Oswego, New York, USA
1907 - GIRL STUDENTS ESCAPE FIRE. ONE IN OSWEGO STATE NORMAL SCHOOL LEAPS FROM WINDOW.

Oswego, N. Y., Sept. 23. - Fire in the Welland, a four-story wooden and stone building used as a dormitory by young women students at the Oswego State Normal School, caused 100 girls to flee from their rooms in haste early today. The fire was discovered in the laundry, in the basement of the building. Soon the first and second floors were filled with smoke. The preceptress, MISS ELIZABETH HATMER, was overcome by the smoke, her room being located directly above the laundry.

Attaches of the building sounded the alarm and awoke the young women students. Many of them escaped in night attire, while others hurriedly dressed. The stairways and fire escapes were soon crowded, but the coolness displayed by the girls prevented a panic. MISS MAJOR, one of the students, leaped from a second-story window into a court. She was stunned by the fall, but her injuries are slight. Policemen and firemen assisted many of the inmates to escape from the building.

The fire was soon brought under control.

The New York Times
New York, New York
September 24, 1907

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