The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-25
Fifty Pablo Schools Burned;
Protection Is Needed Badly
Loss in Three Months Amounts to 81 100000 In
Guiding Fraternity Houses--Such Fires
objectionable.

I stories and roof burned: aid sent
from Troy on request. Damage. 81, 600.
January 3, Hooper. Neh. Public school
| January %, New York city. Academy
OF the Sacred Heart chapel, Aqueduct
avenue; ignition of oily rags left by
wOrkmens eXtinguished with buckets
Of water. Damage slight.
January 81, Ithaca, n. Y. Cornell Uni
versity. Alpha Tau Omega fraternity
house; three-stOry building, used as
dormitory; one life lost (student. third
story); poor water pressure and mad
equate facilities Loss, SO 600.
January 81, New Haven, conn. Yale
University, Secret Society Berzillus'
chapter house; tomb construction;
early morning Damage, S12O1c
February 8. Wheeling. ". Va. Fourth
ward public school building; cause, eX-
plosion OF gas range in cooking &C.
partment, Loss, $4,000.
February (. Petersburg. Va. Dinwiddie
Agricultural and Industrial School.
Cortland. Van Rensselaer, Han (main
building). Loss $4,000
February g. Auburn, Wash. New public
school building Loss. 5000
February 10 StronghuTst. Ill. High
school building. Loss. $4,000.
February r. Desmet. Idaho. Girls IN
dian School and dormltory but ding;
cause. falling stovepipe. Loss, $4,000.
February II, Adrian, Mo. Public school
building; cause, explosion Of boiler in
thrown into the basement Whea lhe
floor was torn away by the force o.
the explosion. many we're burned an
scalded. Damage, $500.
February ~, Mcpherson, Kan. Walden
College, dormitory bulldog uppe!
stories burned out Damage, $50
February "a Auburndale. Mass LdscLl
Seminary Damage, 5000.
February q Point Pleas 1T, y J. HlSa
school building; cause. defective hue AZ
basement. Loss, go GO.
February IS. North Lawrence. y. l.
Union School building. Loss. $1,000
February q. Hoisington. ka ans Hlgn
School building. Loss, Slo.vJo
February q. Mason City, Iowa. Roman
Catholic Convent; cause. sparks fall
ing on roof Loss, $4,000
February IS, Baltimore, Nd canton
Public School. No. l. Damage. N.oJO;
March .. Rockhiu. Tex. Public school,
building. and others: incendiarism.
Total losses, 5000
March 2 Danville. Ky. Breckenridge
Hall. Centre College burned.
March (. CollinwOOd. Ohio Public
school building; started during school
hours; los lives lost. Loss, 5000
March 4. La Fayette, Ind. Boarding
house, Purdue University, Es College
avenue; started in the upper part and
spread down to second story. Damage,
March T. Newark, n. J. House % the
Good Shepherd. Thirteenth averue and
about s p. m. and was put out with
portable extinguishers. Damage slight
March 5. Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Public
school building. Loss, $4,000.
garten school building: started in
basement, apparently from defective
electric wiring. Damage. 500.
March 8, Grand Rapids, Mich. Central
High School building; started during
school hours; 100 pupils; all got out
safely Gre drilD, Damage, $1,000
March 6. st. Johns. Mich North ward
school building; started during school
hours; rs pupils: all got out safely
Gre drilD. Damage slight
March S. New York city. Public School
No 165. 1O9th street. near BroadU ay:
started in unOCCupied classroom during
school hours. 2.50O pupils; all got Out
safely t1re drtlD- Damage slight
March s. Mesilla Park Tex New
Mexico School Of Agriculture. t,oa-d-
ing house and dormitory building for
boys burned.
March 9. Cape Sc. Ignace, Quebec.
Canada. Convent of the Sisters OF
Charity; cause. defective chimney
Loss, 10000.
March 3, Lees Summit. No. Public
school building. small fire during
school hours; 400 children SAD to have
rushed out in disorder when the alarm
for FIRE was heard. Damage slight.
March 10, Napoleon, Ohio. Union Pub
lie School; cause, defective chimney.
March II. Brookhsven. Miss. Negro
public school building. Loss. S401O.
March ~ MorehOuse, Mo. Public school
building; started in basement. Loss,
5000
March 1G. Little Falls, y. Y. Jefferson
street public school building; started
in furnace room, before school hours.
Damage, $500.
March L. Albion. Pa. High school
building; started soon after school
hours; no public FIRE department;
efforts 'of bucket brigade futile. Loss,
$4,000.
March Il, Sewanee. Tenn. St Luke's
Hall. University of the South: no
public fire department. Damage. 81. 900.
March q, ST. Louis. Mo. Forest Park
University; cause defective flue. Dam
age, So, 900.
March q. Clarksdale, Miss. Public
school building and three dwellings;
incendiRrism. Total losses. IS CO.,
March o. Ausable Forks. y Y. Union
Free School; started in laboratory.
Loss, $50, OoO
March ., St Nary's Kan. College
building. Damage. 8, 600.
March 30, State College. Pa. Chemistry
building. college EXting7lished by
students brigade. Damage. $4,000