People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1896 — MANY LIVES IN DANGER. [ARTICLE]

MANY LIVES IN DANGER.

Fire In a Large In*ane Asylum Near Quebec, Can. Quebec, Feb. s.—Fire broke out Tuesday morning in the Beaufort Insane asy lum. The flames originated in an outbuilding and spread to the west end of the main structure. The Beaufort asylum is eight miles east of this city and has about one thousand inmates and attendants. It is managed by the Gray nuns. The report of the fire caused great excitement in this city. A battalion of the Quebec fire brigade and “B"battery, regular artillery, started for the scene. The local fire company, however, had the flames under control before the arrival of the re-enforcements from this city. Tb?re were about six hundred patients in the wards threatened by the flames. It is reported that six escaped in the confusion. All the rest were removed to places of safety without injury. Owing to the prompt work of the local fire company and the coolness and discipline of the attendants, the damage to the institution was not serious. There is about $300,000 insurance on the building.