New-York tribune., 1884-12-20
a1saooO. The insurance amounted to $4,000,


tcndon. $4,000 Grcenwich s. 1000 sun Of london.
oSc Ss!ro ProvideHce Of Washington sooo Msnu
facturers Of Boston, $1,000 Masas' ng"D ssnr
sDss So 600 Manufacturers Of Boston; $500; PhG
nix OF london, $4,000 American Central; % ooo
sS%,,;x Of Hartford 81 900; tctai $4,000 On engine
and machincry-German OF Newark SZ'ooo'
APPEARANCE OF THE RUINS.
The northern aud eastern walls of the massive
bluestone building were covered yesterday Win
veil of ice woven in thousand fantastic patterns.
Within the east wing and the central building
huge lcicles hung suspended from the ceilings ana
haired the entrances to the dormitories The ilo2rs
were covered with thick carpets OF ice. anu 'no
Counterpanes on many of the cots when had esr n
cancd Ike flames were decorated with SUN
frlupes of ice. Looking down lnto the cast Wl'It
frm the top floor of the main 6uldlng a scene vi
Wild destruction was presented RafterS. Dent anu
twisted IRON cots and straw mattresses VIC, hneleu
i'm jnexticable confusion. All that was ieit stand
ing of the chanel and the dormitorles above IL were
1be heavy walls The upper floor of the main
building was half destroyed. and the wlnd wnlstieu
among the hanging lraE%es %, 'ne 'hnerarftho
tor floor of the main building when was uhder ,he
Cupola q small room was left unnJnred, tne
ruins of the cupoo having so fallen as
fo protcct it, In this room was
neatly made bed. at the foot of which was sma II
statue OF a saint with hands joined III the a.,ouu, ,
nj PRAYER In various parts of the room were toet
articles and necessary furniture, and AZ the heau ~
the cot hung the snowy-white. simple head dress OF
Sister OF ~. Joseph. 'diP'Hi'i, "'''
work in The west wing removing the seats from he
nohool.roomS TO fl IN the rooms as uotnttnIriics
Only few of the rooms III thlspar, ni me % o"n hlan
were drippng with water On tho p'acn scn
boards of the school-rooms, In nm
eiial letters were traced ,onnH ,9o Now S,,S YnoTS
Some expert at lrce-hand drawing had executed 2
portrait of "unclc Sam' IN the character oI
Santa Claus which would be crcditaDle & 10 ap,Is prs
were writ ten the Christmas carols when me 'Ii'
tlrcn were learning. One of The sisters VINO WIZ
Of The rescued goods sad that all tho pfcpahtios
had ben made 90 give the children q happy
,im9 ,aars W We're covered with ice several
inches thick, and men were busy WIN IN
pals of salt thawne II out so tnal ~ mass of
ice more than eight inches deep. fnemen were ~
work all day long pouring streams OF Watei upon
The smoulderng rubbish IN the chapei ou,ips' % INK
ders within the walls of the boiler-houSe.
TUE BODIES IN THE sEwING-RooM
Tn the scwing-room which is in the basement OF
the main building, Police-Captain Fouik, OF the
Twelfth Precinct, stood guard beioie
table on which lay a mass of black ana
d;storted fragments To the left of the table.
living upon blanketsfwas a similar mass. These
Were the remains of what twenty-fonr hOuis
before had been active human beings; In one one VI VI
the piles the body of child from the shoulders 10
The knees could be clearly distinguished iHS
homes were not bare, but were covered WIN soma
mass OF what scsmed ne p1,ddneu d Ieta,ned The
ora3;,;na 1ev,3; fracmenfs were mixed together, and
only anatomlst could determine M VIA. pai,r w wbn pa
was summoned TO hold the inquest, salo, aItcI d
careful examination OF the remains, thdl he was
snre thai there were nine children and one woman
represented by the fragments; close TO the rag az
ments which were supposed 10 pe thosc VI onb ,tib
woman found bunch OF nalr VIII VIII.
the halrplnS IN III, ana hdliu uP"h "i'N" "'' f'
Mother Superior Chantalay who is at Father
Cro;ghtOn's declined to talk with reporters, nut
She 1od Coroner HcSse that there were exactly
twenty hidren in the eye ward on the top hoor OF
the boiler house SIX OF these y H. is W hHo" abmnie mn
RYAN - at ST. Mary's Hospital and four are conse.
