Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-08-01
ManiacS Fight With Firemen
and Attendants Who Try to
Rescue Them When Asylum
Burns at Hamilton. Ontario
EIGHT PERISH AND
MANY ARE INJURED
Battle Against Night Fire Has
Added Horrors When De.
mented Ones Struggle to
Prevent Being Carried Out

go Evening Herald =. T.. Leased wireI
Hamilton ont. Aug i Eight ato
dead and many were injured in IRE.
which partly destroyed one of the
main buildings OF the insane asylum
cn 'hy .idr ut the mountain south.
west of Jhe city early today There
were >0o patients IN the building when
me hrc Nas discovered and II was
only wclltrained lire fighting corps
and splendid coOlness and braverv
among the nurses and attendants nm.
der Dr English that averted more
uiuhtul loss ut lite There are -four
buildm-s In the group within the
asylum grounds The main building
Whore the IRE occurred. was a four.
story brick structure with basement.
.nu lco' n length ana about seventy
lyp' Wide. with wings az either end
hc $50 women patients occupied
Wartcrs ~ The west wing The re-.
| naindol OF the building was taken up
with mems wards and contained some
Of the most desperate eases in the
asylum
The women wore moved wlthOu,
serious difficulty 10 houses in the ad
| Joining buildings The situation among
| the men was moro serious. The fire
broke out on the fourth floor In what
| d. known as section ID. where the viO-
lent insane are kept.
The most of the men, guarded hy
| attendants. moved down three flights
! of stairs out OF the hre zone In order
| ly procession, but 4 scure. driven into
] frenzy bv the stlfflng smoke and
| the excitement OF midnight Gre
| fought on their roseuers with desper.
ltc .ury Three " them. after being
| carried down tu the second floor
broke away and lied back 90 rho hlaz
| 'nc corridors
! The flames iu the meantime had
] spread down he hallway and were
/ aiing their waS through the floor ~
! 'he Jhir story The ASYLUM hre
brigade although fighting bravely
were handicapped hy thc maniacs and
! were losing control
The cit, brigade, witch had been
! summoned. finally arrived II was
nearly o'clock before ho hrst OF
| their apparatus was brought in'o play
| Ia, hrrm,u ran scaling ladders 20
! tho third aud fourth floor windows.
| whore li was believed some of the
| utouuua,y- had lied Crawling into
| thc stiilin- smoke the dremcn CROPPED
hcir way about until they found
maniac ho was still able 90 offer re-
s's'uuoo and 10 was necessary 10
! buUo. him -cuselcss when he waa
! dropped into 'ho uJc nets below Eight
of 'ho iuscduc aud one attendant, who
/ bad lost consciousness Ia the work or
! .u-Cuo. we're saved
The blazing ioof ot the ASYLUM
! prrched ou the mountain side attract.
ad the attention OF he entire cit,.
i Hundreds llockod zap the hin II was
90 weird slight thar presented itsoll
The screams Of ih, 500 inmates of th,
| toGr huildnss drowned every otho.
sound Th. 0rgm.u lighting both
lanes and .He mun'ars We're in con.
iant pcrs and Frequently We're seen
prIcurd ON window -ill- through which
thc -WDa, was pouring irving 10 dra.
forth STRUGGLING man Tom Fi'-
gerald of tlo electric truck is given
u.iir 'ur fH, r,acur of five men Hts
sixth lro.o from his grasp ot win.
HuN JuJ 'lra nHce INTO the flames.
WHrrp Dee uor.-hod
TN. ur, believed 90 have been
caused o., short circuit of AN elcC
trr vi.. In rh, store room on the ton
fIup.