Show SIX FORTY WOMEN NOMEN BURNED TO DEATH DEMI FIRE BREAKS OUT WHILE THE INMATES OF ASYLUM IN QUEBEC ARE ASLEEP Inmates Became Uncontrollable and Many of Them Are Said to Have Leaped from High Windows Others Perishing Near Them were i Montreal MontreaL six six women burned to death in a fire that destroyed St. St Ferdinand de Halifax asylum at St. St Halifax county Quebec late lata Saturday night according to a report received here Meagre reports obtained from available available available avail avail- able sources give no intimation of the cause of the fire which started while the inmates were asleep and apparently spread rapidly The asylum which cared for female female tamale fe ta- male idiots virtually was without protection protection protection pro pro- from fire The inmates of the asylum were uncontrollable and many of them were said to have leaped from high windows Others In bewilderment crouched In terror near the windows until the flames caught them One of ot the sisters died trying to rescue rescue rescue res res- cue several of the girls who were trapped by the flames Owing to the intensely cold weather the mercury registering 20 below zero the water in the hydrants about the building was frozen and little could be bedone bedone bedone done to stay the progress of the I flames Thirty girls who were students at a convent adjoining the asylum which also was burned are said to have had narrow escapes |