Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-08-12
FIRE DESTROYS ! |
SCHOOL. |, J BUILDING ! ! !! | ] \ { i
ssspELHl SCHOOL DISTRICT SUE
FERs HEAVY :: y <. Loss { ,':'s ~ u DE
sTRucTioNS or SCHOOL. \
LAD SAVES LITTLE BROTHERS. LIFE
Russell White Has arrow = t'st Escape
From Burning 10 Death. Sets f
HI s fs Fire to Lawn and Clothes.

The large school building in our
y $neighboring city OF Delhi was reduced
to ia mass of ashes and wreckageJ by
fire on Monday night The fire was
discovered at about six O'clock on
n Monday evening. starting in the scu-
pola Of the building. It was reported
= the next morning that boys. had
gainea an entrance to the building by
taking out several panes of window
Klas s, and ereNseens in the cupola
I during the afternOo The supposition
lis that the lads were smo king cigar
ettes while In the building, and that
the fire had Its q origin from tnat
The building was erected 4 in ! 81 z,
and was a large brick IS uctnre, cost
Ing the district lat that time upwards
y OF SIG, 900 The tdi trict carried insur-
I ancetto the amount of only 81, 900 at
the time that the building was de-
!. stroyed. 1sss 4. s:ssss, y,
IA movement ii already on foot for
the raising OF funds for the? erection
+ OF a thorough hly modern school build
Ing, and the school board hopes to
4 have a new structure completed by
January J, 191 With the opening
OF the school year this fall the board
y win proba bly, convert number OF
lodge halls and fthe Baptist church
] into school rooms J. AZ .75s s5 54s
Besides destroying the schoolhouse,
the flames also consumed what re-
smained Of the ancient land mark, the
4 old dis tillery, which passed through "a
destructive 81 fire several years ago.
"A part OF the stone walls of the old
dfstillery were used as an ice house
and its contents ARE e total loss to
the owner b. d. 5l
Monday was q decidedly unllcky day
for. the town at Delhi. Besides SUI,
fering the, loss ~ athe / school build
Sing. entailing a heAvy loss to the
roWly avefted through the 5level-head-
edness Of Wesley, the ten year old
son of@>Mr. and Mrs. y r. P. White,
when he saved his little seven year
old brother from a most horrible
death. The little son Il. Russ ell, pro
cured some matches and: ina moment
when the mother did not see him. set
/ fire to II some tall: grass near the
sontbuildings, and also set fire to his
clothes. The child,s clothes were:
nearly burned off his body when the
older child B discovered the peril
Scondi ditiom OF g his h brother. Unlike,
zNhats mn6ts chitdren would haveayaRe.
Wesley procured q pail 0f water ansl
4dIenched the little brother and tore
OFF the burning clothes. fsthe older
child had tried to summon aid instead
.of giving aid himself. the community
OF Delhi would no doubt have suffer-
ed ~ loss which: could not be meas
nred in dollars and cent the life Of
one OF S5its school children. Though &
the child is frightfully burned and
suffering intensely. the attending
,phys ician Isl hopeful Of the outcome,
although 1T will take many weeks for
the wounds to heal. fg ~:
This incident again emphasizes the
necessity Of keeping matches under
dock and key. and in event OF their
clothes catching ON 3s fire. the
schildren should have it impressed up
ION their minds that in many cases
severe burns have been averted by
rolling Son the ground einstad Of run !.
ming for assistance. Running has
tendency to ia the flames, while roll
inEs on the ground in almost every In n.
stance extinguishes them.