The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
2 NV HOSPITAL RESULT GIRLS
 SCHOOL BLAZE
Capital Shocked at News of Fire at Training Institution. Senate Had Appropriated Funds

Montgomery, October I4-(Spe-
 eial.)--The capital was shocked
 Friday afternoon by the dispatch
 from Birmingham telling of the
 destructiodn by fire of the State
 Training School for Girls, which
 had been located at Mt. Pinson-
 c. B. Rogers, chairman of the
 hoard of control, left during the
 afternoon for Birmingham, where
 temporary quarters will be ob-
 tained for the 121 girls until
 proper buildings can be obtained.
 Little Information reached the
 capitol about the cause of the
 Are. The board of control car
 rted insurance to the amount of
 A2V,OOo on the buildings.
 The state senate late Thurs
 day morning passed a bill appro-
 prfating xSO,000 for the construc-
 tfon of new buildings for the
 training school. The location had
 been changed, and 1t Is the
 purpose of the stnte to place the
 school ct Fairview, near Bir-
 mingham. The site which had
 been used by the school was
 placed on the market by the
 state several months ago. While
 1t was the home of Gen. Louis v.i
 Clark of Birmingham it was one
 of the show places of Alabama.
 Two girls out of 96 in the Alabama State Training School for Girls at Mount Pinson were in hospitals last fe-hf It 1% II. ( yesterday afternoon when the main building of that institution burned to the ground. Temporary provision was made for taking care of the girls, who are under keeping of the state, by the local chapter of the American Red Cross and the people of Mount Pinson.
 The fire was discovered while the girls and several matrons of the in- stitutlon were eating dinner and Is said to have been started by de- fective flue. The building, frame structure. was In mass of flames within few minutes after the alarm was given. Excitement among the girls approached panic. They left the building through every possible exit many returning to their rooms in an attempt to save part of their cloth ing.
 Girls Leave school
 Mrs. o. L. Amigh. superintendent of the institution, was in Birmingham at the time, but matrons at the school, with the aid of number of people who were attracted to the building by the flames, attempted to preserve order among the girls. some of the girls left the institution and .1 T @1 Birmingham.
 The flames spread from the builc- ing to a small hut, which was de- stroyed, and to the woods, which were still burning last night. Two of the little girls walked from the burning building to Boys Industrial school, seven miles away, and brought the news of the fire to D. NJ Weakly, who got together 8 group of boys and went to the scene. They assisted in putting out the fire in the woods, and in saving the other building of the institution, Jefferson hall.
 The home service committee of the American Red Cross, which happened to be in session at the headquarters in the Jefferson County Bank build ing, was notified of the fire, and immediately Dr. Morris Newfield, J. K Brockman and Mrs. R. K. Haugh- ton set out to the school. They were followed a few minutes later by Mrs. F M. Blynd, executive secretary. who remained in town long enough to ar range for sending out some blankets to the institution. They assisted in calming the girls and bringing mat ters to order.
 Red Cross On Job
 The Red Cross prepared at once to take care of the girls until state aid can be obtained. The school room on the second floor of Jeffer- son hall was used last night as tenn porary quarters for the girls, and cots were taken from the armory of the Alabama National Guard to be used until other provision can be made.
 Only two of the girls were fn-
 jured yesterday during the ex-
 citement of the fire. Elizabeth
 Hovis, aged 16, of Gadsden. was
 struck by . window. and was
 taken to the hospital of the Ala
 bama Boys Industrial school.
 Another girl was brought to the
 HilIman hospital by the Red
 .CrosA as . result of . nervous
 breakdOvvn, due to fright.
 The girls were scattered all along the road and in the neighboring farm houses, but last night all but four had been found. The main building housed sl girls and Jefferson hall s5.
 Girls in the school are from all parts of the state, and their ages Varv from 10 to IS