ORPHANAGE BURNED.
HEROIC NUNS. DIE TO SAVE THEIR CHARGES. United Press Association —By Electrio ■ Telegraph—Copyright. (Received October 31, 11.20 a.m.). ■'■ VANCOUVER, October 30. At San Antonio, six Sisters of Charity perished in a fire which destroyed, an orphan asylum. The Sisters- wero heroically trying to eave their charges. Two orphans were killed and eightyfive- saved-. ■ The Mother Superior and other Irish'arid French' nuns dashed into the burnihg dormitory, grasped babies, and handed 'them' out to the firemen, who were stationed on ladders against the ■burning', building. SeveralSisters then jumped for the life-net hut, missed, and were crushed to death on tho ground. The Mother Superior and two nuns were overcome by the flame* and perished in the ruins. .
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10606, 31 October 1912, Page 2
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