Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-20
TWELVE BODIES FOUND.
The Chared Remains Of Little Vic.
Tins Of the Catholic Orphan
Asylum Fire.
sickoning Scenes IS the FirOmen Draw
Out Blackened and UnrecOgnis-
able Bodies.
Probability that Other Bodies win
be Pound AZ the Investiga-
tlon Continues,

Il
] BRooKLSN, N. ", Dec lD.-The SUN
rose this morning ON a slckenlng
eoene In tie city Of Brooklyn, and one
never TO be forgotten by these who
Were unfortunate enough to Do eye
witnesses, AZ the corner OF 81. Marks
aud Albany avenues, whore yesterday
the imp ,eing threo.story Catholic
orphsn asylum had stood, nothing was
! b. he seen hut u shapeleas mass 81 ruin.
| Three OF the walla remained, aud hore
AM there the blackened posts that had
pheld tic rRsslve doors were atill
Intact.
No sooner had the flames heeh eX-
tngniuhed than large force was put
10 work to overhaul The ruins I.lRhta
were erected and all night long the
search was kept up At Intervals. as
the blunt end az workman's nick
would encounter charfsd pile Of hu.
man fipsh, lhe llRha would be cOnoen-
lrated and Ell hnnds would turn Ia TO
remove The little heap. Carefully the
mass OF half-burned timberH WAS
raked awgy and the blACkened remalna
taken up and carried 10 the opposite
sidewalk. Thus the work went on
throughout the night and early
this morning there we've borne 90 the
mOfgue twelve uppc0gnlgAhle heap8
Of what but a few hoara before were
human beings IN the Asll enjoyment 81
life.
As isalways the cnse ~ conHagrn-
non Of any size IN city, hundreds OF
people early began 70 Visit tho scene;
but when II became noiHed abroad
that several bodies had been found the
stream was doubled. Ropes were
stretched and policemen stationed
around tho rnlna 10 keep the gaping
popnlace fIom interfering with the
wOrkmen.
IL is believed that the greneer num-
Der ~ those lost were IN ths dorulitory
which WAS Ia the charge Of Sister Mary
Josephine. III known thar the slater
did nut leave her departm vt until
forced TO flee for her lie. She did her
best TO quiet the little ones, telling
them To 90 down quietly aud re-
main nj any OF the urlgh-
boring houses until they were
called for. Some OF the children.
followed these instructions, but that n
gOodlY number stayed behind with
The III fated sister Il known from the
fact that she herself remained until
too late 10 escape Sister Josephine II
the Only oue who ~ present could give
a correct idea AZ 10 the number who
rerished In the dOrmitOry, but her ter
rible fall has, IN all probability, scaled
her lips forever aud IL may never be
known exactly how many " the little
fa,herless ones perirhed la the iiRmee.
Among the Femhins thus faf disroy-
cred are those of two grown persons,
Who the adults are has not yet been
hBcprialped.
The sisters are unwilling 10 b0 inter
viewed but II "a plain TO be seen that
the numbtr OF Inmates which they
have been able 20 yet toPeiher doeanot
come up TO the full list, $50 by good
~ margin. This, they hope, Is due 10
the fact thnt many Of children have
been cared for By private honsea and
that they viii yet be found.
The fact Is that last night only One
child was admitted 10 be missing aud
this morning dozen bodies have
already been found. These facts tell
their own Rhastly story with a posi-
tiyenesH that Ia appalling.
Persona who were on the outside
last night, and assisted la helping the
little ones b. escape, asserted last night
thnt there were many lives lost. They
said they saw the little ones IN u room
on the third floor over the laundry
when the fsnea made their way 10 IL.
and they knew that the avenues Of
escape had been cut on Two or three
grown persons we're also believed 10
| nave perl-hed. The assertions Oftheae
| people were correct
The digRerH can't on 10 tho chhFred
remains Of little group ~ four who
appeared huddled together lust before
| their cries for help had been sililed Ia
death Ia the dormitory directly over
the laundry there were sixty sick
boys. At q later hour this morn.
ing ,lrec more bodies were Uncovered
near where the paesage u the building
was located. Some Of the bodies ap-
peared 10 be those Of adults. Shortly
after 3 O'Clock two more bodies were
| found burned u q crisp. All ideuti!i-
Gallon WAS destroyed.
The children are scattered nil over
the city. and until collected Il VIII Ecl
be possible to identify the bodies o.
( those who persisted. The police found
many orphEus on the etreeia half fro
zen, and took them 10 the sthllun-
house. The citizens alfo took
] charge Of some Of them aud
! IL VIII probably ba a day az two before
they Gao be collected together again.
Of the bodies found this morning, y
| Il thought that seven we're those 81
ebisdren, one that 81 man and one
| the bOdy of d woman. The diggers
are gtiil 81 work. II ~ thought that
other bodice Will DO recovered.
The lOss Is esilmntea at t230.DO0, the
building WAS valued 81 s20ODOQ They
had nice chnrcl ana small organ.
and II nppeara that Little WIS saved.
AHoTIfEH ACCOUNT.
NEW YORK, Dec ~ - broohlYn's
latest horror - another evidence Of the
sad truth that no amonnt q good
! Intention can atone FOR HE lack Of
pfoper pTecaullDn and vigilance, Hun
dsods ~ children Ia an nsylDrD wcfe
tenderly protected agalnst an harm eN.