Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-02

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back downstairs.
p,,t in spite OF every effort the blaze
uained and drove the lighters slowly
back. Half an hour after its dlseoV-
ary IL was raging throughout the root
and third and second floors, and Father
BALDWIN and his devoted corps haa
heen forced Town below the dormi-
tories. where the girls clothing u tue
bedding fed the flames ike tinder' In
the Murray of getting the girls OUT
safely no effort had been made to save
any of their effects-and probably NOT
4 dozen Of the 500 or more dresses were
removed.
Tt was Just at the point where the
IRE was completely beyond the powers
OF the college lighters that the North
Piainaeld nremen arrived-too late,
Moreover. the great altitude Of the
college building seriously affected the
water supply, and twenty minutes aIteF
the first firemen got to the scene the
chief said the structure was doomed.
Then with the same calm courage
that had characterized their ton
since the first discovery OF the fiafnes
Father Baldwin and the sisters Vent
TO the first floor. where three sisters OF
the order lay bedridden. and carried
then, quickly outside. BY this time the
scantily-clad girls were also safety
~marshaled on the grounds cr in near
by houses. but still Father Bald@tn
would not give up the battle. onjy
when he was restrained by the tiremen
did. he desist In his efforts to Renter
the flaming structure ana rescue the
relics and other valuabies Of the col
iege.
Floors Fail Through.
By 4:s0 O'Clock the handsome strnc-
ture was a mass of flames inside. us
walls of stone stood solidly oeneatn
the onslaught of the blaze, but every
thing within went TO feed them An
hour ana a half after the discovery
OF the blaze the devoted band of Sis
ters heard the floors of their beloved
sanctuary fall with a tremendous crash
Only then would they allow themselves
TO be led away to shelter in the neigh
boring dwellings.
Burned in the structure are not only
ali the clothing and jewels of the pn-
pills and the habits Of the sisters, out
thirty pianos went up in the flames
and with them also many valuable
paintings, n alone, Christ Before
PLATE valued at several thousand
dollars. The loss in furniture, clothing,
Jewels, etc. will easily reach $1oo.0V',
while the cutting of the building Itself
entails a damage of more tina S2OO,0oe
Long before the confiagration had
reached its height 1t was seen for miles
about by Inhabitants awakened by It's
lurid glare.
They thronged to the scene in every
conceivable sort of vehicle, from farm
carts to automobiles, n they num-
bered several thousand at the END. But
they were too late to save any of the
property, and some of them Initiated
the example Of David Kenny and Joha
stats, who placed their automobiles at
the services of the sisters and the pu-
p4ss and carried those who had not
already found clothes and shelter TO
81. Joseph's school, where they will
remain until new arrangements for
their care can be made.
statue Is saved.
While the fire ragged its h~ercest, the
SPECTATORS noticed a remarkable phe-
nemenon. Over the main entrance of
the great structure the statue of a
Madonna stands upon a pedestal. The
fames, scorching and varying the stone
and woodwork all about it, never once
touched the statue, and when the fire
had been e~xtinguished examination
showed that 1t was not even discolorea
by the slightest trace Of smoke,
1t was long after 8 O'Clock before the
blaze burned itself out ms de the struc-,
ture, for sheer lack of any other fuel.
But the walls still stand firmly and the
fremen did succeed in saving the
kitchen and laundry buildings adjacent.
The handsome college building was
reared upon the m~ountain-top only
three years ago. when it was blessed By
Bishop McFauL Previous to that tin7e
the college had been located at Bor-
dentown and before that at Princeton
Its student body consisted of 1876 girls
all told, ranging in age from 8 to IS;
but only seventy-seven of these were
boarders who lived in the college. Most
of these are the daughters of wealthy
families residing IN all parts of tha
country.
The following is the roll of the Scio7.
Miss Loretta Nolan, Trenton; Ire1t;
Duchene, Piainfeld; Irene Smith, New
York: Grace Conrery, Trenton: Anabel
Jones, South Carolina; Grace Rafferty,.
Plainfield; Nine. Alice Jaccard, instruc-
tor IN French; Alva Stevens, Mont
Hagen Island; Catherine Griffin, New
York; May Hickey, Raritan; May Cos
teilo. South Amboy; Muriel Collins.
Plainfield; Anna Sutley, R~ordentown,
Marie Sheppard, Bound Brook; Minnie
Taylor. Plainffeld; Pearl Jones, Tren-
ton; Emily MeCloud, Elizabeth; Anna
Borgseldt, Metuchen; Lucille Borgseldt,
Metuchen; Anna Conlin. Bound Brook;
Marie Sullivan, Plainheld; May Du-
chene. Plalnfeld: Bernardettc Duchene,
Plainfeld: Marie Tobin, Piainfeld; Sa-
die Lee, Scotch Plains; Margaret Rib.
son, Trenton.
Margaret Baullatz, Trenton; Kath-
leen Brown. Trenton; Marie Helen
Dugan. Philadelphia: Agnes O'Connor,
Trenton; Marie Krenan, Trenton; Ce-
ella Krenan, Trenton; Lucille Mines,
Staten Island; Helen Burns, New York;
Mary Colbertson, Atlantic City; Nellie
Enrich, Atlantic City; Carrie Enrich,