, 1879-02-01
u,,,clng Of the Louisville Aims
House, tho Finest IN
The Land.
,,...,b,e scenes Attending tho
Escape Of the Unfortu-
nate Inmates.
.ro, 1mbeclles Leap from
windows and XIII Them
selves.
,.. Persons Killed, and = Mum.
b.r Of Others Badly
Injured.
. supken Schooner with Ten oorpses
Found in Chesapeake Bay.

r,,r ALsts-nousE HORROR.
xotcsdi DftpateA 10 Jas 7fftua&
,.,,,,x H.. .rsn. B1.--lu the midst Of 4
loV u, ths CIV A1ms-11ouse to-day, Fred
s.. s,s uho vas Ia the second story OF tic
Ms}s, 3stsr ant1csrored to escape BY tying tho
pa"s .,. ~ his bed together and letting himself
.pees s ~ @hc ronc 10 fnado from the front part
ootn H. hn,ld,uc, But HI had not mors than got
., ~ ,St ,',, Weight upon It when 1t broke. and he
W. w. :. tbc ero,,nd below, frActurfn9 his skull
'sn .nfrrine ,nstsnt death. He "as German
- ~ r.,,s of age, and had beon m Inmate OF
" ". ,r,u,r for some time. Hls beard
.rs III, h.ir were badly anred, showing that hs.
14 ro ofrnrt tu leave until the fro drove him
W. 49, rbomas picsinson, aged TO years. being
~, N from escape, jumped from the third
.,o,, window IN tic rear Of the building, pro-
s.s;no Z death In that manner thnu to one BY
s.,,,up. It was deatl,-IcAp to him, for IN 80
sstn, hc brokc hts neck anl one Of his legs,
t.ms. Riddle mas seen II ono OF the front
.,,dors. and the officers shouted to
str, to mako bis cacapc by the way
81 ,,,e stasrs, eRress In that way
W, having been set cut oH, Hc, however. paid
w ,t,tnttop, but remnIned in hs position nt
,he widow, crying for help, which no one
-, .hle to render him, and, At last, when tho
A.. surrounded lin and began to burn his hair
,nt ,tnrch bis aeah, he Jumped out. receiving
injuries frum which ho died. after great suffer-
no. Ile ras 88 years Of sgc, and Was subject
~ .ntteptIc ttts, having been 10 afflicted for
r.,rt, Thet4 arc Ill Tint arc positively known
IL haze been killed, but, when tho
a.. shall haro been put out 50
hat search can DO made among the EuIns, the
hodics Of others may be discovered. The OIL
M. ftaF that other lives haya bccn lost, ~ sew
mi xere observed to run back into tho build
tno .fter their effects. Mrs. Christina Johnson
VA badlr burned. Alter getting out OF tho
hn,latoQ she was greatly c1citod, and while Eln-
nIug about, near the building, acting "a II sbo
wa endeayortug to get Ia 10 obtain something
shs bad left behind, burning timber fell upon
her, burning her head, face, and shoAl-
dsre quIse seriously. shc 1as re-
moyed 10 house near BY where
be, Injuries wero attended to. There is apprc*
beusIon that tho will lose her sight. Tho OIL
eers tried to Eet her away from the building,
but sha vas 10 excited TINT ahe paid no atten'
ton 10 the warnings which wers gtrcn her.
The A1ms-Iou was the lncst In America. and
va built asx yetrs ago II : cost Of $l62, ,on.
r. ia tssstsrn Assoetafsd Frsss.
! LOUISVILLE. KJ., Jan. 8l.-The Lou!svillc
Almt HouAe, situated tlye miles south Of tic
oily, Mss entirely destroyed BY fire, tho orfkin
\ Of Which Is unknown, At 10 o'clock this morning.
Three hundred and forty persons wern in tho
rlsce 1t The lime. nearly ali Of whom escapod.
Jsnta Ridley, N imbecile, was burned fatally.
j Fred Meyer. IN escaping, broke his neck.
: Henry Kehlsr pcrished In the lsmcs. Thomas
n Dl1on rm killed by fall. Nathsn
q Caldwell ras seriously hurt, atld Mrs. John
H. A%.~,, mnt tvfh n+.hft1 10
4 de- The c1it scene 10 described as horrible In
the extreme, but tho most marvellous feature is
Z tho small loss Of life attending It. Nearly nil
the inmates xera AGED invaIlls, Inbcelles, and
4 tnppleA There wera moro c0lorc1 persons
\ than auy other class, Jet, strange to say, none
Z rere serionely injured. Their ages ranged from
3 10s years to TO-
Tho building wAs erected BY the City Of
Louisville III 1874 At cost OF e175,.
ooo, md was Insured ~ fol-
Ions: Continental Of New York, 5000;
Commercial Union, Of London, $500; Hart
fosi, Of Hartford. 5000; Royal. Of Liverpool,
$1,000; Franklin, Of Louisville, 5000: Farm
en- 4 Drovers', Of Louisville, $4,000: lnrman
Security, Of LouIsYitle. $1,000; Union, OF Louis
7Ilet f5,000; Louisville uerman. tb, 1000; West-
am, Of Louiasie, $1,000; Quosu, Of Liverpool,
E0uo; uaderwritera', OF New York, 5000;
Western Assurance, Of Toronto, $1,000. Total,
$4,000
The paupers xesa assigned to other quarters
1t 0uce.
a MUTE TALE OF HORROR.
BALTIMORE, Jan. ol.-Tllc oyster schooner
Adamanstno haa been found sunk Ia tho bay.
Her Captain, lIoraro Baker, Of Philadelphia,
Sas lsshed to the topTnast. and The bodies ol