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Post by Box_2565 on May 14, 2011 14:31:40 GMT -5
Is anyone aware of a fire in an orphanage during the late 1800's that killed several children?
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Post by district5 on May 25, 2011 19:57:58 GMT -5
September 17, 1900 Salvation Army (orphanage) 403 Front St natural gas leak/explosion & fire 5 children (conflicting reports also list 6 or 7 fatalities)
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Post by district5 on Jun 18, 2011 14:28:19 GMT -5
On September 18, 1900, The New York Times reported the following story:
CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH-They were in a Salvation Army Kindergarten in Cincinnati-Women fatally hurt.
CINCINNATI, Sept 17 -“An old four story tenement building at 403 East Front Street, used as a branch nursery of the Salvation Army, was burned this evening.” Four children and three adults were killed. …A number of children seriously hurt.
“On account of the cold weather to-day a fire had been started in the stove for the little tots who are cared for there during the day while their mothers are engaged in work elsewhere. It is thought that some defect in the flues caused the fire.”
“The fireman made heroic efforts to rescue women and children, but most of those on upper floors were beyond hope. The first floor of the building was used as a church, the second floor as headquarters for the destitute and for cooking, and the upper floors for the nursery.”
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