Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-20

Navigation is partly suspended. There is
| much suffering, and apparently the worst
| Is vet to come.
The Burning of the Brooklyn Orphan
Asyium-Charred Bodies Found.
! New YoRX. December 19th.-The Brock
| lyn Eagle extra states that the Fire Marshal
reports twelve bodies found up TO o'clock
| this morning among the ruins OF the burned
| st. Johns Home tor Children Workmen
are still searching in the debris The ut
most excitement prevails III the vicinity of
the asylum. The bodies found are so
chaITed and blaekened that identification is
almost impossible. Il is believed tha; most
of the children who perisheG were III the i'll
tated Sister Josephine ward, Men engaged
III eXcavating the ruins of the laundry
found the remains -of nine boys and two
grown persons. Who the adults were has
not been asGertained yet. The Sisters are
unwilling 10 be interviewed, but it Is plain
| TO be seen that their list OF inmates rescued
| does not come up 10 the full number This
| is explained by the statement that the chill
/ drcn may have been cared for IN private
! houses, and will turn up. The fact IS that
/ last night only one child was admitted to
| be missing, and this morning q dozen
bodies were found. These facts tell their
own CHASTITY story with positiyenesS that
is appalling,
SECOND DISPATCHl
New YORK, December i9th-Broolivn' 5
| latest horror is another evidence OF the
sad truth that no amount of good intention
can atone for the lack of rroper precaution
and vigilance. Hundreds of children III
the asylum were tenderly protected against
all harm, except that which could have
been most easily guarded agaimst-tire.
There was a very large water hyirant III
the yard with four butts; but there
was no hose in or about the building,
| or any other means of eXtingUiSh-
! ing fire. So what BEGAN as trivial
accident ended in an awful tragedy At
the time the fire began the larger boys in
the institution were playing in the court
| yard, making slides on the newly-tallen
snow, or snow-balling. 1t was visiting
day and many parents Of the children had
come to see them. About thirty-fiye chill
dren were in the intirmary, or second floor,
under the care of Sister Anthony Their
little wan faces were peering at the win
dow. 1t is yet absolutely impos-
sibie to tell where the inmates OF
the institution can be found-in the
station-houses car stables and private
homes, the waits found shelter Late this
1
up, and 123 We're unaccountei for. While
it may turn out that not one of these is
| among the ruins. the fact remains that the
| tons of burnt timber, warped iron and
fallen bricks which have not yet been re-
| moved, may entonib MANY more coTpSes
than have been recovered. The Trustees
OF the Home have hired a force of lneE to
continue the search until it is settled
beyond question that there are nc
more bodies III the wreck OF the
building. In a room of the saved
portion of the asylum proper are the bodies
of those who have been found. They are
tied up in sheets. and any effort to identify
them would be perfectly useless. In that
room is the only story of loss of life so faI
as known. 1t is now known that the little
patients were so situated as to be almost
completely cut off from escape, and the
flames ate rapidly upward thus preventing
egress by the lower parts of the house
Eddie Mc(irath one of the kitchen
boys, y years of age. was going in to wasi
cups when the fire broke out. He ran on
and saved his little 7-year-old brother, wht
T was on the second floor. Speaking to
Union reporter, McGrath said there wert
seven boys in the in1irmary' on the thirC
floor, afflicted with sore eyes, and abOu
twenty-three sick with malarial fever. Ii,
said seven We're unable to leave their beds
and suggested the probability that they
were the first victims. The ciildrei
I were received at the Home on va
: -ious conditions Most of them wer,
orphans, and some half-orphans. IN addi-
! ton to those, a few had been committed By
the Police Magistrates, when their parents
were either incapable or unwilling to prop
: erly care for them. The boys forming Tx
last class were, III the greater part, UnwilI
> ing inmates and these, it is believed
compose mainly tie missing 123 Hay
: ing been set free by the fife
t they prefer to remain At large TIL
S identity of the remains of the woman
( found in the ruins may be helped by tn
: statement of Sister Veronica She said
"I let two visitors into the ipfrmary VIII,
went up the stairs. They were Mrs. Nc
Caron and Mrs. Halloran. l think the.
got out, but | am not sure. She con
= tinued: There were not more tina,
: ten or twelve children in the upper floor o
: the infirmary when TIE fire broke out Thi
! floor was used as q dispensary. where tn
: children's ailments were treated. and wa
: not for occupancy. except at such periods.
Sister Veronica was in the infrnar,
when the fire was discovered, and said
seemed TO originate III some dish towel
that hung on rack Sister Clementin
!
water to throw on the flames Before sh
got back the fire had gained such headwa
that it was useless to try to check it, AM
their efforts were directed to saving til
children.
, Views of Chairman Jones. Of tho NatIona
! Republican Conm;ttee.
5 New YoRK, December 19th.-B. T. Jones
: Chairman of the National Republican Com
0 mittee, IS now here Being interviewed b.
. the Tribune, he said 1t is my opinion
0 that if President Arthur had SUPPORTS
/ Blaine cordially, as Blaine would have sup
: ported Arthur if the latter had been th
0 choice of the National Committee, Blain
5 would now be President-elect Conkling'
a services were never offered to the Republi
4 can cause, either directly or indirectly. Ii
K never called at our headquarters or sent an
message there of political nature so ia
a as | know. In the early stages of the cam
] paign Gorham was for several weeks almos
daily in the committee-rooms, and pro
fessed to take great interest in the campaign
and the success of the party, and to b
friendly to Blaine. He volunteered a grea
= deal of advice, and pretended to be soil,
: Republican. He was one of the party tha
= went on the steam-yacht trip with Logal
n and the committee to New London. Conn
. John +. Smith, of Albany, was also fire
: | Quent visitor III the first days OF the cam
! paign, and at its close they were supporting
:, Cleveland.
\ ''The Spanish treaty, in my Judgment, i
!, the entering wedge for free trade, | thinl
{ all foreign countries should be treatet
alike. 1 do not know of anything Spail
!, has ever done for this country that shout
u u entitle her to this great concession from III
y United States, nor can l conceive of any
Z Z thing she is likely to do. regard it simpl
y y as speculation on the part of its project
y ors. As business man. | would rattle
!, hs~e the trade OF one of our States, sa
L L Ohio, Indiana or Illinois, than of the whol
|, continent of Cuba and Porto Rico. Th
u treaty gives away a good home market i
exchange for an inferior one.
Miss Erelinghuysen's Knee.
: New YORK, December 19th.-The ST.
y says: Tillie Frelinghuysen, daughter {
( the Secretary of State fell and seriously il