quently unaccountcl for. The Coroner says 'ahe ,h
lie believes that their remains wiIl be found IN 'he
ruins to-day Ex-Register Carroll, of BrookIyn
has directed Thomas Mcdonald, contractor. to
put six men AT work tins morning 10 thoroughly
md cgrefuily overhaul The ruins On one OF the
exhuned skulls Coroner liesse discovered cilnging
80 the temporal bone OF the right side piece ol hne
linen such that of which the Whie heaawedr 1i
tLe sisters is made He thought that the skuil
might be that of one of the sisters ana went 10 we
Mother Superior He says that She ran over the
names of the thirty sisters and assured hlih inaU
they were all safe with the exception oi Nlsler
Josephine. and said further that all the hoViceS
and servants were accounted lOf - H.,
jury of eight men was taken by coroner i'esse fIe
10 ST Mnry's Hospital last night ana vicweu tho
boiy q, sister Josephine. which was placed IN an
ice-box IN basement room OF the hospital anu
permit for burial was gwen. ne 1ouI Wiz
buried to-day IN the cemetery OF Tue Sl' JoscPns
Home. AT Flushing
JOHNNIE RYAN not LIKELY TO piE
The boy. Johnnie RYAN. who was thought by the
surgeons of ST. Mary's Hospital to be dying on
Thursday night, surprised his attendants yesterday
afternoon by recovering consciousness. lie gave
his name. and said: "My head aches little, hut
NOT eo had ns IL did, he recognized his uncle wlo
called to see him. and thcn the doctors forbade
further conversation. Dr Curtis sald NAV ine
surgeons had intended 10 trephine HIM, but necusd
not 10 -, he seemed 10 be dying lhey were gia1
they had not. as the operation might nave proyeu
fatal He said that the boys condition lhurHu3y
,;,Lt vas evidently due 10 shock that only the
onfer wall ofthe skull had been fractured, ana
that th,re was a good chance OF the pntleni ici
cnverv. The boy is about thirteen years Ola anu
seems so I've an intelligent little fellow lie Is per-
hans the only one living who can give a clear ac-
v",a The ronness with Which he sought TO
ESCAPE by climbing dn"n ne eanr eanrr
,rnnih sep,n tp indicate that he can give pretty
nrcnfitt account of what took place IN the Wafd
Cgpiain. fouk sal 70 4 rwngva fep9f{er iast
risii: ihtit was big HE hjdiani - the r9nii
tarl hri tb nUt ltlittt there vas a ipoi 0l hose
~ ,ht bitniSrS. I Ilip rtaies hpuk anu launti run-
iant "a ~ Mtttr anl BeNtit atesy neaii{ tvU
a.,i nrt h.it rre aNat. ihis rafi ~ ht citt lias
jH " nuWiiti ~ iateh institutions f'Wilht
u ihs iuMe ar1 4 laipt nh'het, ~ Hng ,a
twen,, ,.Wt,Gs ~ haif aN hejif atipf ,hp aiaiip
Mac sNpn tpfeie ,hp hHek a'H iaaett r"Hiiah5 pe'
'ihe pniiie ST ihe Iwelflh fWenpl haze ~ ~ ae.
e0unttd iur b3a pi leeliittp' ~ ahhi'lpN " 'nsp
IopIcsented n the charigl lIagminls lnt Al,NNt'
Suner,nr SAY, that IL wall hs impossible l1 dtltt,
innG the names 0i the missing ones ul'li "ll can
Gan lac had which will not be ipl several d'ns 10
come. The children viii he gathered together from
their various places Of refuge IN some place plpb-
ably Father Crc lltOnS school a. soon "a l9s'Iio'
Tn,ouer IIes,e " in empanel a jury 10 view the
harmed romans to-day aud Will adjourn the inquest
to some future day.
PROBABLE IDENTITY OF THE WoMANs bopf'
Ii was ascertaiued last evening that the skeleton
of the woman found in the ruins of the burned
bniIdirg. was in all probability that of Mrs. Mary
McCarron, of No. 81 Pearl-st, Brooklyn
She was a widow, with two children