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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1912
Page
2
Fire at Santa Rosa orphan asylum traps and kills multiple Sisters of Charity including Mother Mary of the Cross and three others. Fire Chief Wright narrowly escapes while rescuers pull the charred bodies from the ruins and continue searching for two missing orphans amid a devastated four story brick building.
Firefighters continue to search a ruined building for victims after debris removal exposes further danger. Chief Wright orders a pause to pull down unstable walls and chimneys, while Will Sullivan assists orphans and helps supply coffee to rescuers. The scene involves the commissioners department.
Three sisters survived the St John’s orphanage blaze and cared for the homeless children. Sister Mary Edith Sister Mary Broghan and Sister Mary Francis de Sales led the evacuation as flames swept through the building. Several children were saved while some sisters perished in their beds. The survivors remain dazed as relatives collect the orphans and the three sisters look after the remaining youngsters.
Early morning relief efforts began as priests and sisters aided by volunteers organized food clothing and shelter for homeless orphans. Bishop Shaw delegated John Boyle to lead while committees gathered supplies and Protestant and Catholic families offered homes and care.
Sisters of Charity, priests, and relief workers rallied to aid the burned orphanage victims. Bishop Shaw offered calm, army blankets, and college rooms for about forty. committees organized donations, clothing drives, and cash gifts. The city and local businesses supplied food, beds, and supplies. a children’s fund quickly gathered from 50-plus youngsters. A public meeting planned to chart permanent care for the orphans.
A brief item notes man company and Schlesinger company involved in sack of potatoes trade. Newton Weller Wagner range appears in the fragment, indicating regional business activity and a concise market note.
Mother Francis Pasteur, a distant relative of Louis Pasteur, died in a church fire. A nun for forty years, she was over 60 and helped evacuate three boys before perishing. her charred body was found with two other nuns.
Early this afternoon Chief Wright directed crews to remove walls on the third floor to reach the southeast corner room on the second floor where the bodies of two missing orphans may be found. Eighty seven orphans are accounted for except Charles Matloch and Francis O'Brien both about three years old, believed to have perished seeking air in a gallery area.
Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning in the Santa Rosa chapel. Solemn high mass will be celebrated and Bishop Shaw will officiate. The five Sisters of Charity and the boy George York perished in the morning fire, with burial in San Fernando cemetery.
Three day light vaudeville performance staged by a group of girls at the Hukwang guild building for the benefit of the national contribution fund. Funds raised support national efforts in China.
Six sailors from the fruit steamer Nicaragua reach Point Isabel after a nearly sixty mile trek from Padre Island. The Mexican consul orders aid for the survivors as Captain Wallace Reed and life saving crews move up the coast to bring all to Brownsville tonight.
John Beal Sneed, held in Potter County jail over the death of Al G Boyce Jr, will be released on $20,000 bail. Presiding Judge Davidson and Associate Judge Harper concurred. Associate Judge Prendergast dissented urging bail of at least $35,000. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the previous judgment.
In dawn fire at Santa Rosa hospital orphanage a dormitory burned destroying beds and clothing. Staff and nuns aided twice homeless orphans in night clothes as they were fitted into coats and overalls. A boy named Billy is hailed as hero for waking others before the flames.
Munich reports Lieutenant Mo Hamburger was killed when his aircraft collapsed from an altitude of 200 feet during flight today. The crash ended the life of the Army aviator on duty.
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