The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-22
FOURTEEN DIE IN
BURNING CONVENT
Three Nuns Injured, Two Prob
ably Fatally, i'm Saving
Others

MONTREAL, Quebec; April 21-A
disastrous fire broke out early today
and reduced to ashes the convent in
the little village of st. Genevieve. One
nun, nine children and four old ladies
lost their lives and two nuns were
probably fatally burned The dead:
SISTER MARIE ADJIJTEITR mn
Sic mistrss. 50 years of age.
AMANDA GARAUD of St. Gene
we've. aged Is years.
Is years 'A Af'e i''A''i'
Montreal, II years.
IRENE BERTRAND of st. Gene
We've. II years.
ADELE ROBITAILLE of st. Gene
We've, years
PARMELIA DUGAS of st. Gene
We've. IA years
years. e'''' ID
LEONE DAoUsT of Isle Bizara. Is
EGLANTINE PRoAL of Montreal
II years.
MRS. MICHAEL LALANDE of st.
Genevieve, aged 50.
MRS. CARDINAL of ST Genevieye.
aged so,
MRS. MARGARET POITVIN of
st. Genevieve. aged 9S.
MRS. ROBERT of st. Genevieve,
aged SS.
The injured:
Sister Marie Therese
Sister Marie Robertine, both prob
ably fatally
Miss Testers parents are in Cali
fOrnia.
As soon as the fire was discovered
the villagers fastened to the scene
Bucket brigades were hurriedly form
ed and every possible effort was made
TO save the building, but the fire had
gained such headway that it was soon
apparent that there was no chance to
save it from destruction. The occu-
pants. aroused by the smoke. attempt
ed to grope their way out of the
building.
Nuns Are Brave
Sister Marie Adjuteur in heroic eff
forts to save the lives OF the children
in her charge, succumbed to the smoke
and flames. Two nuns, Sister Marie
Therese and Sister Marie Robertine,
who risked their lives saving children.
were so badly burned that their lives
are deSpaired of. The pupils who per-
ished were in a portion of the building
where the fire had obtained too much
headway before the alarm was given
TO enable those who responded to effect
their rescue
The fire started about midnight An
effort was made to get Pointe Claire
by telephone so that assistance could
be had from Montreal. Meanwhile the
fire was spreading with fearful rapid
ity. The fire started in the old ladies'
hospice and the smoke was so thick
that the children on the floor about
were unable to get down.
The convent was called ST. Anne's
and was branch of the convent of
the sisters of st. Annes of Lachine.
The building was a gray stone struc-
ture, handsome in appearance, massive
in character and with the church it
formed central feature of the pretty
little village. st. Genevieve is a viii
lage and parish of Jacques Cartier
county, on RiViere deS PrairieS. 1t is
three miles from Beaconsfeld and five
miles from Pointe Claire.
To His Daughters Rescue
One of the first to reach the convent
after the alarm was sounded was Alphonse
Garaud who lives opposite the convent
grounds. He had two daughters in the
institution and his first thought was nat
uTally for their safety. Securing ladder
a window of the dOrmitOry where he knew
one of his children slept. When ne
smashed in the window a great volume of
smoke poured out He rescued one girl
and a minute later second girl jumped
from the adjoining window Urged by
Sister Marie Adjuteur, he aScended the
ladder again and called out. but received
no response. In another moment flames
were pouring out of the window and he
was compelled to retreat.