Emery County Progress | 1905-04-29 | Page 2 | Fourteen Cremated in a Convent Fire

FOURTEEN CREMATED IN A CONVENT FIRE eisterer succumb in an effort to save lives of helpless children montreal the little village of st geneieve Is in mourning over the loss of fourteen lives in a fire which destroyed the convent ot ste anne there early friday one nun nine children ranging in age from 10 to 19 and four aged women perished in the flames two nuns were so severely burned that it la feared they will die lb their griel over the catastrophe the vil lagera fand bome comfort in relating the heroism displayed by sister i adjuteur who gave ap her life and sisters marle therese and marle roo artine who were perhaps fatally burned in their efforts to save tha lives of the children and helpless old women in their charge the fire started about midnight in the old ladles hospital and the was so chick that the children on the floor above were unable to get down