The San Francisco call., 1906-04-13
F IRE RACES
IN OAKLAND
INSTITUTION
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Grace Long. IL years old. who had been
playing in the yard. dashed up the
stairs to the attic, where her little
brother, Harvey, and two other boys
We're lying suffering from chickenpox.
Taking Harvey in her arms, Grace car
rled him to the ground, and EIn1l TAU
slant and Charles Andriana, the other
stricken children, followed. At almost
the same time nine-year-old Belle silver
man, remembering that her sister, Min
ME, aged years, was in bed In the girls
dorm1tory, ran through the smoke nlled
corridors and assisted her to safety. BY
the time the matron and nurses had
reached the cots of the little patients they
had all been removed
When the firemen arrived upon the
scene they found the upper part or the
orphanage in flames. Engines Nos. and
responded TO the alarm, but there were
only two hydrants within useful distance,
and engine No. lay idle while No. 3
pumped from both hydrants. For three
hours the f1remen fought braveiy, but
their efforts were in vain. The first story
of the building was of brick, but the
second story and attic were or WOOD, ana
were soon destroyed.
The little hospital, which has just been
completed and is the pride OF the cnar-
liable ladies connected with the institu-
joins the orphanage, and the main build
ing, used as an old ladies home, were not
damaged and were not considered In DAN;
ger, there being no wind.
AS the f1remen desperately fought the
flames and the brave nurses guarded their
little charges In the grounds the funeral
services in the Old Ladies Home, 15O feet
away, proceeded, and as the cortege
wended its way through the grounds
hearse and carriage had to make way for
the changing fire apparatus.
FRIGHTENED PEOPLE QUIETED.
The funeral was that of Mrs. Sarah
T. Yale of East Oakland, who had been
an inmate of the home for eight months
and who died yesterday Of pneumonia.
An unusually pathetic feature. was that
Mrs. ]. H. Bruins, daughter of Mrs.
Yale, VINO has been confined in Fablola
Hospital for several weeks, had to be
taken to the services in an ambulance.
The funeral was conducted by the Re-
bekah Degree Lodge of East Oakland,
and the sermon was preached by the
Rev. Raymond Brooks Of Fruitvale. 1t
was attended by the other inmates OF the
home and by many outside friends. Mrs.
Yale was 81 years old.
Among those who attended the fu-
neral were Mrs A. E. Miner, treasurer
of the Ladies' Relief Society; Miss Ma
tilda Brown, the president, and several
members, all of whom rendered fnvalu-
able service in assisting the nurses In
quieting the children and keeping them
out of harms way DR.. j. c. s. Akerly,
the physician of the society, was also
early on the ground. but luckily there
were no casualties and his services
were not required, except to assist in
quieting the frightened women and
children.
Upon the advice of Dr.. Akerly the
four sick children were removed in an
ambulance to Fabiola Hospital. After
a consultation between Mrs. Miner, Miss
Brown and Matron Hendricks 1t was
decided TO house tthe children IN the
main building until accommodations
can be provided. Accordingly the boys
will sleep tonight in the basement and
the little gigls In the attic.
ALL ARE ACCOUNTED FOR.
The three nurses of the orphanage
are Miss B. c. Anderson, Miss e. Bean
and Mrs. Edna Baskerville.
After the excitement had subsided
somewhat Miss Hendricks, the matron,
said:
THE only cause for the fire seems to
have been crossed electric wires, so far
as / have been able to-, ascertain. 1t
started in the northwest corner of the
building, where there are no flues, and
near the roof. AS soon as the smoke
and flames were discovered the nurses
and / went through the building and
saw that none of the children were left
inside There were several wild rumors
started that children had jumped from
the windows and that some were miss
ing, but they were without foundation.
There was nothing like. panic, and
every child has been accounted for by
the nurses. There are sixty-three IN
mates of the orphanage, twenty-nfne
women in the Old Ladies Home and fif-
teen babes in the nursery.
The Ladies' Relief Society of Oakland
is one of the Oldest charities In the city,
having been established thirty-f1ve years
ago by Mrs L. E. Dam and other char
liable women. At present its officers
are: Honorary president, Mrs. L. e.
DAM honorary vice president, Mrs. j.
L. n. Shepard; honorary director, Mrs.
E. G. Mathews; president, Miss Matilda
Brown; vice president, Miss Kate Rad
ford; treasurer, Mrs. A. E. Miner; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Spencer Browne;
corresponding secretary Miss JOSIE
Campbell; advisory board-C. o. q.
Miller, Colonel G. c. Edwards. T. L..
Barker, j. c. Ford and Charles But
ters. The society is supported by popu-
lar subscriptions and bequests.
In 1891 the orphanage was destroyed
by fire and on it's site the building that
was destroyed today was erected at a
cost of s22, 900 The loss was partly
| covered by Insurance, and Miss Brown
stated today that steps would be taken
| almost Immediately to erect new
| building.
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