Deseret Evening News | 1909-12-22 | Page 9 | Fire in Insane Asylum

FlUB IN INSANE r I Jacksonville Ill Dec Dee 21 to tonight tonight night destroyed three wards of tho the north annex of the tho central hospital for rol forthe forthe the Insane In ano here herc entailing a loss losa of ot about No lives were lost and no patients escaped One hundred and ana eighty women patients In hl safety I from the burning wards and were housed hou cd In tho the mens department In a few Cew Instances ln the women ran rail back Into their rooms and hid themselves under beds or In closets As IS a II result four had narrow escapes All wore were rescued Attendant McElroy found round an on aged woman huddled In lIed bed Although tho the theu u fought ought desperately de amid blind blinding ing smoke moke and hurtles flames he carried her herout herout herout out