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The Indianapolis Sentinel
January 1, 1885

              
                  Fire in the Insane Asylum
                  
           At 6 o'clock Tuesday evening a fire was dis-
         covered in the clothes press, on the second
         floor, of the female department of the Insane
         Hospital. The hand grenades were freely used,
         and the flames were extinguished after $250
         worth of clothing had been destroyed, and as
         much damage had been done the furniture. It
         was deemed necessary to remove the patients
         in one of the wards, and this was a work of
         great difficulty, many of the stubbornly re-
         fusing to go out, and it requiring a great
         force in some instances to remove them. The
         origin of the fire is unknown. Several of the
         employes were severely scorched in suppress-
         ing the flames.
         
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