Show 1 HORRIBLE Burning or un Insane Asylum Chicago 15 Tribunes S Peter special At 830 tonight it was announced that the Insane Atjlum wnj on fire Everybcdv was appalled at the prospect ot over 5CO patients being tuned out of doors during such a tumble night and the still mora disngreenble prospect 01 going more than a mile across tho blank prairie and facing the cutting wind Our people r > f p mded nobly Many made ho trip on foot but a large number of wagons acd other conve ances were soon Ion I-on the rod wnile rumors of the loss of I life reached town The iky in the direction I direc-tion of the hospital was lighted up and a dense volume of smoke rose over the scene and was carried across tho river Ibo I-bo probabililes were that the whole I stiucture costing half a million would I be destroyed The scene theconflagra ion was grand The whole northern I wing of tho structure was one sheet of flame As soon as it was found that there I the-re was likely to prove serious Dr iartltt tno superintendent gave order Ito I-to have all the patioto idouad and area for as well as possible but before the fire was discovered one or two had become chked with smoke and it was impossible to relieve all th patients No one knows how rainy per shed but quite a number must have ben burned alive Some SAY there were fifty The fire originated in the northwest north-west corner basement of the north wing and about the same time there was fire I in the basement of adjoining sections No fire was kept in that part of the build tog and the origin of the fire is a mystery I would not venture to estimate tho number num-ber of lives lost not even the officers know Perhaps bemuse some of the aiint3 > wander d off and may have perished per-ished from cold Mort of them wer taken to tho lrlle l barn granary and wood cellar Fortunately there was time to carry oat most of the bedding and clothing The court house and large school building were opened and teams wero busy for hours briiginx them t town II is believed about all the patients were housed Firemen finally prevented the flumes from entering the main build log and thus two thirds of the structure were saved Tho north wing was cecu pied bv men and the south by women St Paul Minn 16 Dupatches to the latest editioi s of morning papers state that the fire in St Peter Asylum was not as serious as was feared last night Only lone wing of the building was destroyed The whole structure which was ten yean in the course of erection was only finished fin-ished three years ago It cost over 500 000 Loss 5100000 to 150000 No insurance in-surance the state having neglected this precaution The origin of the firo is unknown un-known though its locality was in the basement of tho north wing which was destroyed Reports of the Ion of life are indefinite and conflicting diffrent rumors place the number of victims at two or i three The superintendent ordered the release of all patients as soon a ° danger became imminent It is probable the confusion of the night some were overlooked over-looked and burned Tim probabili y is Increased by the fact that tome rooms quickly filled with smoke and conldno be entered by tha meuere Citizens cared for the unfortunates last night |