| Show ASYLUM BURNS ILLINOIS STATE institution AT ANITA ANINA I 1 flames get beyond control and destroy tho the building inmates les in dauger anna ill jan 4 fire broke out at 1 this morning in the roof of the center building ot of the gr group aup of it f three great buildings of the insane asylum in this ibis city and spread with great rapid ty at the ire was beyond conr control rol and the loss was then over MUM an I 1 hour later at all three buildings were ablaze the central building being gutted la 19 the amount of estimated loss help has been requested from cairo and carbondale there Is great excitement and it Is impossible to say chath er cr all the inmates were gotten out in 4 a m at this hour the n orth north wing living Is in danger in this building are arc huddled aled the gibbering bunat lunatics es who are with great difficulty restrained from rom breaking out the great main maln building and the south wing are a mass masa of shouldering ing ruins but tile the heat from the debris Is so intense that it cannot be ba approached A special train on the illinois general with three engines and crews arrived from cairo calra at 3 a in m and is now drenching the ruins arld and endeavor deavor cn 1 IV I 1 to save the smaller buildings adjacent which are ara blazing furiously it II Is supposed that all the unfortunate people were removed in safety though nothing definite can be ascertained until daylight and an accurate roll oil call Is made in the excitement attending the transfer of the more violent maniacs a number were badly bruised by stumbling flown down stairs their keepers being to maIn maintain tan even a semblance of among them thein mono c callad however the keepers reinforced by volunteer special cers f rana the city |
