Celebrity Paranormal Adventure At the Old Hospital On College Hill

Williamson Memorial Hospital was established in Williamson in 1918, followed by a nursing school in 1920 on a hilltop site that was later nicknamed College Hill after the academy. On the night of January 12, 1927, a massive fire engulfed the hospital. Miraculously, all 33 patients escaped with their lives. It was believed that the inferno started after X-ray films ignited after being stored near a gas stove. In one of the more dramatic stories from the fire, Mrs. Leonard Chafin, on the third floor of the hospital, grabbed her recently birthed infant and threw it out the window in order to save its life. Raymond Edwards, standing in the street below, anticipated her intentions and held out his arms and caught the baby. Dr. G.D. Conley, one of the owners of the hospital, and several of the nurses who were trapped on the third floor, escaped by leaping onto…