Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-12
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CHICAGO SANITARIUM PROVES
DEATH TRAP FOR NINE PER
S0NS-MANY SERIOUSLY IN
JURED.

CHICAGO. June 1O-Nine men and one
woman were killed and about thirty per-
sons were injured in a fire which yester-
day afternoon destroyed the sanitarium
conducted by the Saint Luke Society, at
the corner of Wabash avenue and Twenty
first street. The society occupied the
building which was long known as the
Hotel Woodruff and for brief period as
the Hotel Lancaster.
BY far the greater portion of the pa
tients received in the institution were
and those who were addicted to the use
of drugs.
When the fire broke out there was on
the fifth floor a number of patients suffer-
ing from delir!=-s tremens and some who
were deranged by drugs. Several of these
were strapped to their beds, and 1t was
found impossible to save them so rapidly
did the fire spread through the building.
List of the Dead.
The list Of the dead as far as known at
present is as follows:
S. J. NEWELL.
CARL A. CARLSON.
JOSEPH HARRINGTON.
SAMUEL DALZELL.
DIR. ]. T. STANTON.
GEORGE A. RIBBECK. Hillsdale.
Mich.
W. A. KENT. alderman of the fourth
ward, Chicago.
JOHN B. KNAPMAN.
MRS. NJ. BAUMANN.
B. H. BOYD, IS years of age, a member
of the medical staff of the institution.
List of the Injured.
The list of the injured is as follows:
Michael Luby, seriously burned.
]. B. Bishop, of st. Louis, seriously
burned.
G. S. Colt, of Lavergne, Ills, seriously
burned; may die.
A. w. Wattles. will die.
Mrs Amelia Wilson, will probably die.
Mary McMannis, badly burned.
Matte Jameson. slightly burned and
overcome by smoke.
Minnie Ellis, slightly burned
John Downey. Omaha. Neb., jumped
from third story window to roof OF adJoin-
ing building, leg sprained.
A. c. Davis, business manager OF the
sanitarium, slightly burned.
Henry Norman, colored, burned, not Sc
rious.
Frank Johnson. burned. not serious
Fred Kappa, cut by glass, not serious.
DR.. H. L. Luse, burned.
Mrs. B. H. Lowman, severely burned
while rescuing her 4-year-old daughter
Mary Bowman, years of age, slightly
burned.
Fireman Michael Hadley, burned while
rescuing Carl Carlson from fourth floor.
Mrs. Leah, OF Omaha, overcome by
smoke. not serious. ~.
]. F. Suit, jumped from third floor into
net. will probably die.
William Z. Davis. Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
burned about head. s.I. --r- l-,..s,
b. w. Marties. suffocated In building,
will recover.
T. 7. Means. face burned.
L. w. Woodrich, burned about head
and face.
DR.. c. E. Anderson, bruised and burned.
c. T Wears, head burned, may die.
c. c. Andrews, burned, condition Sc
rious.
L. Seymour, fireman, slightly burned.
William Lanahan, engineer, bruised.
]. P. Nagel, inventor of gasoline plant,
in hospital, slightly bruised.
Annie Myers, face and hands burned.
G. E. Miller, president of the Saint Luke
Society, face and hands burned
Mrs. G. E. Miller, face and neck burned.
George Noyes, hands burned and nearly
suffocated.
Clinton Osborne. New York. face
burned.
Z. stromberg, face burned.
F. S. weet badly burned.
DR.. ]. 4. Slater, face and hands burned.
w. Soubner, face and head burned; near
Unknown woman, hands and face
burned.
E. OConnell, knee injured.
Grace Hill, overcome by smoke; revived
with great difficulty.
After midnight the officials of the insti-
tuition gave out the following list of miss
ing. 1t is known that they were in the
building when the fire broke out:
NJ. ]. Cahill, an attache of the santa
rum. but Ill in his room for the last three
days.
William Eggleston, patient
G. Harrison, patient.
NJ. B. Loucks, patient.
c. McGrail, keeper Of restaurant In
the building.
Malcolm Morris, patient.
Thomas RYAN. patient.