Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1909 — FIRE IN INFIRMARY [ARTICLE]

FIRE IN INFIRMARY

Fifteen Aged inmates Burned Whi'e Fighting the Flames. Canfield. 0., -lan. 22. —Fire of unknown origin destroyed the men’s building of the .Mahoning county infirmary here and fifteen of the aged inmates received burns, more or less serious The men were endeavoring to check the fire at the foot of a stairway when a shift of the wind suddenly drove a sheet of flames down tipon them. They crawled to safety and were taken to the infirmary hospital. The .fire Loss”will be $30,000. The women’s building and the office building were far enough away to be out of danger.