Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1912 — FIRES PERIL TO HUNDREDS [ARTICLE]

FIRES PERIL TO HUNDREDS

Patients in Peoria Hospital Are Thrown Into Panic by Flames— Property Loss Heavy. Peoria, 111;, Dec. 13 —Fire in the old section of the . St. Francis hospital caused a heavy property loss and created a panic among the one hundred patients before they were removed to another part of the building. The fire was discovered in the attic, above the fifth floor, and had gained considerable headway before the firemen arrived. The flames were extinguished after two hours of fighting. At one time preparations were made to remove the several hundred patients from the entire building. Chicago, Dec. 13—The lives of 150 panic-stricken, fainting girls were menaced and many hazardous escapes were made when fire swept the fivestory building at the southeast corner of Fifth avenue and Lake streets, causing a loss estimated at SIOO,OOO. Bayonne; N. J., Dec. 13.—A fire seen for miles and at which the damage is estimated at $125,000 to $150,000 destroyed the barrel factory of the Tidewater Oil company, a Standard Oil corporation, at Constable Hook. It is i said to have been caused by a watch- ! man knocking over a lantern.