The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-10
CHICAGO HOLOCAUST.
Fire ia ST. Luke's Sanilariam, in the
Heart Of the City
TEN PERSONS KILLED
Thirty or More Are Injured aud Many
VIII Probably Die.
HORRIBLE WERE THE T0RTuRES
OF the Patients Many We're Strapped
to Their Beds.
MOSTLY VICTIMS OF THE DRUG HABIT
And Patients With Delerium Tremens
Were in the Fifth Story--Heart
rendins Scenes.


which was long known as the Hotel wood
ruff, and for brief period as the Hotel
Lancaster BY far the greater portion of
the patients received In the institution were
those seeking cure from the drink habit
and those who were addicted TO the use
of drugs.
When the FIRE broke out there were on
the 9th floor a number OF patients suf
fering from delrum tremens and some who
we're deranged by drugs. Several Of these
were strapped to their beds snd it was
found impossible to save them, so rapidly
did the Are spread through the building,
The list OF the dead Ms fsr as known at
present Is as follows:
$. j. NEWELL.
CARL A. CARLSON.
JOSEPH HARRINGTON,
SAMUEL DALZELD.
DIR. T. STANTON.
GEORGE A. RIBBECK Hillsdslc. Mich.
WILLIAM KENT, alderman Of the
Fourth ward Chicago
JOHN II. KNAPMAS.
MRS. NJ BAUMANN.
r. II. BOYD, rs years old. a membSt II
the medical stan Of the institution.
THE INJURED WE'RE;
A. W. wattles will de.
Mrs. Amelia Wilson, 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 adjoining
building; leg spraincd,
A. J. Davis. business manager OF the saul.
tarium. slightly burned.
Henry Norman. eolored, berned. not Sc
rious
Frank johnson, burned. not serious.
Fred Kappa. cut by glass, not serious.
Or. II. l.. Luse, burned.
Mrs b. H. Bowman severely burned
while rescuing her 4-year-old daughter from
/ third floor,
Mary Bowman. years old. slightly
| burned
Fireman NJ. Hadlcy burned while rescu-
| Ing Carlson from fourth floor.
Mrs Leah, Omaha. overcome by smoke
not serious
J. f. Suit, Jumped from third floor int
net; will probably die.
Michael Luhby.
6. S. Colt, Lavergno. III.
j. f. Bishop, ST, Louis. Mo.
The fire originated IN the basement o
the building and spread rapidly to the up
per stories through the elevator shaft Th'
blaze was discovered by James Newell,
grocer He shouted TO several men to Civ
the alarm and to alarm the inmates O
the building Several hurried to do this
but by the time they reached the first FOO
Of the building, the flames had been carrie,
to the roof, and eaten through 1t and Wer
Itupln: high in the air.
AS the cry Of FIRE rang through the build
ing, patients sprang from their beds an,
before they could be prevented several has
jumped from the Window to the pave
nent
The fire department was on the seen
within a few minutes aud as the window
we're hllcd with people shrieking for her
the Arcmen devoted their first efforts 4
saving lives and allowed the hre TO burn
While a large number OF people were bein
cnlried down the ladders " the Gremcn
the ERE got such Roadway that there wa
almost no chance for those on the uppe
door Of the building TO make their escap'
and these who were not sDffocated wer
killed or badly injured by ieaplng fror
the windows.