BOYS AND NUNS FLEE FLAMES IN ORPHANAGE.

ALL ESCAPE FIRE IN INSTITUTION AT MILWAUKEE; LOSS IS $350,000.

Milwaukee, May 22 -- The 190 small boys and 26 nuns at St. Aemilian's orphanage of the St. Francis order trooped down the fire escape in their night clothes shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday as fire destroyed the $350,000 building.
Though the fire broke out in the dead of night when all were asleep, none was killed or injured.
A party in a passing automobile discovered the fire. They hurled bricks through the windows to arouse the nuns and children. The sisters took charge of the children and directed them without panic to the fire escapes and safety.
Firemen from Milwaukee were called to aid the volunteer firefighters who answered the first alarm. The orphanage is on the campus of St. Francis seminary, just outside the Milwaukee city limits and on the shore of Lake Michigan.
The origin of the fire was not determined.
All the boys at the orphanage are under 15 years of age. They were asleep on the second and third floors of the four-story brick and frame building.
REV. FR. JOSEPH KORHA, superintendent of the orphanage, was ill and not present when the fire broke out. REV. FR. JOSEPH BAIER, acting superintendent, supervised the rescue.

The News-Palladium Benton Harbor Michigan 1930-05-22
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!