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Boise, ID Childrens School Is Burned, Dec 1908

School for Deaf, Dumb and Blind Fire Boise ID Central School before fire.jpg

SCHOOL FOR HELPLESS CHILDREN IS BURNED BUT ALL ESCAPED.

Boise, Idaho, Dec. 4. -- The Central school building, temporarily occupied by the Idaho State School for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, was partially destroyed by fire early this morning. Forty children, inmates of the institution, were being marched to breakfast when the alarm was given and they were taken out of the building in perfect order. The loss is $10,000.

The Fresno Morning Republican California 1908-12-05
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!

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