The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-10

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had ngi tile outside uf tise acraen WIRE
! from bars running parallel fl re ill.
| Thn space hefwean these bAra waH too
snaaia To allow the PASSAGE pf even
small boy. ami behind them wera gath
erred d crowd 0f meu. whose numbers
we're afterwards found To be between
gs and 20. Escape In other directions
was inpossible. The one chance for
life for that crowd OF fnen lag through
that screened and barred window. The
men closest To the screen tore and
tugwed at II in vain effort TO tear II
from its fastenings and the men be-
hind them fought madly TO get close
euouRht to the screen to fasten their
AnRers In Il. A number of the men at
the window were in straight jackets
and manacies. and those not able %
helm themselves or others were the
widest of all in their frantic efforts TO
break the bars.
The crowd in the street watching the
desperate situation of the men behind
the screen was simply an insane mob.
IN seemed as though nothing could ne
done and that all of the men would die
within six inches Of freedom. That
anv az the men escape at all is owing
IN the work of T. E. Davis Of cedar
Rapids. la. a patient. He induced the
men 20 cease their disconnected pull
ing az the screen and to unite their
efforts. Four men at first took hold
of the screen. and In almost minute
them
sway and before the four men could
get IN the screen again they were COM
peIled 10 fight with their fists. Davis
managed to get his men to the WINDOW
again. and after a few desperate pulls
they managed to tear down a portion
of the screen. Nerved to the work by
their success, the bodies OF the men
swayed back and forth as they put all
OF their strength into one last enort
Finally down It came, the men IN their
desperation pulling with It large pieces
Of the mortar in which the sides mad
been incased. and escaped death
The injured are:
A. w. Wattles will die.
Mrs. Amelia Wilson. probably will
die
Mary McMannis. badly burned.
Matte Jameson. slightly buT ned and
overcome by smoke.
Minnie Ellis. slightly burned.
John Downey, Omaha. Neb.. jumped
from third story window to roof OF ad-
joining building, leg sprained,
A. C Davis. business manager Of the
sanItarium. slightly burned.
Henry Norman. colored. burned, not
serious.
Frank Johnson. burned not serious
Fred Kappa. cut by glass. not serious
DR. II l.. Luse burned.
Mrs. r II Bowman. severely burned
while reseuing her 8-year-oid daughter
from third floor
Mary Bowman. years old, slightly
burned
Fireman NJ. Hadley. burned while
rescuing Carlson from fourth floor.
Mrs Leah. Omaha overcome by
smoke rot serious
!. Suit. jumped from third story
intr net. will probably die.
William f. Davis. Cedar Rapids. Ia,
burned about head
r. w Marties, suffocated in building,
rescued will recover,
r r Means. face burned
T.. w Woodrich. burned about head
and tace
Dir. C. r. Anderson. bruised and
burned
G. T. Wears, head burned. may die.
G. C. Andrews, burned. condition So
rious
L. Seymour. fireman. slightly burned.
william Lanahan. engineer. bruised.
]. p. Nagel. inventor of gasoline
plant in hospital. slightly bruised.
Annie Meyers. face and hands
burned.
C. r. Miller. president OF the ST, Luke
society. face burned
Mrs G. L. Miller. face and neck
burned
George Noyes. hands burned and
nearly suffocated.
Clinton Osborne. New York. face
burned.
After the fire was over the police ar
rested William Lanahan. the engineer
Lee Seymour. the fireman of the build
ing, and ]. F. Nagel. the inventor of a
gasoline plant in use in the basement
of the Institution. There are no direct
charges against the men. but the po-
lice have the idea that the fire might
have resulted from the mismanagemeut
OF the gasoline plant
The police placed under arrest in
addition to the men taken into custody
directly after the fire. G. e. Miller. the
president OF the institution, and VIII
liam Sterner. the engineer of the build |
ing. who went off duty at noon.
Death of DIR. Law