The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-11-27

patch OF no0rInS, wlth the thousand
school children and ladies and gen
, tlemen, strolling about the lawn half
green and half white; and the work
! men tired and dropping; and the
steward and attendants bowed as ii
stricken with sudden SORROW: and the
! screams OF the inmates Of the hospit-
: al, made the scene almost as peculiar
as ON Wednesday night.
LOSS 40 THE STATE.
The furniture was yesterday dis
posed of in. different ways. The
bedding and clothing were taken to
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum Much
of the furniture was stored In the
central wing of the building. Other
portions were taken to the State
House and the Rink Muck of this
is damaged, but the loss will not be
heavy.
The building was the oldest Asy-
lum in the State, additions having
been made from time to time until it
was the largest, perhaps, or having
the greatest accommodating capacity.
It had been in use from twenty to
thirty years. The actual loss to the
Estate will scarcely reach 100000.
At the meeting of the Board on
tTuesday, the various reports showed
the most favorable condition of
things. The system almost perfect;
the success in treatment greater than
ever before; and the remark was msde
that it was model institution. Tho
next evening it was in ruins.
The Governor will recommend in
has message TO the General Assembly
which meets on Monday next, the
immediate reconstruction of build
ing on the fire proof plan.
The Board of Trustees is now COM
posed of DIR. S. e. Smith, President;
Judge VIM. B. Thrall, Secretary;
Henry B. Curtis, Henry Wilson, John
Hunter, and DR.. VIM. Fullerton. All
were present on Tuesday except DR..
Fullerton, and all expressed their
unqualified satisfa ction with the man
agement.
DISPOSITION OF THE PATIENTS.
DR.. Smith and Mr. Hunter spent
the entire day yesterday with DR.
Peck, arranging for the comforts Of
the patients. Iu answer to kilograms
prompt and generous responses were
received from the Northern Ohio
Lunatic Asylum, Offering accommo-
datIons for 100 Inmates, and from
Longview Asylum Offering accom-
modat1ons for so. No response was
received from the Southern Asylum
at Dayton, but favorable one is eX-
pected.
Many of the counties sent Esster-
day answering kilograms, stating
willingness to take charge of their
insane. The officers from Musking-i
um county arrived last night to re-
ceive their patients. About % of
those most seriously affected were
yesterday sent to their homes, and in
a few days 1t is hoped that every
patient will be cared for.
THE DEAD.
The following are the names of all
that are known TO have perished in
the building: Mrs. Caroline Conner,
Miss Lizzie Herrold, and Mrs. c.
Bradford, Of Athens county; Mrs !
Murphy, lover SO years of age) of
county; Mrs. Susan A.
Parker, of Licking county, and Brid-
get Brophv, OF Franklin. The re-
mains await the order OF relatives
Several observers are quite certain |
that man persisted in . different
portion OF the bnildsag, but nothing /
definite is known in regard TO this.
INCIDE MS.
All the patients were accounted |
for at the Deaf and DuurG Asylum,
but twelve or fifteen, who escaped in
the confusion. Six Of these e.urRed |
or were returned to the AsyinE yef~,
terday. or the others, all but one,
were well enough 10 reach home, for
which they no doubt started. One
man walked dist auce of thirty /
miles, reaching his ONE yesterday, ,
carrying the news of ;lie disaster.
The scenes at the Deaf and Demb |
Asylum on the arrival of such = host !
of such strange visitors can be better
than desc ribed. Over 4
hundred pupils were aroused ErosA
warm beds and forced to double oal
their comrades in upper dOrmitorres,
giving their warm be es TO the shlv
ering and frightened visitors. Study
rooms were transforms cd into wards
for the more violent, and by two, p
NJ, yesterday, everything had set
tied down TO smooth going order
Among the few pic asant incidents
il is related that one sT the patients,
when released from the burning |
on Wednesday night, ami
hearing the order for transfer 10 the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, picked up a
fellow patient, much larger than him
self and quite as able to walk, and
carried him tue entire distance to the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum. In con-
trast here is one of the saddest:
A week ago . young girl arrived
at the Asylum from Delaware; her
cousin started on the midnight train,
and reached the Asylum grounds to
find her lifeless remains upon the
lawn.
The sadness and sorrOw OF the ter
rible disaster can never be told. The
and Matron and
officers OF the institute On are devoting
themselves to their SD work, and
deserve the warmest praise.
The Board of Trustees desire rs to
express their thank 3 for the faithful
aid rendered by all classes of citi-
zens. Many of the medical profes-
sion rendered me st efficient assist
ance. Fl. /
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