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Show FIRE BREAKS OUT IN THE COUNTY IHUIIY TWELVE MALE INMATES ARE FATALLY INJURED. There Were Two Hundred and Fifty Inmates, Including Many Insane Patients. Youngstown, Ohio, Jan. 21. Fire broke out in the men's department of thf Mahoning County Infirmary located locat-ed at Canfield, ten miles from here at 1:30 p. m. today. Half a dozen malo Inmates are reported injured. There are two hundred and fifty inmates In all. including insane patients. A report from the Infirmary at 3:20 I-. m., says that twelve of the mem inmates are fatally burned and the men's department is burned to the ground. Tho fire is now thought to be under control unless the wind changes. The inmates burned were cut off from escape. The origin of the fire Is not yet known. Cleveland, Jan. 21. A telephone message from Canfield at 3 p.m. said the fire was under control. The main building, it .was said, had been destroyed. de-stroyed. So far as known at the hour named, no lives had been lost, but several sev-eral persons are reported to be injured. injur-ed. Pittsburg. Jan. 21. Word received here, from the Mahoning county in-f.rmary in-f.rmary fire, is to the effect that six I ersons were injured and the loss is $200,000. |