The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-25
All ASiLUa IN ASHES.
~. JOINS HOME eoq CHILDREN.
4, Ssssss "Details ~ the GREAT connsarstios
~ ihs Uaiholic hafity lnsiiiutiss
Ia Bi ookiyn- Aiasy ct'~s
CTeins. ed rsd scenes
Raw Ynnn. Dec. l9.-.The laleat Inye..

Nsw YonK, lee. lo.--Ths latest inves
tsation on lhe iiro shows that there
we're alou thirty listers In the asylum
end number Of thom went out with
the boys, bu' IL was impossible u keep
ths lille fellows together. They sought
refuge la lilo ear stables, dwoliings, ~
looms aud stores near bv. Rev. Father
Bronson touk nearly ono hundred OF
Them 10 his home and the asylum NJ
tached 10 his church. The charity In
stitutioI close 10y received another con-
siderable 'nnuhtr. Father bronson,
who was early at the scene aud dld tx
oellsnt Wurl, iu getting The Inmates OUT,
homes no lives have bebu lost. Edward
Hasslii, ci,y official, who reached
che btiilding sopu after tho lire
occurred, says he never SAW
60 much "xitement; children rum ng
Y eat of avery entrance of both st, Marks
Apd A,bapy avenues, Many Of them
IRE thinly clad, but were soon provided
In clothing "tonc Kind or another by
ghbors. P..tiick Cahill Is confident
d no saw woman TALL back from u
hduw into he lire, He also believes
the boys did not yet our, though all
Dept III 80 Ia the boiler wing could e,-
kpe " thout trou BILE. The iiru br ke
y In tho drying-room. One of the
" in the asylum said ths
was caused by snothe
who went into the drying
,m with a lighted candle anu acct
htally set the clothes on tire
A. o'clock last ni.ht the flames
bout the cross and cupola were burn
ling d, rely, and soon after their sup
port gave away aud they came down
with ~ crash.
Az . o'ciurk only the charred walls
remained. " could not be learned
definitely last night whether any lives
were lost, but the best ~ hoped tor. On
tho nixht Of November 9, 1862, the
former Catholic orphan asylum build
ing burned during driving snow
Z storm, and three OF tho DIS children " ere
burned t. death. The asylum building
| destroyed last night WAS valued ut
B 500 OOD; Insured. IL was announced ~
Mary Josephine, who fell from the
third story window, was dead
AWFUL NND APPALLING.
NEW SoNK, Dec. " The BROOKLYN
Maggie extra states that The fire ma shsl
report, twe!vebodies Z q ID up toS O'Clock
this morning among mo ruins of the
burned ST. Johns home for children
Worknieu are still searching the debris
Tho utmost excitement prevails in the
vicinity OF the asylum. The bodies
found are so charred aud blackened that
Identification is almost impossible. 1t
10 believed that most ut the children
who persisted were in the il-fsled Sis !
ter Josephine's ward. Men who are Gu
gagged IN excavating the ruins OF he !
laundry have found the remains OF nine |
Boys and two grown persons. Who the
ADULTS We're has not been asceriaiued |
yet. The sisters are unwilling To 100 in
terviewed. but it Is plain To be seen that
their dist Oi inmates rescued does not |
noip q the fun numuer. This il ex-
lle statement tnat the chill |
\een cared for In private |
kprn up. The fact is |
none child was ad- |
aud this morning |
nd. These facts |
~ with posi-
SAW little ones In a 7
a n