Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-12-22
Eleven COlOred Girls Killed and
Twenty. EIGHT Injured.
SalIie Dade, of t1OpkinsvilIe. In
the List of The
Dead.


ly injured as a result of the FIRE
that broke out last night in the
woman's dormitory of Walden Uni
versity, colored.
The dormItory was a four story
building of brick and the only
means of exit was down the maiu
stairway, which was shortly cut off
after the fire broke out, aud the in
mates rushed panic.stricken
through the smoke and heat seeking
an avenue of escape. Baffled in
this, they sought the windows and
hurled themselves headlong to the
ground.
Most Of the women had retired
and only had time to escape in their
night garments.
THE DEAD.
Stella Addison, Fort Gibson,
Miss.
Adele Christian, Greensboro,
Ala.
Sallie Dade, Hopkinsvile, KY.
Matte Lee Moore, Huntsville,
Ala.
Lula A. Terry, McMinnville,
Tenn.
Mamie c. Johnson, Hattiesburg,
Miss.
Cora Bryant, of Cleveland, Miss,
who was sick in bed on the fourth
floor, is missing. 1t is supposed
she persisted, as all efforts to find
her have been Intellectual.
Among the injured half a dozen
are seriously hurt. One of them is
Miss Eleanor Moore, preceptress,
white woman from Chicago.
Mildred Thompson, of Cadiz, KY,
was slightly hurt, and Lulu Evans,
Lexington, KY, had an ankle
broken.
DEATH OF SALLIE DADE.
The Hopkinsville girl killed was
a daughter of Lucian H. Dade, the
we'll known blacksmith. He was
notified of his daughters injury
and started at a. M, but found
her dead on arrival two hours later.
Councilman Ed Glass had a son,
Garfield Glass, in the male depart
ment, but he sustained no injury.
Later Reports.
Nashville, Dec. 21.-There are
nine known to be dead and two
missing as a result of the Rust Hall
fire Friday night. Two bodies
were taken from the ruins of the
burned building Sunday afternoon
Just before dark. The other two
missing girls undoubtedly persisted
in the flames, and it is believed
their bodies will be found when the
search of the ruins is resumed to-
day. The two bodies taken from
the ruins were horribly charred,
nothing but the trunks remaining.
There was no change Sunday in
the list of those who could not be
accounted for. The four bodies
thus far rescued account for that
many of the number, which is six.
The list is as follows:
Maggie Shroufe, of Dover, Ky.
aged IL years.
Mabel Stewart, OF Quito. Tenn,
aged 10 years.
Bessie M. Oliver, of Tuscaloosa,
Ala, aged II years.
Eva Jamison, of Winchester,
Tenn, aged IA years.
Cora Bryant, of Cleveland, Miss,
aged IL years.
Adele Christian, of Greensboro,
Ala, aged 10 years.
NO DEATHS SUNDAY.
There were no deaths up to Sun
day night among the twenty eight
students who were so frightfully
crippled and MANNED by jumping
rom the windows. At.Dr. Wilson s
Infirmary Eleanor Moore, of Chica-
90, was still in critical condition.
BROUGHT HERE.
The body of Sallie Dade was
brought home and inferred yester-
day afternoon. She was about 10
years ola and the only child of Luz
clan Dade by his first wife. Her
neck and both arms were broken
by the Jump from the building
Garfield Glass, of this city, was
first TO reach her and bore her in
his arms to the Presidents house, |