The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-12-25
ONLY HALF TOLD.
The Terrible Details Of the Fire at
Brooklyn.
Nineteen Cbarred corpsea so Far Reoov
cred from the Rulns--Mors Thought
70 lie There-soenes OF the
4 h. Holocaust.
THE ASYLUM HORROR.


laborers are working to-day ON tho
ice-coyered ruins of the burned Or
phan Asylum In Brooklyn, searching
for bodies. Temporary provision has
been made In the various Catholic lnstl-
tutlons for the care and shelter Of the
children. A Coroner's Jury was mpaneed
to-day, but the Inquest was adjourned. The
funeral OF the Victims will take place to-
morrow, and the lntermcnt VIII be In tho
Cemetery Of the Holy Cross, At Flatbush, l..
l. About noon to-day, when the w0rkmen
had almost concluded that there were no
more bodies buried beneath the debris, they
came upon group OF six moro, all OF which
were burned t0 a crisp. This makes nlno-
teen bodies recovered
At the time the fro began the larger boys
In the Institution were playing In the court
yard, making slods and snowballs, II was
ylsltlng-day and many parents OF tho chill
drcn had CONS TO See them, About thirty
five children were In the lnilrmary on tho
second llo0r under the caro- OF Sister An
thony. On the floor above were twenty
Ave more cllldrcn suffering from sore eyes,
under the charge Of Sister Mary Josephine,
who was similarly afflicted In the laundry
were Mrs FcOner the lOundrcss, assistant
laundress and Sister Clement, They noticed
smell OF burning mgs In the drying
room, and on opening lts doors cloud OF
shoke poured out The cry OF "Gre!" was
j lsed, The boys In the yard took II up
xuN Sister Anthony, In charge Of the sick
b. In tho lnilrmary heard an alarming
~ and soon saw black cloud OF smoke
llng from the windows beneath, In the
! iJcm OF which she had charge OF seven
helpless little crlpples were In bed, These
she caused the strongest Of the boys 10 take
In their arms, and, having made her charges
form In line, she marched them safely out
OF tho burning building,
On the floor above, where half the blind
children, 10 the number OF twenty-five, were
under tho charge OF Sister Josephine "A
scene OF the most terrible panlc ensucd.
The fear-strckcn children ran about the
room calling for help. Some rushed down.
stairs In the blhdlng smoke others In their
frantic fear hudded IN corners from which
they were rescued and others fled to the
roof. The unfortunate Sister Josephine
having lost all control OF the children under
her care, and her semI.bIndness intensified
by the clouds Of smoke that filled the stair
ways and rooms, rushed for safety 10 tho
midst OF flame and smoke calling loudly on
the spectators for help, A fireman lying
on the roof OF tho main building attempted
10 swing his oyercoat 10 the mpcrlcd sister
The first and second attempts were unsuc-
cessful; the end OF tho oOat fell short Ilo
Swung the coat third time and its edge
Just touched tho roof Of the building, Tho
sister sprang and glasped H. For mo-
mont II seemed as II her life was saved, and
tho crowd choored Justify. She swung an
instant In the air between the two build
ings, then her grasp relaxed and she fell 10
the ground, dying soon aftcrward.
A boy and q woman were now seen on
the roof of the building Three men placed
ladder against tho wall, but II did not
reach within five feet OF the room. Ona
of.the men mounted the ladder and the little
fellow leaped into his arms and was saved
The woman looked 10 the ladder and
then 10 the flames gradually APP
preaching. The byslandeB yelled "
her 10 keep her courage up She
looked into the burning building, as
II fascinated by tho fire, ana commenced
edging away from the ladder. Suddenly the
flames shot up beneath her feet and, with
cry ofagony, she fell backward into the
blazing mass. with crash the roof fell
afterward and soon the entire building was
mass OF flames.
Johnny Ryan, little fellow seven years
old, attempted 10 escape by climbing down
the watorpipe. The pipe gave way, and no
was borne TO the hospital with his skull
fractured
Mrs. Feenoy, the laundrcss, was found In
tho farmhouse OF tho asylum nj the east
end Of the grounds and about ivo hundred
feet distant Here sho passed the night
with slxty,ayo Of the smallest children,
VINO ranged rom wo yeaIs 70 % o,sne T,o,,, Sov,
e,al % e,o s,s.o's s,,o wo,o @SV ,hers r' scos M
s m eop ,eoa oro % orlsma,od I,V In ,ho so anSlnn'
doubt that lhe nle o. originated M S ~ ano ong'no tMe
Ivun', ""Sn w.. W." ,So :" ars, V onor ,yas " s yhs
,, M,muM on ,S o ,ov, o, on .' r,,n. W"e roo,n w..
iaunoiy, y" "o ,sa nM ',b "'mH4Vv '4ro
anu om wy a,,' uu .aiI % ,,,a y' Waoy,
Ws W u,e mu''''w an s"m somasn r' ,VSShey
Wuu was mahinB ey..' va e'oWr
Ulemehuha hDou VIC s.So IN tne YARD
suddenly saw i0mes IN the dryingprcss'
Turned ahd saw tho towels were ON iiro
Before We could hardly move The place was
ma blaze. There must have been NJ least
thir'y-hve boys IN tho lnlltn'nly, upstairs
under care OF Sister Mary Anthony, can
not imagine now many got OUT MIN
Fecnoy was prevented from making amy
further statement bya sister who drew her
aside and warned her not TO talk.
Children were received ut tho homo on
various conditions Most OF them were or
phans and some were half orphans. Ia nd
dillon 10 these few had been committed by
police magistrates when their parents were
ns,s,ser unable or unwilling 10 properly caro
Far Mem. Tho boys forming tho last-
namcd slaas ,,sYere In greater part unwilling
inmntca mud then, II Ia believed compose
mainlv ihc missing ones. who. saying boon
not free hv t,o 6fe prcfcr 10 remain st
iarcn.
I{Isbo, Yonvh,,n n nominal proaldent NJ
thc aocetv which has caro Of the ornhans,
Tha octna, ol,Icers and "mannverap aro lav.