The Irish standard., 1908-03-21
another HORROR IS
POSSIBLY AVERTED'
TOLEDO, O., SCHOOL BURNS ONLY
FEW MINUTES BEFORE sES-
SION is CALLED.
BUILDING QUICKLY
Quilted BY FLAMES
Three Hundred Orphans at Blooming.
ton, H., In Fire PeriI-Several Fire
mon Injured In Gotham Blaze-Fire
In Pittsburg Suburb.

Toledo. o., Mar. 1.-Napoleon's
Union school. the largest building Of
the kind in the state, which was com.
pletely remodeled only last April, and
had cost the county $4,000 altogeth-
or. was destroyed by fire Tuesday morn
Ing. A repetition of the Collingwood
horror was possibly averted by only
a quarter of an hour in the time Of
starting the fire. as the children. were
playing in the yard when it was dis
covered. At nine o'clock, when the
school pupils should have been in
their seats, the main part of the build.
ing was a mass of flames.
Defective FIue the Cause.
Superintendent Bemer and Princi.
pal White were the only persons In
the building when the fire broke out,
the other teachers not having arrived.
The two men ran to the stairway
leading to the attic and were driven
back by shower OF sparks and a
great volume of smoke. The fire had
evidently caught from a defective flue
of the furnace chimney, where it ran
up through the attic.
Before the fire department could got
stream on the building, the flames
had Quilted the attic, dropped to the
floor below, attacked the east wing
and was roaring up the big central
tower. The bell fell inside of is min
utes. The building is a total loss.
Eight hundred pupils were enrolled in
the school. The big building had 81
rooms including two large play rooms
and two engine rooms. 1t was recent
ly rebuilt and was formally opened
last April.
Save 800 Orphans In Fire Peril.
Bloomington, ILL.,, Mar 1.-The
laundry building OF the soldiers or.
phans' home here was destroyed by
fire early Tuesday. The structure
was close to the main building shell.
tering 300 boys and girls, and only
by herculean efforts was the main
building saved. The children were
awakened and taken out through the
patent fire escape in two minutes and
without a panic. The children have
had daily fire drills: The loss 10
$4,000.
Firemen Injured In Blaze.
New York, Mar. ia score of fire.
men were injured, several OF them
seriously, hundreds Of persons were
driven from their homes and many
buildings were threatened by a fire
early Tuesday which destroyed the
six-story brick building at No. 80 West
Eighteenth street. The big Siegel.
Cooper department store was serious.
ly threatened at one time. The fire
also got into the adjoining building
al No. 80. to 36 West Eighteenth
street and before 1t was checked had
caused total loss of 100000.
Business Houses Burned.
Pittsburg, Mar 11.-Eight firemen
were cut and bruised and eight busix
ness houses damaged to the extent Of
$125,O0O Tuesday by fire which for
a time threatened the entire business
section of Williamsburg, an adjoining
suburb. Originating in the Wallace
building, a three-story building on
Wood street, the fire spread rapidly
and assistance was sent from this
city. Upon the arrival of the addi-
tional apparatus the blaze was quickly
controlled The flremen were injured
when large plate glass windows burst
ed. The cause of the fire 10 not
known.