The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-11-17
LATEST KILOGRAMS
THE BURNED ASYLUM.
Terrible Details OF the Suffer
ing OF Insane PatIeHts.

st. Pa1l. 16.-A bulletin to tht
Pioneer Press from st. Peter says the
number OF lives lost by burning and
freezing in the insane Asy lum is variOusly
e timated from twenty 10 fifty. The loss
on building is $4,000
Special, dated st am: The scenes
at the burning Of the south wing of the
hospital we're heartrending in the eI-
t!ems. So appalling sight has rarely
been witnessed, and trust may never be
a.ain. Many Of tue patients refused 10
leave the building at al. They ran
up and down the halls, screaming
and crying and acting like wild animals.
Of course they could not be coaxed
or forced cut of the building, and be-
came the unhappy victims of the
flames and sufOcRtion in the pit.
Others were saved, some by stairs and
-Ome By leAping from windows. Some
were nearly nude, some shoeless and hat
less, and all we're exposed 10 the ex-
ceeding cold Of the night Many of the
poor demented and crnzed inmates fed
as II for their lives, and could net be
Ogertaken or confined. Their sufferines
in this frightful condition can better be
imagined thaI described. The catastrophe
is fearful to contemplate and impossible
to describe. The poor dazed inmates OF
the asylum, who had escaped the flames
were at large, half clothed and were t.
be seen Ia all directions flying in wi j
fright from thOse who attempted 10 say.
hem. The air was bitter cold and thu
p JOr wretches, with half naked bodies
and bleeding feet, were flying about,
biding in alleys ana da k Corners. 1t was
4 sight once seen never to be forgotten, |
For some time the capacity Of the |
building had been tried 10 its ut
most. There were about 600 patterns
md every inch of space was utilized |
What will be done with these Door
creatures, turned out in cold, and their
nalady increased by the excitement of
.ue occasion, is serious question. There
ire two other buildings situated in town
which are used, bat th-y are already
crowded to thsir full capacity. The
asylum st Rochester is full and will
doubtless be unable to provide accomo
iations for any Of the inmates at st.
Peter.
st. Paul, 17.-All is terror and excite
nent To get complete list of those
killed and hurt is not now among the
DR.. Bartlett, of the asy-
UNI, says there are not more than twelve
ives lost, and probably as many more
lurt and suffering from the bitter cold of
asst night. More people are believed to
'e hurt and dying from exposure TO the
weather. than from burns. Others say as
many as twenty insane people either
'erished in the flames or died on the cold
Nils during the night So many OF the
'atients have disappeared that it
annot be told who are dead and who hsy. 1
IN away. Suffering has been great and no
'en can describe it, or human mind real
re 1t Hundreds of patients are q help
ess as children. Governor Pillsbury
eads band Of workers who are doing
verything pc sible for the comfort ofthe
stressed. Mr.. Carson, Of Minneapolis
as found the dead body OF bi, father-in- d
w, Hr. Adams, and will have it re- S
loved to Minneapolis. The resl damsgr .
, the hospital building will amount to
100000. The centre building and south v
it 6 have ben preserved. c