The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-20
SEVEN NEGRO GIRLS
DIED IN THE FIRE THAT DESTROY
ED THEIR DORMIToRY.
SEVENTEEN SERIOUSLY HURT.
FURTHER ACCOUNT OF THE TRAG-
EDY AT NASHVILLE.

President Hamilton, of the College,
Hastened From His Home to Force,
an Entrance to the DOrmitOry.
Frightened Inmates Had Already
Begun, However, to HurI Them
selves From the mathematician
of Exit Had Been Cut on.
Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 19.-Seven ne
gro students are dead and seventeen
seriously injured as the result Of a
fire that broke out last night in the
womans dormitory of Walden Uni
versity. The dead:
Stella Addison, Port Gibson, Miss.
Adele Christian, Greensboro, Ala.
Sallie Dade, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Matte Lee Moore, Huntsville, Ala.
Lulu A. Terry, McMnnville, Tenn.
Mamie Johnson, Hattesburg, Miss
Cora Bryant, of Cleveland, Miss,
who was sick in bed on the fourth floor,
is missing. 1t is supposed she perish
ed, as all efforts to find her have been
Intellectual.
The Seriously Injured.
The seriously injured are:
Eleanor Moore of Chicago, whose in
juries are not definitely ascertained,
but she will die.
Bertha Morford, Chicago; fracture of
back and internal injuries; will die.
Victoria Miller, Anchorage, KY, in
ternally injured; probably fatal.
jamie Douglass, Huntsville, Ala; leg
broken and possibly internally injured.
Mamie Harris, Maysville, KY: leg
broken and internally injured.
Ernestine McCleary, Fernando. Fla,
condition critical.
Minnie Booze. Clarksdale, Miss.
Annie Hall. Birmingham, Ala.
Leonie Miller. st. Louis. Mo-, in
ternal injuries: will die.
Grille Walker, address unknown; will
probably die.
Minnie Aston, Covington, Tenn. /:
probably fatal.
Ladie Z. Knoz. Greenville, Miss.
Susie Cavell Macon, Miss. very Sc
rious.
The list of the less seriously injured
numbers fifteen.
Saw Them Leaping.
President Hamilton was the first
member of the faculty of the uni
versity, which is an institution for the
education of colored women. apprised
of the conhagration. He heard the
screams of the women, ana rushing TO
his window, which is just across the
street from the dormitory, saw the
flames bursting from the eastern end
of the building. DR.. Hamilton hasten
ed to force an entrance into the build
ing, but when he reached the door
the frightened inmates had begun to
hurl themselves from the windows
Several of them were killed in jumping
or crushed to death by those who fol-
lowed.
The dorrnitory was a four-story
building of brick, and the only means
of exit was down the main stairway,
which was shortly cut off after the fire
broke out, and the inmates rushed
panic-stricken through the smoke and
heat, seeking an avenue of escape. Baf-
fled in this, they sought the windows
and hurled themselves headlong to the
ground. Most of the women had re-
tired, and only had time to escape in
their night garments.
The burned building was known as
the Administration building, and was
one of the earliest results of the move
ment started by the Freedmen's Aid
Society for the elevation and culture
of the negro race after emancipation.
Five Are Missing.
1t developed to-day that five of the
negro girl students who occupied Rust
dormitory are missing. They are:
Maggie Shroufe, Dover Ky.
Mabel Steward. Quito, Tenn.
Bessie M. oliver. Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Eva Jamison, Winchester Tenn.
Cora Bryant, Cleveland. Miss.