The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-05-17
Notes of the Fire

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when the building began to fiii
with smoke from the basement whore
the fire started the nurses went TO all
OF the rooms 10 notify the occupants,
who were still sleeping Miss Irene
Fisher groped her way down through
the halls while Mrs. Polk. Mr.. Crook
and Dr. jackson Harris, who also oc-
cupicd second story rooms made their
escape through windows and down TO
the ground by ladders, None OF the
people In the main building saved any
Of their personal belongings except
the clothes which they put ON as they
ran for their lives.
Patients OF the sanatorium In varl-
Gus degrees OF disability huddicd In
groups around trunks and bundles OF
possessions. or the reclining chair OF
one OF their number for whom a fire
was a little too much excitement
The porch and halls Of the south
building were crowded with the cots
OF patients from the east building
! who had been carried out soon after
the main buf fing began to blaze.
Nearly all personal belongings. In
| cludipg trunks, books. atomizers and
vases OF cut flowers Of the annex
Z patients had been carried out aud
/ were set down a safe distance away.
| Sparks from the blazing roof falling
| everywhere started near conflagra-
( tiun In "a loosely rolled down quilt
which was stacked up near some OF
/ the nurses trunks.
The nurses and the cook were the
/ only residents 3f the sanatorium who
were completely dressed. kimonas
/ boudoir caps. dressing gowns and
slippers Of yurlcgatod coolrs were the
order OF the morning for the ma
Jorily OF patients.
Miss Irene Fisher who escaped
from the second floor OF the burning
building through the denHest smoke,
4 lost everything except the sweater
and kimona she had thrown on In her
hasty exit. II had over % thousand
dollars worth OF clothes In there
she remarked as she watched her
wing OF the building crash In. whats
the use of having things2 ! won't
bother again" she said checrfully.
when are we going to cat2'
where will we eat" Here, have a
.. pill Instead" you girls run In nov
and get breakfast GIVE me a
smoke. I'm hungry" The questions
about food began To arise when the
first excitement of the fire was over
and the patients realized that the
dining hall and kitchens were In IN,
ruined building.
Friends from town came up In au'
tumohilos to take some OF the homo
less and hrcakfaatloss ones away
other spectators from the ucighbor'
ing houses on the hill went away aus
cnne back bearing bottles OF mill
, aud loaycs OF bread Picnic break
fasts were instituted on board walks
ON cot ends and trunks.
Arrangements were made with thl
| Presbyterian sunHt0rium TO use thei
kitchen equipment until tcmporar1
/ equipment can be Installed. The pa
| ! tiuuts were tod in due timo ana az
ono suffered from hunger.
The patients from tho main build
Ing wdth Installed in cottages whicl
- were temporarily vacant ana Mof
furnished with clothes and other nee
essitios by the more Fortunate ones
Dr. Gekler was fortunate IN Fetiin
], out ln his bath robe but not uuit
20 lucky with his Baby Grand plan
and talking macnino which with al
: I hiH valuable books ana other persons
effects were completely destroyed.
Dr. Harris fclt tho need of h'
, street clothes and his delay cause
7 hm tu descend to safety VIA IN
window. tie lost some valuah'
LluhH, worth over a thousand dullar
The management realized the I'm
mediate need of "a temporary kltche
I. and before the fire was cumpleiel
3 uut had lumber and other nuteri
% ON the ground getting ready for th
s.; next meal Thoy plan 90 USE N
garage for this purpose, and ser,
. supper ls usual tonight
@ The fire furnished considerable -
2 element tu the highlands fnr mar
p; of the health seekers who ordiuaril
have hut limited view of what
going nn With the bright sunshir
at the time OF the fire, rrclinir
chaira, cots and umbrellas hy n
ID scores appeared In both front AN
hack yards of the cottages In q
g. directions owing to tho olevUtig
,. ol The FIRE . coed view waa 10 he ha
m hy not only thoss who were lncat
M Ulosc by hut also By those numhl
] az IIonIa uNfNN