The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-20
THEIASYLUMIl N i FIRE / | j, !
IN TIE CITY OF pnooxLYS,
In which Number of Orphans md Adults
ferishcd-rho Finding Of tho Charrod
Honnin'*--Mieiilgan u y Poor House
{. Totally Destroyed by Fire.

+. Totally Destroyed by Fire.
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I"' ioHh, zee. l9.-Thc Brooklyl
Edg'es extra states the fro marshal report
that twelve bodies we're found un.to'
o'clock this morning amony ,be ,,,,,v .
the burned St, Johns Homo for cbilIro,,
The workmcn arc still sscsarrcrhtnp. 80 = anon,
thodebris. The utmost excitemcut ,royoil
in the vicinity OF the asylum. Thc bodic
found were 80 charred and blackeno,l finn,
indentillcation is almost impossible. nj,
h.,;oyoJ ,,,o - - a, fv0,'' -
nor;sioa ~ .o n.VS' " 'ne chllaren wiit
p,.'s',co wefc IN inc Ill tatcd Sister Jose
phines ward. Tho men engaged in cxca
waiting the ruins of the laundry iound ths
remains oi n;ne hovs ord ,wo
,o,,,,, ~, !, .,vI. Il. wv s'oNi Fer'
'oi's. " no tlie alnlts arc has not been
ascertained yet. The sisters are unwilling
to be interviewed, but it Is plain TO be-
seen that tho list OF tho inmates rescued
does not come up to the full number.
lhis IS explained by the statement that
tho children may have been cared for in
Eprivato houses and will turn up. The
last IS That last night only one child was
admitted TO be missing, and this morning
one dozen bodies rofound. These facts
tell thelrown ghastly story with positive.
ness That Is appalling. '
Ill, e, MORE nopIrs FOUND.
Tho b,,cLorod vail, ona .,,.,.;.
:, i, a.. $50 :, 1,.u .N ''''oN'"s ruins
10 a'' tnat remained this morning OF st.
Johns homo or the male Catholic orphan
asylum which burned last NIGHT Crowds
of s,ccta,or. oot tboro,, tho.. q i. W..
~. A., e"' s,.'o to'uas " WIZ
..Gss 'llc tV,. nfenicn una policc digging IN the
utna. srh. CIT. :.
,ro,a nne y, SISTERS on III chafge of the asylum
mGdGoi thc opinion iast night that all the
L,,. ,,,u,el a ilau peen got out OF the building,
pu! pelsohs VINO were on the outside and
asslsLeu IN heipihs the little ones to escape
TSser'eu T;Ise,. ~ theLe were many lives lost.
lney sald they saw little ones in the
ioot w tHe ,aHu moor over the
wav IN II % "rJ th.m NY iys U.s.. IitIoe tneir
OF escape had been cut oil: Two or three
grown persons are also believed TO have
persisted. Inc ASSERT us OF these people
ale ~ ootleGt, = 10. lllis morning the dlggers
,.as can,e on !ne charred remains ola little
Eionh oi iour poys VINO appeared 70 have
i,unu,ea II tosetner Just peiorc their cries Tor
ne,p anl Nv, were ,. stl,iea IN death. In the dor
,ia.o'! oiieeti5 over tne lauhdry were
SIM! IS SICK Doys. II IS not known whether
all u. were saved. Az later hour; this
liloLnan. loi three more oodles were d!scov-
eats, eatu HeAr e ~here inc nam bulIdlngls Is To-
esteu Souie oitHe Douics looked DC those
u A'i'ls. shorl!y aIter o'clock TWO
i.o;e ?9ulIs were loNhu burned l, y, co crisp,
tielL luehIlty destroyed. Children are
seJ sca..Jreu aii over inc city anu until col
.t.a .ectfu h y VIII h9t DC possible 10 identity
.ne ooeies 9i those VINO aperlsneu. Inc
poiice lound many orphans on the streets,
nun lto"en, aAu took thGm 10 the station
ntt,so, ,ouso o.IIti's \; Hlso took Gharee OF some
~ tua s.IIaii aio anq ~ VIII pLopa9iy oe aay or
W. wv; uciote sley WIZ oe coliected losether
asaii' -, -. -. -. (,
NJ fholEcrloN V1s AGAINST 'ilE.
Brooklyn's latest horror IS another evi.
denee OF the sad truth that no amount OF
oood inion,ion con otono for ,,ct- of nronor
~, ~. ~. ~ 'T.A =, ptIp.i
3re,tIhut,en I:,Iu aio Eigiiehep. hunuteds OF
io5 ciliuleh IN tle asylum were lenaerly pro-
leete,' AGAINST al harn except tnat Wh;ch
arsinstEf,se There wos ~ n yery LARGO
water hvdrant IN tbo ward with fo;r hntfs
Int tLere was mo- NO hose hos w. in or or
anoua lne Duilains' nor any otiief
llleaHs o. es!!nsulsnihS nfe, SO what pc
swiul trarpdv The ereat tronhle the fire.. m
men had To encounter was the mansard