Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1899 — GIRLS DIE IN A FIRE. [ARTICLE]

GIRLS DIE IN A FIRE.

Orphans’ Home at Berne) Ind.) To* tolly Destroyed. A dispatch reports the burning of the orphans' home at Berne, Ind. A terrible panic was caused among the fifty-seven inmates. All were rescued, with the exception of three, who were burned to death. The fire started from a stove on the third floor and swept through the building with great intensity. The home contained Inmates from nearly all the Central States. The institution is conducted by German Menuonites.