Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-06-14
A HORRIBLE HOLOCAUST.
Ten Persons Lose Their Lives By
the Burning Of Sani-
tarium in Chicago.
THIRTY OTHERS WERE BADLY INJURED.
Sc Rapid Was the Progress of the Fire
That 1t Was Impossible to Save Pa.
tIents In the Upper Story, Some OF
Whom, Suffering From Dellrum Ire.
mems. Were Strapped to Cots.


Chicago, June 1O.-Ten men and
one woman were killed and about
thirty persons were injured in fire
yesterday afternoon, which destroyed
the sanitarium connected with the
st. Luke's society, at 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
patients received in the institution
were those seeking cure from the
drink habit and those who were ad.
dicted to the use of drugs. When the
fire broke out there were on the fifth
floor number of patients suffering
from delirium tremens and some who
were deranged by drugs. Several of
these were strapped to their beds,and
it was found impossible to save
them, so rapidly did the fire spread
through the building.
The casualty list, as far as known
at present--although it is possible
that the list of the dead will be in.
creased later-is as follows:
The dead:
S. J. Newell.
William Kent, alderman Of the
Fourth ward, Chicago.
Carl A. Carlson.
Joseph Harrington.
Samuel Dalzell.
DR.. j. I. Stanton.
j. b. Bishop st. Louis, Mo.
George A. Ribbeck, Hillsdale, Mich
John B. Knapman.
Mrs. NJ. Baumann.
B. II. Boyd, rs years of age and
member of the medical staff of the
institution.
The fire originated in the basement
of the building, and spread rapidly
to the upper stories through the ele'
vator shaft. The blaze was discov,
cred by James Newell, grocer, whG
was driving through the alley in the
rear of the building. He noticed
smoke coming from one of the base.
ment windows, and ran into the en-.
CINE room to discover its cause. Be.
hind the boilers in the center of tho
cellar and within few feet of the
elevator shaft he saw a small flame
The next instant the flames were
caught by the draught in the ele.
vator shaft and carried up with a
roar Newell shouted to several men
in the alley to give the alarm and
alarm the inmates of the building.
Several hurried to do this, but by
the time they reached the first floor
of the building the flames had been
carried to the roof, had eaten
through it and were leaping high in
the air.
As the cry of fire rang through the
building, patients sprang from theiI
beds and before they could be pre-.
vented several had jumped from the
windows to he pavement.
The fire department was on the
scene within few minutes, and as
the windows were filed with people
shrieking for help the firemen devot'
ed their first efforts to saving lives
AMI allowed the fire to burn. While
this was the means of saving a large
number of persons, who were carried
down the ladders by the firemen, it
gave the fire such headway that there
was almost no chance for those on
the upper floors of the building to
make their escape and such of them
as were not suffocated were killed OF
badly injured by leaping from the
windows.