Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
Bighty-Five Boys Were Sleeping in DOrmi-
tories When Fire Broke Out,
SEVERAL INJURED BY JUMPlN
Three Are in Critical Condition and Will
Probably Die.
ORIGIN or BLAZE NOT AsCtRTAlNtD
Temporary Quarters for students
Have Been Secured and Classes
Will He Resumed
Monday.

GAMBLER, o., Feb. 24.-Three dead and
nine seriously injured and several others
more or less hurt as a result OF fire
which destroyed Miner Hail. Kenyon mill
tary academy. Delano and North halls and
North annex early today The fire broke
out at a. m. while the students and
college authorities were asleep. and quickly
spread through the buildings named, which
were consumed. The search for the miss
ing boys. the bodies of whom il is now
certain are In the ruins, was kept up till
late this afternoon, when the walls Of the
burned structures fell and their recovery
tonight is now regarded improbable Tor
some time. The search during the day
was impeded by the fact that the ruins
We're stiil red hot and made passage
through them nearly impossible. The fall
ing walls this afternoon barely missed D.
Peirce. president of Kenyon, and Regen,s
Wyant and Williams who were headin,
party Of rescuers through the ruins.
The dead and injured are all students of
the military academy and old Kenyon
Parents sisters and brothers OF the dead
and injured students arrive on every train.
The news of the fire spread quickly all
once by the college authorities to parents
of the boys injured.
The property loss by the destruction of
the buildings is estimated at $4,000, with
60 per cent insurance.
List of Victims.
Following is a revised rlst Of the missing
aud injured:
Missing, believed dead:
EVERETr HENDERSON, is, of Illinois
WlNFiGLD SCO1I hCNkEL, 10 OF ASH
taDuia, u
JAMES J. FULLER, Is. of Warren. o.
The injured
Harry c. Barnes. Cleveland. spine in
Jured and leg broken from jumping four
Lenox ". baker. Cleveland; internally
injured; Jumped four stories.
burned ABOUT body, may ole.
X. A. Shannon. Wellsville, y. Y; badly
bruised from jumping
badly burned about the arms.
a, @ slerell, colpanbus; feet badly
F. r. Galway commercial master.
Adrian. Mich.. internally. injured; may die.
w o. Dorsey, Dallas, Tex; badly
Arthur 81 own. Cincnnatl: student at
Old Kenyon, badly cut while assisting IN
the rescue.
Barnes was one of the last to leave the
Delano hall and jumped from the fourth
story window into a blanket, which gave
way ana ne Nds pTSClplldNtu ohlo the paw.
ment, sustaining injuries to the back. One
leg was broken. lie will die.
Eighty-fve boys were in the dormitory
when the fire broke out. An effort was
made TO effect a military formation, but
the younger students forgot their military
training and rushed about the burning
building I'm a panic. shrieking and crying
for help
The buildings destroyed were Delano hall,
Milner hall and the annex.
The losses on the buildings and their
contents will probably aggregate $50. 200.
The insurance is slight.
The origin of the fire is unknown. This
is the second time the Kenyon academy
buildings have been destroyed by fire.
The recent sensational hazing case, as
the result of which 1t was alleged that a
student from Cincinnati lost his life. took
place at Kenyon college. a seperate insti-
tuition from the military academy which
was destroyed today.
Students at kenyon college held a mass
meeting at 80 o'clock and arranged &c
provide homes for the military academy
college at Baxley Theological seminary
I Old Kenyon dornitory, Harcourt Ladies
seminary and the village high school.
/ The facuky has arranged to continue
studies and recitations at Old Kenyon ant
/ Harcourt
The buildings were owned by the Kenyon
| college corporation. The school was con
Quoted by wyant and Williams, regents
/ Deano hall used as a dormitory ant
most OF the cadets had rooms in tha
/ building