Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-12-25
THE BURNED AsYLUM.
Twelve Bedies Found - ExctstnR
SCENES Am0ng tine Ruins,


scenes Among tine Ruins.
NEW YoRK, Dec. 19.-The Brooklyn Eagle,
in an extra, states thai the fire marshal
reports that IL bodies were found up TO
O'Clock this morning, among the ruins OF the
burned st. Johns Home for Children in that
city. Workmen are still searching in the
DEBRIS.
The utmost excitement prevails in the
vicinity Of the asylum and the bodies found
are 80 oharred and blackened that identiA-
cation is almost impossible. 1t Is believed
that most Of the children who perished were
in the Inflated Sister Josephine's ward The
search is progressing under careful super
vision.
The men engaged in excayating the ruins
of the laundry have found the remains of
nine boys and two grown persons. Who the
adults are has not been ascertained as yet,
The sisters are unwilling to be interviewed,
but it ia plainly to be seen that their list Of
the inmates who have been rescued
| does not come up to the full
number. This is explained by a
statement that the children may have been
| cared for in private houses and that the
chances are that they will turn up. The fact
| is that last night only one child was admitted
| to be missing and this morning a dozen
bodies are found. These facts tell their own
ghastly story with positiveness that is ap'
palling.
THE LATEST PARTICULARS,
NEW York, Dec. 49, lackened walls and
smoking ruins were all that remained this
morning of the st. Johns Home or Male
Catholic Orphan Asylum in Brooklyn: which
was burned yesterday. Crowds of spec
witness the tiremen and police
digging in the ruins. The sisters in charge
| Of the asylum were of the opinion last night
| that all the children had been got out OF the
| building, but persons who were on the out
side, and assisted in helping the little
ones to escape asserted gsde l.,a that lhat
| floor over the laundry when the flames had
made their way to it, and they knew that
the avenues OF escape had been cut of. Two
| or three grown people are also believed to
have persisted. The assertions Of these
people are correct, for this morning
the diggers came on the charred remains
| of little group OF four who appeared to
have huddled together Just before their cries
| for help had been stiiled in death. In the
dormitory directly over the laundry we're 60
boys, who were sick. II is not known
whether any Of these were saved
At later hour Of the morning three more
bodies were found near where the passage to
the main building was located. Some Of the
bodies appeared to be those OF
adults. Shortly after o'clock two more
bodies were found. They were burned
to a crisp and their possible identity was
destroyed The children are scattered all
over the city and until collected it will not be
possible to identify the bodies of those who
persisted.
The police found many of the orphans Oh
thel streets half frozen and took them Il
the station house. Citizens also took charge
Of some Of them and it will probably be |
day or two before they can be collected
together again.
OF the 1856 inmates Of the 81. John'i
Orphan Asylum, In Brooklyn, which WA
burned on Thursday, 627 have been ac
counted for. The other 1853 boys wer,
not accounted for up 10 last night, exoep
the bodies of the 10 which were dis
covered in the ruins. It is believed tina
many Of the other las have shared tn
came fate.