Show Fatal Fire in a Pauper School LONDON Jan 1The boys section of the pauper school in the district of Forest Gale in connection with the Whitechapel and Popular unions took fire last night while the inmates were asleep and burned I with terrible results Twentysix boys in the upper stories were suffocated Fifty eight were safely taken from the burning building amid terrible excitement Two matrons escaped sliding down the water pipes and several boys escaped in tho same way The superintendent repeatedly I rushed through the flames and brought out a number of inmates There were COO persons per-sons in the institution Thebodies of those suffocated were carried to the main hall of the building which was still profusely decorated with Christmas greens The fire was caused by an overheated stove The female department in which there were 250 girls was not touched The boys retired re-tired last evening in the highest spirits having been promised presents and a New Years fete today The scene in tho main hal where the bodies of the dead boys leis le-is harrowing The relatives and schoolfellows school-fellows of those who perished are loud in their lamentations Further reports of the fire show that it originated in clothingroom beneath the boys dormitory Smoke and flames issuing from a stoveflue alarmed those sleeping on the top floor and they escaped The fire enrines were promptly on the spot and the employees of the adjacent railway station 1 rushed to the scene and rendered valuable assistance The cries of the boys unable to escape were terrible The bodies of two boys were badly burned but it is believed they were suffocated before being burned The ages of the dead range from seven to twelve |