Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-09-05 | Page 4 | Five Burned to Death

fiVE BURNED TO DEATH Destroyed cI by hT I Flames Heroism of Nuns Nun lre Irp CUtH Greater Casualties San Francisco Sept Fire I-Fire I. I Fire de destroyed destroyed de- de the St St. Francis rancis 1 Girls' Girls directory dIrector a Catholic orphanage o hero here earl early toda today with the loss of ot at least five fhe lives lI When hen fire rIre was ryas discovered the children children chil chil- dren were and anti marched out of or the building b by Sister Mar lar Mary A Agnes nes and Mother Iother Superior Mar Margaret aret Thc They were quartered in nearby homes and It was believed that all al nl had escaped First search of or the ruins disclosed the tho body bod of ot Elizabeth ElIzabcth OBrien O'Brien four years cars ola old olit her sl sister ter Katherine OBrien O'Brien and three oth others rs burned bc beyond ond recognition rec rec- two Fifty children and se several blind and aged women wore were housed In th the four story frame building The They were I awakened by b the flames and only th the heroism of ot ih the tho nuns prevented greater I casualties