The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-19
BIG SANiTARIUM BURNEp,
Seventh Day Adventists' INSTITUTE
Destroyed by Fire.

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Battle Creek, Mich. Feb. 1s.- he
Kellogg. or Seventh Day Adventist,
sanitarium here, which was located Pn
a hin at the highest point in the city,
was destroyed by fire early today, and
the property loss is estimated at from
$500 900 to 100000. SO far as can pc
learned there was no loss OF life among
the 40J people in the sanitarium. a
though one or two persons are said TO
be missing, and it is possible theiF
bodies may ne in the ruins. However,,
those pissing may sc in one Of tfe
hotses or hotels when have taken IN
the homeless vDlttfe7fSb1 Mrs. II. o.
Daniels of Eldorado, Ark, Is the only
person who was seriously injured. She
;ainped or fell from the fire escape at
the third story and sustained a broken
leg
TIE fire started in the bathroom OF
the sanitarium building probably about
the furnace. A still alarm YVES turned
i'm. but the FIRST company OF firemen
could not cope with the flames, which
shot up the elevator shaft to the roof
like rockets. 4 general call was seat
in but tire fire was beyond control.
The water pressure was low and this
added to the handicap Of the rremen'
as lie sanitarium stood on hill. In
two hours the building was in ruins
and the hospital was nearly destroyed.
1t Is almost miraculous that the 400
sleeping inmates escaped with thelr
lives.
Watchmen darted through the corri-
doris awakening them when the fire
was discovered Few of them had time
TO gather together any clothing, es-
Gaping in their night clothes. The cor
.ridors soon filed with smoke and about
half OF the patients were compelled to
make their way down the FIRE escape.
Mrs. Daniels. who was injured, was on
the fifth floor ~he was awakened by
the cry of fire Z rushed to the fire
escape on the nth floor. She got
down safely as as the third story
when she eithe jumped or fell, she
hardly knows which. She is resting
easily and is in no danger. Mrs. Gil
lnpham of Atlantic City, y. j., de-
scribing her escape said.
II was IN my room on the fourth
floor when the nurse rushed 20 the
door. crying fire. The electric lights
were going then. but they soon went
out and we were in darkness. but Cor
the flames which rushed from the
tower above our heads. Ny aged hus-
band vas on he floor beneath me and
had to 20 down the fire escape as did
j. He was guided by nurse and es-
capped safely. Scores Of people were on
the escape coming from all parts or the
building. and II Is a wonder that none
of them was killed"
The management Of the sanitarimn
Is positive that no lives We're lost as
each room Nas visited three times by
g. nurse before the building was aoan-
dored The buildings Will be rebuilt
Immediately.
ii is supposed that ons life was lost
in the sanitarium fire here today. The
missing man is Abner Case, aged IS.
of Bath. y Y Mrs. case. who was at
The sanit,.-;1m with her lluaSand, es-
capped She said she supposed che nurse
who was attending her husband sue
ceeded In getting him out. The re-
mains have not heel recovered. IRA
u. Saukey. the evangelist. also was an
inmate If the sanitarium, but man~
aged % get down by climbing q IRE
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