Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-09
4 Dreadful Fire in New York.

A dispatch from New York, March :
has the following:
The Home for Aged People conducte,
by the Catholic community known n
the Little Sisters Of the Poor, aud Ioca
ted III the eastern district of Brook!y VA
WAS completely burned this morning
The house comprised foGf-story build
ing and had one hundred and eighfy-tiv
inmates. When these were made e~art
! Of the fire panic seized them. and the
| Sisters losing control. thsy ran through
| the building. some escaping to tbs street,
| but others sinking down exhausted. over
| come by fright. smoke ana pain lie
| hremsn rescued all these. but :. number
| who could not get to the lnWer tJors 10y
reason Of the smoke sDd tlams., Tau for
| roof. All who reached there were res-
, cued, hut soma inmates, too ferb 10
run or chamber. were burned to death.
while TWO who threw tn. mselyes frC n
upper windows were fatally injured.
Five bodies hare b--n taken frOu the
ruins. Loss on ba;ldiog and furniture.
80, 200: insurance, $50, 900.
A later reppr. from the fire IN the
Home f.: the IuiIgeut under the care OF
the LIttis Sisters of thu Poor makes i:
more disastrous III TesaItS than at tiE>,
noted. /. seems that the fire was Dis
covered III the >nuth Wing occupied ty
the male portion Of the INN .te-, which
contained seventy-twa persons. whose
ages varied from Is 10 !u1 years. The
fire WIS discovered by a person on the
street. who gave the alarm 10y ringing
the bed If the Institution. awakening tie
~ H..
iiremen arrived the harhcs were sweeping
through the south wing III every direc-
ton. and i. was not until about 9 y clock,
when the fire had been reduced T. smou!-
dellus elubers IN the basement, that fire
men were enabled by ladders u exan.ire
the upper stories uf the burned wing,
when they found seventeen Cd men
burned III their beds IN ih- upper story.
The bsisteads We're u.ie u .TUn AID
rested On charr-i heAsls, which had It
MANNED IL tAeIE places lie bodies welu
burned TO crlsp, rendering them totally
uEIeCo.uIZah!e.
Ii i said thirty ~ the inmates are
missing and il is feared hat the burned
bodies of some may bs found among
the debris OF tn ire ~ tie basement.
The fire:ucu >u.reei-ti ii saving the
which = occupied hy about sixty old.
women.
IN one of the rooms ~ III" third
story on the second tier - horrible
sight presented itself 10 the gaze OF the
firem-n who were first able u make
their way through the smoke and
flames. There, stretched upon pal
lets. We're the cOrpSCS OF nine uufyrIu-
nate creatures, some of whom were
paralytic.s and all of lOm were not
able to leave their beds. Few OF them
We're burned and the lair upon their
heads was unSincci. but AL d0uh,.css
died from suifocatisu, caused 10y the
smoke ON this second floor. one old
man was found dead seated IN a chair.
lie also died of asphysia and WAS 50
intirn ~ 10 be unable 10 leave his seat.
a trying duty awaited the i!rcmcn IL
the ruins. - It was certain that the
bodies al many WI" Eai p@riShc.. i'll
the mos: terrlb!> manner would be
found. hat what number it WAS InIpns-
>ib.e - determine. for the Sren A. last
a. they could a>s-}p-, we're either
housed in residences in tHa nrigbhpr-
hood or were walking about in 4 half
cIazed and in so;aa instances III 4 half
clad condition. The iiTemen. how
ever. continued pouring water on the
eml,er~, and when these cooled theE
brought from the 6eEris. caArroI and
eight men, whose remains
fell with the floors on which they per
ishei These made in all II victims. |
those who died from sutio- |
cation. Those burned We're Of course !
and their blAckeuei !
remains presented = sickening sight as .
the tiraIneu dragged them out and +
gave them III charge of Tie Sisters. the |
clergy ard brethren from II. Johns !
College. IEesa i'll turn conveyed the !
remains to the basement Of the lnSti- !
int. and there wrapped them up III !
sheets aud blankets - await the arrival !
Of tho Coroner. Most o: the missing
have been accounted for, and this j. is
believed comprises the total list Of tho
burned.