The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-20
In ASYLUM IN ASHES.
|JoHN's HOME FOR CHILDREN
lor Details of the Great COnfiagratiOn
II the Catholic harity Institution
in nroOkiyn Many Victims
Crema ed Sad scenes.

8HW YORK, Dec. l9.--lne latest lnVeS-
|ntion on the fire shows that there
Ne about thirty listers In the asylum
Ia q number of them went out with
u boys, but il was impossible to keep
t6little fellows together. They sought
Ifnge in the car stables, dwellings, sa-
tons and stores near by. Rev. Father
k0nson took nearly one hundred of
loIn to his home and the asylum q j.
Iched to his church. The charity IN
|ltution close by received another on
|derable number. Father Bror son,
Tho was early AT the scene and al ex-
ollent work In getting the inmat es out,
opes no lives have been lost. edward
Iasslit, - city official, who reached
be- building soon after she fire
ocufred, SAYS he ne yer saw
q much excitement; childrei rum ng
ut 81 every entrance of both st. Marks
md ALBANY avenues MANY of them
vere thiuly clad, but weres Don provided
vith clothing of one kind or another Inv
1eiahbors. Patrick Cahill is confident
|hat he saw woman TALL back from q
Wind w into the fire. he also believes
III the boys did not get out, though all
ox0ept tn so in the boi Ter wing could es-
1ol)e withoat trouble. The fire bruko
9ut I'm the drying-ioom. One of the
b0ys in the asylum said the
no was caused by anOthet
boy who Went into the drying
room with 3 lighted candle and acct
d6utally set the clothes on fire
AZ y O'Clock last night tho flames
about the cross and cupOla were burn
al nj
poft gave away and they came down
Will crash.
sAt 8 o'clock only the charred walls
remained. II could not be learned
dofinitely last night whether any lives
were lost, but the best is hoped Tor. On
the night of November 8, 1862, tn,
former Catholic orphan asylum build
ling burned during driving SNOW
storni, and three OF the 2i3 children weT,
burned to death. The asylum building
d0stroysd last night was valued a
<D0, 900; insured. IL was announced a
'4 late hour last night that Sisto
Nary Josephine, who fell from Tn
1hird story window, was dead
W AWFUL AND APPALLING.
NEW YoKK, Dec. l9.--The BrookiNI
agle extra states that the fire ma sha
ports twelvebOdios found upto 8 o'clorl
b morning among he ruins of tn
|orned st. Johns home for children
prkmeu are still searching the debris
<ne utmost eXclten ent prevails in Jll
<|tinity OF the asylum. The budie
Hond are so charred aud blackeued thu
ntiicatlon is almost Impossible.
Mbelieved that most of the childre
Whp perished were in the Inflated ii,
I'm Josephime's ward. Men who are e,
M4ged Ia oXcavating the ruins OF II
NNundry have found the remains of hin
ANs and Uwo grown persons. Who Oh
MultS were has not been aScertaiue
I0t The sisters are unwilling 90 he il
HryiGweG, but 1t is plain To be seen tn,
heir list OF inmates rescued does A,
ono up TO the full numuer. This is O.
X8ined by the statement tnat the chi
S*An may have been cared for in privaI
Aises and will turn up. The fact
10 last night only one child was a,
lifted 10 be missing, and this mornir
I'd zen bodies were found. These fac
" their own ghasJIy story with pos
VnesS that il appalling.
ONLY The NJ Ms REMAIN.
TIC blAckeuud wa Is and smokil
ElIns re All that remain this murnif
St. johns home, or tho male Cath
1Qfrphan asylum, which burned ye
<eIday.
WOwds Of spectators gathered tod
20 Il Fitness the iiremon aud police iii
INK ~ the ruins.
1he sisters in charge Of the asvlu
th11ght last night that all the childrt
md saved, but persons who were
(19puiside and assisted I'm helping Q
I<<Ie ones to escape assert that
1HERE wERE MANY LIVES LOST.
Ihev said they saw little ones in
1oA ON the third tlOur, over the lau
EEwhen toe iliues made their way
4pd all avenues of escape had he
.pn Two or three gown persn
|<0Rre believed to have peiished. T.
@z9r lions OF lhese people are CORE
this morning the digg,
re ont, tho cbaned remd
*| lttle group of four who appear
<H ledIogether just before their CIR
elp had been s'ilpd Ia death.
nrmitorv, directly over tho lauud
~ sixty sick boys. IL is not kno'
I((her all Were saved. Alta late Inc
< morning three more bodies ",
XovHred near whore tho passage
Ibuildiuy was located. Some of I
ts appeared To- be those of adul
" after 9 O'Clock two more bod
8 found burned to a crisp and idel
~~~***'iA NfNNAhNRus
..X pa chi DBEN ARE s7ATTFREr
~ oFer tho city, and until collected
illnot be possible to identity the
<4bt those who persisted The pol
onuu many orphans on tho streets !
'1tn, and took theu 20 the staff
IN Citizens also took charge
~ of the D., and IL will probably b.
pr two hntOre they will be cOller
thor again or bodies found
ding, Il l. thought seven were G
~, one man and one a woman !
ID are still at work. IL is thou
ID bodies will I've recovered. ,
1 is estimated n $50 00O. Tho bu
was valued It S2Ol,0OO. They ha
ce chapel and u small organ, and
pears that but littl" was saved.
Hrooklyn's latest horror IL anot
fidence of the sad truCh that no amo
VEood Intention eau atone for The
Nproper prec0ution aud vigial
Mhundreds of Cpildren In the ssyi
N tenderly protected against
~ except that which could h
most easily guarded against
"A was very large water hydr
% yard, with four QUITS, but
M THEREWAs No HD~E
about the baildiug, nor any OF
ME Of extinguishing the fire, so
began as n trivial accident en-
awful tragedy. The great uol
|tireuun had IN encounter wa
bard roof on the entiie struci
To- wood and allowing tree ac
y flames. 1t acted simply a
All the efforts OF the iiremen "
IN their attempts to combat
The gates were locked, aud
mon OF the neighborhood '
p Ore first
ND 40 huRSr OPEN THE uArNs
fdmmlng iron before they co
Chicf Engineer Nevtns I
hat all mansard roofs he {
az once IA doHth traps
moor OF tho asylum was divi
miiOries by stub and
walls. The iloorirg and wa
We're of yellow pine, aud
{e.ween the o ling aHd the :
AZ not filed in, so that the
made its way along the vi
mere sere no dividing walt
any point on this floor. At
IRE begun a larger lumbe