The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-10
At Least Ten Perish in Chi
cago Holocaust.
sANITARlU M Blu R NED
Patients Cut Off on Upper Floors
Had No Chance to Escape.
FIRE STARTED IN BASEMENT
With Roar ii Assembled Elevator S;saf
and Burst Out of Roof, Cutting OFF
Many OF the Patients
Were Suffering With Delir-
ium Tremens or We're
Demented by Drugs.

ium 1remenS or were
Demented by Drugs.
iEy Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, June a.-Nine men and
one woman were killed and about thirty
persons injured in a fire which this after
noon destroyed the sanfatrium conducted
by the st. Luke's Society at the corner
OF Wabash Avenue and Twenty-first
Street The society occupied the build
Ing which was long known as the Hotel
Woodruff and for a brief period 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 was on the fifth
floor a number of patients suffering from
Gelirium tremens, and some VINO We're
deranged by drugs. Several of these were
strapped to their beds. and 1t was found
impossible to save them. 80 rapidly DID
the fire spread through the building. The
list, as far as known at present. although
1t is possible that the list of dead will be
Increased later. is as follows:
THE DEAD.
S. J. NEWLL.
CARL A. CARLSON
JOSEPH HARRINGTON.
SAMUEL DALZELL
DR.. j. T. STANTON.
GEORGE A. RIBBECK, IIillsdale, Mich.
WILLIAM KENT. Alderman of the
Fourth Ward. Chicago.
JOHN B. KNAPMAN.
Mrs NJ. BAUMANN.
B. H. BOYD. seyenty-eight years Of age
and member of the medical staff Of the
restitution.
THE INJURED.
Michael Luby, seriously burned.
J. B. Bishop, st. Louis, Mo-: seriously
burned.
burned: may die.
A. W. Wattles. badly burned on the
head and back and internally injured,
will die. ss
Mrs. Amelia Wilson, burned about the
body and inhaled flames. will probably
die.
Mary McMannis. badly burned about
the body
Matte Jameson. slightly burned and
overcome by smoke.
Minnie Ellis. slight burns about the
face
John Downey, Omaha, Nebraska, jump
ed from third story to roof OF aoooinlns
building; leg sprained.
A c. Davis business manager OIL the
sanitar,um, slightly burned about the
hands and face
Henry Norman, colored. burned about
the hands and face: not serious.
Frank Johnson burned about the hands
and face: not serious.
F4ed. Kapra, cut by glass while try
inr to lump from window on the fourth
noor. Carried down by hremen; not
serious.
DR.. n. L. Luz, burned about the face
and hands.
Mrs. b. H. Bowman, burned while res
cuing her four-year-old daughter from
,aA oh I a
body.
Mary Bowman. four years old; burned
about body: not serious.
Fireman Michael Hadley. burned while
rescuing Carl Carlson from fourth floor;
burned about face and hands; not seri-
Mrs. Leah. Omaha, overcome by
smoke; not serious.
I. p. Suit, jumped from third floor
into net: injured internally; will probably
WENT UP WITH ROAR.
The FIRE originated in the basement OF
the building, and spread rapidly TO the
upper stories through the elevator smart.
The blaze was discovered by James New
ELL a grocer. who was driving through
the alley in the rear Of the building. He
noticed smoke coming from one of the
basement windows. In an instant the
flames were caught by the draught in the
elevator shaft, and carried up with
roar Newell gave an alarm. but IN
few minutes the flames had been carried
70 the roof. had eaten through 1t ana
were leaping high in the air.
Az the cry of fire rang through the
building, patients sprang from their beds
and before they could be prevented sew
eral had jumped from the windows 10 the
payement. A number Of people were car
ried down the ladders by the hremen.
but the fire gained such headway that
there was almost no chance for those on
the ,,nner floors of the building to make
their escape, and such Of them as Were
NOT s,,rfocated were killed or badly IN
.nred by lea ping from the windows
IN STRAIGHT JACKET.
Alderman Kent was in room on the
ff;h floor with his attendant a. w az
lies. The Alderman, VINO mas ceeu =. W.
taIly blind for many years, was IN a
.,.sirhf Jacket and his hands were man
ae,ea 10 a belt that passed around MS
r.sist When the alarm OF fire was
sornaea Wattles ran to investigate. he
fo,.nd the elevator shaft q mass OF
Aar es and ran back to help the Alderman,
who, blind and unable TO 90 any tii,iiS
Win his hands, was almost mad with
fa,r. and was shouting like an insane
nerson. He had CROPPED his way TO the
Soor and by the time his attendant hao
reached him had fallen to the moor over
come with smoke. Wattale1 seized MIN
and tried to drag him down the hall
70 q place of safety. but Kent had be-
come SO crazed that 1t was almost Inn
possible TO do anything with him. Wat
fles was finally compelled to run for his
life. as the flames were already scorch-
tnr his clothing. He ran to a window on
the south side OF the building. across
which, were iron bars. Wattles managed
70 tear two of these from their fasten-
inrs and with two other men who had fol
lowed him. climbed out on the Sill. They
were seen by the dremen. who called
49,, IN rnr,ain where they were and