THE COLNEY HATCH DISASTER

Grey River Argus, Volume LVII, Issue 10520, 29 January 1903, Page 3

THE COLNEY HATCH DISASTER

Rescuing: the Afflicted

35 out of 70 Perished

The Effect on the Lunatics (PUB PRESS ASSOCIATION.) [B* ELECTRIC TBr.BGRA.PH — COPYRIGHT. J (Received afc 11 45 p m.) Londoit, Jan 28. Three hundred and thirty pauper cripples and 100 quite bedridden occu ied a wooden annexe at Colney Hatch Asylum, containing five wads connected with the main building by a corridor, which the firemen demolished, confining the conflagration to the auuexe. A nurse fir«t discovered the fire in the storeroom. The flames spread with the greatest rapidity despite the efforts of the asylum firemen, who were soon aided by 35 London engines and 200 firemen. The nurses and attendants of the whole asylum made gallant efforts and succeeded in rescuing 280 inmates, Dr Seward, medical superintendent, personally saving scores. The worst occurred in ward five, where the suicidal patients were housed. 35 out of 70 perished. 16 p- rish^d in ward four. Some of the patien s were quite calm, others gleeful. Sme jwere f i enzied and fought their rescuers, hiding uuder beds. One bit one of the nurses' finger off. No nurse was killed, though several were injured. Jf thoee troubled with Dandruff, or Dry Scalp, or Falling Hair would only try a bottle of Parker's Hair Tonic, the results would surprise them, All chemists sell i 2a 6d : posted, 35,-— Advt.