The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-20
The assistant lauudres and SISTER Glenn.

tiits M'N. NfENeN
ForIcEp THE sMlLL or ncA,NINs RAGS
the driving room, aud AN ononi,,r he
doors cloud otsmOke ,oHrret ont Tie
9 OF fire was raised tbe 6ovs in ;hI
yard took ii mn end Sist~r
Anthony, in charge Of the
sex ones 10 the mfrmary. /
hsard the alarming we'll, and soon saw
hiach cloud OF sglOla swelling from the ,
windows beneath. She imnedistely |
: Sha'ied for attention from the little !
o. Dy otapplng her hands. In the |
room OF which she had charge
SEVEN HELPLESS CEIPPLRs
were in bed, These she caused the !
'ro ngest of the boys TO take in their
al As, and having made her charges
!" fW in line, she marched them safely
Mt of the burning building. But on
i A1o door above, where half the
,Vlind children, 10 the number
tof twenty-five, we've under the
charge OF Sister Josephine, scene OF
most terrible panic eusued, Tho fear
stricken children ran about the room
= calling fo9 help. Some rushed down
/, the stairs in the binding smoke;
: others, III their frantic fear, huddled IN
&, the corners, from which hey
4 were rescued, and others fled to the
4 roof. The unfortunate Sister Josephine
@ having lost all control over he children
| ulluGl utI tIdIkC, anu ltI Stifll-DllDu-
z ness being intensified by the clouds of
5 smoke that filled the stairways and
II rooms, rushed tor safety to the roof
d She appeared in the
v MIDST or FLAME AND SMOKE,
il calling loudly on The spectators for help,
. with the sad result already stated. A
IS fireman lying prone on the roof of the
Il main building attempted to swing his
- overcoat TO the impnriled sister. His
GnnnrfH
10 cessful und at the third it, edge just
e touched the buildings roof. 81 Q
" sprang and grasped IL for d
+ moment. 1t seemed her life was
i saved ana the crowd cheered Justify.
For moment she swung in the air'bo-
- tween The two buildings, then her grasp
relaxed and
j. SHE FELL 10 TIE GROUND.
IL \ boy and woman were now seen on
the roof of the burning building. Tnree
Is men placed ladder against the wall,
Vi ut the ladder did not reach within five
~ feet ot the roof. One of the mon mounted
IN the ladder and the little fellow leaped
ne into his arms and was we'd, The wO
d. man cooked to The bottom Of the ladder
~ and then to the flames gradually en-
re croaching. The bystanders shouted tC
~ her to keep her courage. She looked
at into the burning building as if
at FASCINATED BY TIL FIRE,
or and commenced edging away from the
he ladder. The flames su denly shot III
beneath her feet, and with q cry o
agony, she fell backward int
,n the blazing mass. Jonny RYAN
al seven years old, attempte,
* to escape by climbing down the water
he pipe. The pipe gave way and he wa
m. borne to hospital with his skull frac
is. tured, 1t is yet absolutely impossibl
he To tell whore the inmates ca
es found. In the station-hOuses, ca
IA $, bles and private houses the wait
IL found shelter. Late this afternoon q lis
en- ~ the children was made up, an
is l2} We're uuaccounted for. While
,n- may turn out that none OF these al
lac among the runs, the fact remains tha
ne the to"S OF burnt timber, warpel ir'
he nd fallen bricks not Yet iemuve
ed may eutuub many more curpseS tina
in- have been recovered The trustees Z
nat The home have hired a force nj me
rot To continue tho search unit
* it. is settled that there are II
lil. more DO lies IN the wrecl
ate IDENTITY IMPOSSIBLE.
il In tpom of the save potion Of tn
adj ASYLUM proper are tha bodies OF tho'
ng found They are ted w in sheets, nm
cts any effort To identity them is peTfec
Isl useless. In that room is only Lne stur
of the loss of life 50 far $
known. Tho children were receive
ing at the home on various condition
ing Most of them we're orphans and son
no. halt-orphans. In addition to these io
es had been committed by pc leo magi
tratos, whom parents "
IL 70 properly care for then
Boys Of the last named class, in greutr
nm number, were unwilling inmates, an
reY these, it is believed, compose mainly 4!
on missing 1913. Having been set 'r'
the by the fire they prefer remain at lrrg
Bishop Loughlin is the nominal pre-,
dent Of the societv, which has care ot Il
n q orph n. The officers and manage
I'M are lsymen. These laymon exercise
, To the entire control and direction Of m;
cen ters. There ara now many eNprossiu
nus of indignation against tho managemCI
j,be which made 1t possible for
prt. HuLOCAt STING To HEAVEN
lrrs so many little ones committed 10 the
inns guardianship. The DEAD recover
red until u late hour this afternoon numb
ri. g l3, 1t is said sister Mary JosephiI
IN who was killed, WIS IS years old az
DIV h belonged to the orde fifteen veal
,vu The walls OF ono wing Of the aSy'u
orr having been saved, the pecuniary 10
~ a Nill MOI I've as heavy as " first repOrtC
n 10 The total insurance $97 800.
tbe The cor hner to-day emplnnellet
ID, Jury and then adjourned the inQ rest.