The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-24
THE ASYLUM HORROR.
II Grows Worse Further Discoveries aud
Details MultiPly-Eighteen Bodies So Far
Have Been Found.

II Grows Worse as Further Discoveries aud
Details Multiply-Eighteen Bodies So Far
Have Been Found.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-Llke the Brooklyn theater
The Brooklyn Catholic Asylum grows In horrors
with the hours. Up till hsltpsst one O'Clock TO-
day seven more bodies OF the missing children
had been digged frOr1 the ruins also, the body OF
q man. Contractor Mcdonald, with 3 force of
twelve men, commenced work at six O'Clock. and
their picks and crow6aIs made unnecessary
disturbance OF the piled up mass of
warped iron, charred timber and frozen
mud that lay On the floor. At 9 O'Clock
top of the debris, noticed the section of a thigh
bone protruding from behind a gnarled and
Hom its holding in the frozen mass that sur
rounded 1T, and the trunk and verteoro of full
grown adult followed. The less reshy parts OF the
body were burnt 10 the bones, and the intestines
and spine were charred. The left arm deep
still retained In all Its distortion bent form. 1t
elasped what had been the neck of a child. The
latter body, from being smaller, and
q einder. The little trunk dropped
from its resting place and rolled until a boulder
stopped its progress. These bodies were com
pletely recovered, at least completely as the
flames left them. These two remains OF humanity
were doubtless all that remained of the devoted
father, who peIshed in an attempt to save the life
helpless son. The workmen proceeded. Now they
fully, only TO discover part OF shoe or some other
article of wearing apparel that had been more for
tunate than its owner. Half a square of the space
that interyenes between the boiler and the eastern
wall of the basement OF the infirmary had been
slfted a. III O'Clock. and the wOrkmen, DrOceedidg
in their task, quickly came upon TWO little bodies
lying together against the iron stanchion. They
now, at O'Clock, had unearthed two more bodies,
making eighteen, all told, up 10 the time stated.
Ton tSsn me ten iscoveassd l @ lb
OF the latter having been completely burned or
leaving nothing but cracked splinters OF the larger
bones. The bodies to-day. although burned be-
yond Identification, are not crenated beyond
Tecosnition as the remains Of human beings.
and burned, were placed in the baking pans that
contained the daily bread of the orphans. heap
Tie hip bones and vertebr1s of an adult person
were in The best state of preservation. The skulls
have been In most instances detached from the
bodies. corners have not been examined, and
unless ali signs fall they are likely to hold large
contingent OF cbarred c0rpses
The remains OF Sister Mary Josephine were
viewed by Coroner Hesse ana jury, and the in
queFt adjourned until such time as may be fixed
70 hold an Investigation upon all the bodies. The
body OF the sister was buried this afternoon in St.
MaTy's Cemetery, at Flushing. The corpse was
followed TO the grave by the Mother superior of
and by some relatives. fhe solemn mass Of the
requiem was celebrated. Arrangements for the
inteTment OF the other bodies has not yet been
being used for the bOuseless children was built
originally for stsble. The missing children are
still being picked UP in the streets
Accounts differ as TO the number of children In
tue inhrmary az the time Of the disaster. The
Mother Superior states there were but twenty.
while another claims that the inhrmary had
thirty five suffering inmates. There is now no
doubt as TO where the fire originated Mary
Feney, who was In the laundry, made a statement
In which she reiterated what che had previously
said, that a smell of burning rags in the drying
room was the hrst indication OF the FIRE. Vice
President shanahan. OF the Orphans Society, said
70 a reporter that the wings and the main build.
ing were not only supplied with iron fire-escapes
but had galleries running their whole length pom
each hoor, so that escape in case OF emergency
was easy.
"But this new building, where the laundry and
bakery was. had no Hre-escspesP'
"So, ft had not
"And this was where all the lives we're Iost2"
Yes or course snch q calamity could not have
been anticipated. The gentlemen who had con