New York Sensation.
ORPHAN ASYLUM BURNED. AN AWFUL DEATH ROLL. . By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright New York, last night. A terrible fire occurred in an asylum at Rochester, New York State, containing 175 orphans. A boiler exploded in one wing and blocked the outlets. Many were suffocated with the smoke, while others were stunned in jumping from the windows. Twenty-eight perished in the flames and thirty were injured.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 8, 10 January 1901, Page 2
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