New-York tribune., 1884-12-19

Ga TS dGS Se p waS9 S1 be be fsf part S
to him. He was all covered with bo2a, ana !
thought it was Joseph Mcclure. though j am not
positive. When looked up again Sister Josephine
was crawling along the edge of the ROOF
i the ny Chapel pei" "'i building dina When che reached
there man on the roof ofthe chapel threw coat
toward her She grasped 1t with both Names anu ~
SWING off For moment she hung suspended III
the air then she dropped, carrying the coat VIII
her. rushed to her aud kissed her, asking hsr III u
she did not know me. But she meyer SPOKE. as mon
they took her away 10 the hospital Ihere va a u
ladder put up and number OF the chiai;en a;
were taken out of the windows. Sister Joscpniinr i
has been at the asylum fifteen years ormore, ier
father. whose name is Brady. came TO this country
from Ireland about two years ago and Is now Nv
ing i'll Troy with married daughter. Sisier jose Sc
phine visited HIM short time ago ana toiu ni'
that he was eighty-four years od
SCENES AND INCIDENTS or THE FIRE.
About So 900 worth Of pictures were saved from
TIC east wing which was Hooded with wafer.
Among the losses were the organ, when cost
50 OOO, aud painting valued at $500, when was
q present to Mother Superior Baptista, both OF
which were in the chapel.
One of the nurses created considerable amuse-
ment by the excited an earnest manner II, which
she insisted that some one should 90 into the east
wing of the building through the pour
Ing stream of water and rcScnc q
box Of shoes. A chiyalrous fireman rushed IN anu
brought ont box. Ii wa not the right one ,
The new shoes. The new shoes! They are the
ones want she cried. and the good-natured hrc-
man went back and brought them out .
The horse attached to the st. MarXG Hospital
ambulance frightened by the pnhng OF the
engines and ran away early III the evening, pTelA-
inc the ambu anCc to pieces. lhe driver was III ne
building at the time bringing out some OF the chii-
dTcn. $3.50,
| A young man known as :" Young Irish was
! SAID by several who witnessed the aci to hayo
| been the one who helped to rescue the
children from the top floor OF the lrnng building
| He eat upon winGOw-sl aud handed the cnllGien
! IN ouo
! low Victory who stood on the top round OF ,the
| ladder, which was severa feet below thc WnaoWi
Ii was SAID that Young Irish had stated that 3'l
were rescued except one woman. VINO came a. @ lai
as the The wind0w and thcn went back. Ihls was
probably Sister Josephine
laundry directly over The boilers. One statement
was that II was caused by some clothes coming IN
contact with the steam pipes Another was that
boy was sent into the room which was not
well lighted. with candle 10 got
towel, and pqIt c,d it r,'S zoo or ciIecr near
II was in tho boiler-room. having just fixed up
my fires, when boy rushed down stars al4 sam
that there was fire up in the diving room, hr9l
thought of NV boilers and filled them with wafer
and iakcd out my fires. Then L had just tllnc TO
The BOYS. who were rendered homeless by the
fire were sheltered for the night at various places.
About $50 of them were cared tor IN the Orrhah
Asylum of the Church Charity Foundation. over
200 were received az 81: Marys Hospital, whl!heI
the sisters went and others cared Tor IN othcr
benevolent institutions. lHOSe iahcb lc lic poii,c
stations were sent to the nearest charitable build
ings.
HISTORY OF THE BURNED BUILDING.
The burned building bore the name of St. Johns
Home for Boys. Ii forms part Of the incorporated
charity known rs the Roman Catholic Orphan
Asylum Society, the institution for girls beng
at Wilouglby and Sumner avos. and
at Congress and Clinton sts. 1t
first established at No. 1s9 Jay ST, and aftcrward
in CongrcSs-st. IN 1s5S building was erected at
Wioughby and Bedlord-aves. II took fire III the
night on November ., 1862. There were 21s chill
dicn asleep in II, and all escaped except three,
who were burned to death. he structure burned
yesterday was begun in 1SGs bu! was not all com com
peted until six years ago The building was built
Of biuestone. four stories IN height measnr-
ing 90 feet IN - front. with wings
of the Sisters of ST. Joseph; II was filed TO its ut
most capacity, and new brick structure Is being
built The estimated value OF the burned building
was $4,000 and II insured for $4,000
II is believed that this amount Will rebuild 1t,
as the walls are left not greatly harmed.
The insurance was recently reduced by $4,000. ii
Is only three months since the lrecscapes III the
building were completed.