People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1893 — A SANITARIUM BURNED. [ARTICLE]

A SANITARIUM BURNED.

A Loss of 8150,000 Incurred—The 200 Patients Rescued. Cincinnati, 0., April 7. —A careless tinner upon the roof of the College Hill sanitarium Thursday afternoon caused a loss of from §IOO,OOO to §150,000 of property and imperiled the lives of 200 patients. A hot soldering iron was permitted to ignite the roof and the flames quickly got beyond the control of the water works of the institution as well as that of the village Gs College Hill. It is believed that every life is saved, and every inmate, except two men and one woman, was safely housed in adjoining buildings and in private houses. In the confusion two men and one woman escaped to the woods. A searching party was sent after them. The main building was destroyed.