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Show AN ORPHANAGE St. Francis Girls Directory Burns to Ground Five Lives Are Lost. HEROISM OF THE NUNS Children Marshalled and Marched Out of Blazing Four Story Frame Building. San Francisco Sept. 4. Fire destroyed de-stroyed the St. Francis Girls Directory, Direc-tory, a Catholic orphanage here early today with the loss of five lives. When fire was discovered, the children chil-dren were marshalled and marched out of the building by Sister Mary Ag-news Ag-news and Mother Superior Margaret. They were quartered In nearby homes and it was believed that all had escaped es-caped First search of the ruins disclosed the body of Elizabeth O'Brien, 4 years old, and four others. Fifty-two children and several blind and aged women were housed-in tho four-story frame building. They were awakened by the flames and only the heroism of the nuns prevented greater great-er casualties It was finally established estab-lished that only five perished oo |