a wonder
that none of them was killed"
Many Thrilling Escnpc1.
Thrilling escapes were many. Ira
ID. Sankcy, the wcll-known evangelist,
and his wife were nearly burned to
death. Mr.. Sanlcy was on the ground
floor in the office of The building when
he was notified that the floors above
were on fire. lie rushed upstairs to
rescue Mrs. Snnkey, and succeeded in
getting safely back with her, though
they were barely able TO make their cs-
cape down the stnirwnys before the
flames closed behind them. A great
many of the cvangclist's manuscripts,
which he was preparing for publicn
ton, were destroyed, with all his per-
sonal effects. The guests, with few
exceptions, lost everything, very few
| even saving wearing apparel. All the
schools. resorts and public and pr
waite buildings in the city were thrown
open to them and all are comfortably
housed. The board of managers of
the snnitnrillm met Tuesday morning
and unanimously decided to rebuild rs
soon Us possible. Meantime the work
of the institution will be carried on in
the other buildings and cottages
owned by the company.