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50 Die In Illinois
Hospital Fire
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moved.
Uncounted bodies were strewn
in the twisted wreckage of the up
per floors. There were about HO
patients on the third floor, a nurse
said, “and I don’t believe any of
them got out.”
Effingham is a community of
8,000 in south central Illinois, 100
miles northeast of St. Louis and
200 miles southeast of Chicago, on
the Pennsylavnia and Illinois Cen
tral railroads.
Hundreds of the city’s residents
rushed to the aid of the 100 or
more patients in the 125-bed hos
pital. But they were hampered by
falling bricks and rubble, and the
danger of falling walls.
Inside, the Roman Catholic nuns
who were on duty braved the
flames to lead some patients to
safety. Some nuns died in the at
tempt, and others perished in their
rooms* where they were aslpeed.
The hospital is operated by the
Sisters of the order of St. Francis.
The hospital chaplain. Father
Sandon, died in the fire. His
charred body was found in a room
next to the hospital chapel.
Only some walls still stood early
yesterday. The intense heat of the
smouldering ruins and the tangled
debris slowed removal of the bod
ies.
Two expectant mothers escaped
from the delivery room. They
gave birth in nearby homes. They
and their babies were reported in
good condition.
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EFFINGHAM, 111. (/P>—The toll
of known dead and reported miss
ing in the nation’s second most
! tragic hospital fire stood at 80 to
day.
Fifty bodies were removed from
the ruins of St. Anthony’s hospi
tal, destroyed by flames within an
hour early yesterday.
In Addition, 34 persons were re
ported missing on a list complied
by i/P) reporters and official
sources at the scene.
At least 54 persons were report
ed as survivors.
More bodies were dug from the
rubble today as the heartsick city
of 8.000 began burying some of
the 13 new-born babies who per
ished.
At nearby St. Anthony s Roman
Catholic church, the Rev. Gerald
Weigand sang a requiem mass for
the repose of the souls of all the
dead.
Fire inspectors, meanwhile, in
vestigated unconfirmed reports
that stored paint or an arsonist]
might have caused the fire. The
FBI in Chicago and state police at
, Effingham denied a published re
j port that they were investigating
an arson report. The Mother Su
perior of the hospital said the only
stored paint was in the undamag
ed boiler room.
^THIRTY NORFOLK POLICE
SUSPENDED FOR BRIBES
NORFOLK, Va., </P) — Thirty
Norfolk policemen were under
suspension yesterday as the after
math of an investigation of the
numbers racket. Twenty-four of
the officers were charged with ac
cepting bribes,
A corporation court grand jury
handed down indictments Monday
on the bribery charges. This was
followed by a suspension order by
the public safety director relieving
the additional six of their duties.
The indictments charged the 24
officers with accepting $10 pay
ments as part of a numbers pro
tection payoff.
Alaskan Huskies
Arrive in New York
NEW YORK. UP>—Thirty-eight
Alaskan Husky dogs were sched
uled to arrive here by truck yes
terda en route to Argentina.
The dogs were selected in Alas
ka by Col. Hernan Pujato, an Ar
gentine army officer. He said the
Huskies would be used for rescue
work and army duty in the snow
covered mountains of Argentina.
The dogs were shipped by air
from Alaska to Seattle and acted
“just like wild animals,” accord
ing to a Seattle Railway Express
man.
A co-pilot on the air trip said he
had to fight off some of the dogs
when they chewed loose from
their cages. '
The dogs arrived by train at
Philadelphia, aboard a Railway
Express car. A company worker
entered the dogs’ quarters with
caution.
He donned heavy boot- and
gloves and slowly sidled into the
car.
The dogs, tamed somewhat after
their railroad trip, merely sniffed
about the worker and make no at
tempts to attack him. Those Hus
kies who chewed their cages dur
Congressman
P
Pays Fine
SPOKANE. Wash. </Pi — Con
gressan Compton I. White <D.
Idaho*, ended an 18-hour stay in
jail here Saturday by paying a
fine of $100 and $4.70 court costs.
He was arrested Friday night
after a parking ticket had been
placed on his car.
He was convicted in police court
on a charge of disorderly conduct.
Testimony included assistant po
lice chief Robert Piper’s statement
“It was very plain to me that he
'White* was under the influence of
alcohol.”
The 71-year-old White denied
the allegation, testifying he “was
not a drinking man.”
The Congressman was free to
leave the jail on bond during the
last 10 hours of his stay but re
fused.
ing the rail journey allowed them
selves to be headed into tempor
ary cages.
Col. Pujato said the dog.; would
be housed at a North River pier
until a ship arrives to take them to
Argentina. He aid the ship, the
Rio Segunda, is scheduled to sail
April 9. for Buenos Aires.
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