CHILDREN'S  HOME DESTROYED
An Institution Near Columbus, Ohio Discovered on Fire as the Inmates Are Leaving Their Beds,
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 3.—The Franklin County Children's Home, near this city, was burned this morning. The city fire department was called out at 5:30, but owing to the long run, the flames had enveloped the entire building before the engines reached the scene. The 147 children in the home were leaving their beds. The attendants hurriedly marched them from the building, and it is believed all were saved. The Pan Handle Railway Company sent out a special train to bring the children to the city, but, as the weather was terribly cold, many, of them had to be taken to the houses in the neighborhood, where they are temporarily quartered.
The building was a large, three-story brick structure, built fifteen years ago at a cost of $125,000.
The Superintendent, A. D. White, died two years ago, and his widow was placed in charge of the home by the County Commissioners.
The building and contents are probably a total loss. There is $30,700 insurance on the building, and S5,000 on the contents.
The fire is supposed to have been started by a a curtain being blown against a gas jet.