The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-07

Fnst avenue.
i-Chiidrcns ward No. 49,
Si.5-where children were burned
6-Nurses' room. where IRE originated.
7-feinale ward No 81.
s-oGee at entrance to hospital grounds.
A~-iligh stone wall
0-scIffecding stoves
TO RESCUE.
At length an engine arrived and dashed into the
yard. No sooner had the horses turned the angle of
the building than one FELL and for some seconds the
getting stream on the burning house was
impeded. second. third, and fourth
engine arrived. and. with little loss of time as
possible, several streams brought into play on
the blazing partition. Commissioner Hess heard Of
the DIRE few minutes after IL broke out and drove to
Bellevue Hospital He organized corps Of help from
the watchmen and employees OF the place and carried
the women up TO comfortable quarters In the hos
pital as fast as they were brought in. When the
flames had so enveloped the pavilion that 1t was i'm
possible to enter It again. tho Warden and his men
were Obliged to dcsist 1t was supposed that all who
had been there were out and SAFE The engines were
pouring powerful streams OF water 1t. and in tho
course of half an hour tho fro was extinguished.
DISCOVERING THE DEAD.
On examining the premises IL then dis
covered that three infants had been burned to
death Their names were MARITIME: Bsntly
tively six wecks. eighteen months and nine
months. The bodies were removed to the Morgue
20 await the action Of the Coroner Mrs. Dunno,
one of the patients who had been In the
pavilion died an the hospital almost immediately
the nurses was so disturbed by the sudden danger
and alarm that she became hysterica gaining the
hospital. and was not expected to live through the
night ss mea,c. oorps wa. called into .c,,on carl, in
She calamity and did what lay In their power to soothe
was in charge of the police who promptly answered
the summons, and by quarter-past twelve the IRE
was extinguished and the grounds cleared.
wARDEN's STATEMENT.
Warden 0Rourke said TO reporter OF the HERALD
in the hospital when the nrc wa. over that tho
men In the hospital rendered valuable AID
"How did the fire originator
81 could not tell you. We have not yet been abba
nuascsrtsipIoaxactly how the accident was brought
een n n
j our attention"
hear OF itY'
fnu~Dt cried out when she noticed the hanes.
and we all rushed there fast could
You are sure about tho number Of women there
when the fire broke outr
ayes, IL was SIXTEEN"
"And the cbildrenY'
"Thirteon, making twenty-uine In ALL"
s'Besido the two nurscsY'
"Yes. in addition to the nurses"
"what about the woman who died from frights"
Mrs. Dunn they report as having died from fright
Idont think, however. that liz correct. She has
been dying all day and has been suffering for
time from consumption. The fright may, OF course.
have accelerated her DEATH but had not been OK
pected TO live through the night.
'.Tno nurses are both sick."
''Ycs 1 have just been to them, and both arc
suffering from nervous attacks. don't think they
VIII sustain much injury"
son, 1t Is very old. We have several pavilons at
tachcd to tho hospital; most of them are old
the place Itself"
Have they always been considered safeY"
eve neuer had an accident before
"They are heated by stovesY'
'yos there three stoves in the building that
has been burned"
''were the women and children removed before
the arrival OF tho police and hremenY'
Eyes; we did all that service ourselves. At least
We thought we had done IL ALL but unfortunately
three little ones were left behnd."
"fhis Is the old Morgue, is it notf"
eyes, used to be- the Morgue, aud the sides have
been walled In and alterations made In the in
terror"
WHAT COMMISSIONER SAID.
Com missioner Hess said that all their care had
han tn In oss.l thAU had vtsxl
yet had time to examine into the circum-
stances and details Of the IRE. A thorough