Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-03-09
lG5 PUPILS persisted
IlTEAle Result Of the COIhng.
weed Public School Fire
MANY REPORTED MISSING

Beglas Recovered from tho RuINs Of
AAs building Were 50 slacksned and
eharssd that Identification In Many
anssanoss Wac impossible.
Cleveland, o.. March 6.-One han.
Ggoa and sixty-flvs lives, all but two
a& them children between the ages
OG ak and Afteen years, are known 20
have been Lost in the Ere which, on
"wednesday, destroyed the public
school in north Oollingwood. 10 miles
east oe this city.
G9voraa others still are missing and
tAelr bodies may possibly Do in tho
runs.
e probably will be several days be-
foTe tho exact number OF dead Is &C
cuTateiy determined.
Of the 165 bidies recovered, los have
been positively identified and 81 still
ere unknown.
nodies alaekened and charred.
me bodies are so bachened by fire
end smoke; 20 battered and bruised
~ tramplinE feet, that there Is no
hunlln chance OF their identity being
established from anything which they
sovsnblOd In thedr hie time.
Il ID only by means OF some article
81 wearing apparel that their names
can be ascertained.
The cause OF tho fire, which, aided
81 panic, narrow hallway aud doors
which Il is claimed by many were
made to open toward the inside. a.!
81 mystery.
II was frSt supposed that It came
from an overheated furnace or an e\.
plbding boiler In the basement OF t0'
echool house. II has been esta0lish.
"a that there was no explosion, anu
che ianitor OF the school, Fred Her
Ter. three OF whose children died With
On arms length OF their father de-
clares that It could not have come
from the furnace,
palIsvss Fire Of lneendjary origin.
L. r. Gardner. member OF l"e
school board, is positive In his a'S"'
con the IRE was OF incendiary 'f'S'n.
IN that portion OF the building "oeTs
A. was discovered, there are 10 v'ee
trio wires, there NSs no direct i"'""'
Of creating heat.
There was In the building a. '.'
cine the IRE was discovered oe'"e'"
go and SIS pupils. They were un'',
tas control OF nine teachers "o u
theao are among the dead
Tho school was oyercNoNded az
qmrtssu had t~sn provided to' ~.
yOunRer children In the attic Sra' =
a. II may seem. more OF he paI 10
aecnpea from this part o. the SEN o.
eusidinx than from any other. ~
ah1dren were under good dis''P''t'
sAey had been practLced treqash,} :. ..
She are drill. their teachers "'''o .
Nmcsption retained their se'tIY''"'
uion. sowing great courage ~ "
-. az Imminent death. aud ye' nor
ahan half Of these little ones
horrfbiy because Of faulty hu''1'HN
Eangements. ...-,..
The school house was two ','' =
end a hxlf in height. he va -,
a. b4ick and concrete. lhHde y "-
= AL which burned vtth an ''' ~
conceivable rapidi'y
scene Had Few PARALLELS
nor supreme horror tie -oe@c' IA
were enacted around ,he rea' -, 9
eAis ifi.fated scboo! have .'- -
varalisls in this or any ~ -'.
ery latte children we're ,~' -.
can Other. six and s.ga' ter b.
@rune men and frantic ao;a''' -
WIof VIA desperate 90 r"'''' %.
yet faflsa and we've "ulg" o.. ' =.
baek and ses the iiJt.e oas' 80
ehcir eyes. 80.
o. woman soaud As- o. - =
81 this press 40 s'''~. -.
ana rads al eaoyi @, .''- 80 90.
away sAe ianei aze TO =.
1unea 20 6eash ws..s a~'
balvtasa. hooked or .......
Fsum ths upper h"or' % -
tnx I've stairvsys GER . .
q she.e Iea 70 as t-o1' So -,
.athar - ths amor 10 TIE 80 -
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