Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-30
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Philadelphia, Jan. 70.
The dreadful forebodings entertained
yesterday in relation to the fate OF the or.
phans missing since the destruction OF their
Asylum, were, we fear but 200 we'll foun-
ded. All OF those whose names we pub
lished yesterday, remain undiscovered
Of the whole number, twsntJ-three, twen-
ty are girls, and the particulars which we
are about to mention. authorize US further
TO believe the worse. The matron had
been i'll of pleursy, and was blsd the day
before. She With her daughter and ano-
Their young woman, al assistant, were the
only adult inmates of the edihce. The
matron was the first to awake, from dittl-
Guilty OF breathing, occasioned BY the
smoke. The two young women. and her
self, rescued as many OF the children as it
was practicable to save, in the short inter.
val of time that elapsed between the mo-
ment Of their being reused, and the peri.
Cd wbsn the progress Of the flames render
ed it necessary for them 10 retreat. The
matron mentions that this interval was but
a few minutes. The girls slept in the
third story, and it appears but too certain
that he hse had gained so much head be.
fore they were awakened as to render
their escape exceedingly difficult.
Butcher, the Waterman of The ward in
which The Asylum stood, was first drawn
TO the building, and rescued several oil the
children from the Cd story Nutter, the
Waterman of the adjoining ward, was next
on the ground. The latter attempted 20
ascend the stairs alone, but was driven
back by fear of the smoke and flames
which were bursting out. He went up
however, in company with the other, and
found on the stairs, several Of the orphans
whom they extricated. Nutter mounted
again to the floor of the Cd story, and
found himself enveloped in suffocating
smoke-he groped among the beds which
were empty then rstreated through
window over the Portico at the back
door. When on the portico he receiv-
ed into his arms, a child from the hand, of
Butcher, and Descended with bis burden
by means Of one OF the columns Of the
Portico.
By this time The flames had spread and
ragged with so much fury, that access by
the stairs was 40 longer possible. Ano-
Their watchman informs US, that about this
crisis he heard screams and coughing, as if
from the Sd story, Before the engines
could be made ready to play, the interior
Of the edi6ce was wholly on fire. The
scarcity oil water and the extreme severity
of the cold, which froze almost immsdi-
ately what could be procured, formed dis
tressing impedimeBts to the zeal of the
hose and engine associations. We are
told that the great exsrlons of the Phenix
Hose Company contributed chiefly to The
preservation of the widows asylum, the
roof OF which they found in Games.
The cost Of the orphans asylum was ne
learn, %, $50 dollars-and the value of the
furniture, clothing, &c. destroyed is esti-.
mated at 5000 dollars.-The property
was insured at 5000 dollars only.
The mos! praiseworthy liberaIitY was
yesterday shown by our citizens. in the
best manner, IN supplying clothing and o.
ther csmfuri. for the poor orphans. whose