Arizona republican., 1911-09-06
LONG LINE or RUSHING AUTOMOBILES USED
TO CARRY HELPERS TO DERTRUCTIVE SCENE
Lives of 300 Luckless Inmates of Institution Were Saved
by the Discipline Exacted by Those in Authority
Insane Patients Marched From Building
Just Like Soldiers Dress
Parade.

Seldom has there been a better IL
lustration of the benefits of order and
system in the affairs of men and in
the success Of their movements than
afforded yesterday in the burning of
the asylum, by the celebrity and per-
fectness with which the inmates in
the portion being burned were taken
care Of. And the observation could be
extended, as well, to the perfect ar
rGngements made for their temporary
care yesterday. by the territorial asy-
lum authorities. and the further ar
rangements already made for their
permanent housing in the asylum
building, including the burned portion
ia a measure, and the grounds.
Within ten minutes after the first
alarm Of fire" said DR.. G.. W. Stew
ems. assistant physician in charge dur
ing the absence in Ohio on vacation
o. Superintendent Beauchamp, yesetr-
day, every inmate was safely out of
the burning building and safely in
stalled in other buildings of the insti-
tuition or on the grounds, only three
escaping in the midst of all the eX-
citement. and they being soon re-
captured by the city police and re-
turned to the asylum. BY night they
will all be provided for permanently
by utilizing two floors of the west
wing which were rot very much dam
aged, and later the Easements of both
wings. placing a few Of the TRUSTEES
on cots on the back lawn.
The nearest approach to a fatal
casualty was that of George Schu
macher, night attendant of ward 3.
who was asleep in the basement of
one Of the wings, who slept through
the removal Of the furniture from his
room and on until personally and
fOrcibly awakened thereafter by fell
low attendants who had removed the
furniture ana supposed he had es-
capped in the meantime, but who at
the last moment thought to turn back
70 make sure, and found him still
sleeping amid the rattle of engines,
the cries Of men and women. and 9TH
er noises incident to a great fire. The
other men were also overcome by the
heat and smoke and exertiOn incident
to the fire, so much as to require the
service Of physicians. and the physi-
clan in charge finally found himself
in not much better shape after the
stress of the removal of the patients
and after the flames were pretty well
beaten down; but that was the extent
of the near casualties.
Those in charge Of the wards and
who engineered this quick and ef-
fective removal and preserved all from
death were DR.. G. W. Stevens. physi-
clan in charge, who has only been at
the asylum. for about two months,
during DR.. Beauchamp's absence on
vacation in Ohio; NJ J. Fitz-
gerald and Charles Atchley attendants
in charge of ward !: c. NJ. Baker. in
charge Of ward .: r. r. Carson.
Chas. +. Wheeler. Orl Spain. in charge
Of ward 3; NJ. T Brown and Chas s
Gossin, in charge Of ward s. all in
the main building; and w. Donald,
the mems supervisor These were
primarily responsible for the quick re-
mOval of the patients.
Others who assisted in various WAYS
in this and in fighting the fire were
Steward It. Trevillan. who was in
town on his regular morning trip for
supplies but who hurried to the fire
as soon as he heard Of the alarm and
was valuable in experimenting the
removal of the furniture, much of
which was saved: VIM. McFadden. The
engineer and in charge of the chem
ical engine, under whose oversight
the well patient and excellent plum
Der was working whose work is sup
posed to have been the cause of the
fire; Wee Barton. the cook is also
credited with having discovered the
fire; Thos. White. the baker: J. F.
Fisher, head farmer; H. NJ Williams
ard o. f. Story, assOstant farmers:
and ]. W. Gates, dairyman; Patrick
Brady and Donald Mccormick of the
mems hospital; J. Kolar and w. J.
Dwyer of the west cottage; H w