The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-20
THE LIVES LOST.
curtber Particulars of! Of the
faF'l Orphan Asylum Fire
LATEST TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
1T InrestigatiOn-PrOoeed'
The VIE e congress on Friday
More Railroads
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- december 19.-Brooklyn's
,.. n-' horror is another evidence OF 'he
la's, ..n III that no amount of good IN
sad 'ru'-. IN atone for the lack of prope
ten'lon t; On, and vigilance. Hundreds of
P, re9c4au LII in the asylum were tehoerIy
chuaLStad against all harm, except tnat
pr,oite5c,6Soun have been the most easily
when e9o Ia against, fire. There was
guaTueur large water hydrant IN
a 'e ,.5srd with four butts put
the as no hose about the build
taeIe snv other means TO eXuh,
ing, q So So what began as Trivial
gus, - ended IN an awful Tragedy; AT
accle isla fI,s fire began the larger boys
tas IN ;;uUsfitutien we're employed III tLle
N ..nLt e ord making slides on the newly
CO.. c,Iaa Snow. or snoWbaliIng. IL was
I Stir dav. and many parents OF chllo-
FI9lStl.-SS come To see them. AbOuttWenty-
-, - nbiIdren were in the infrmary, on
~ ~ second floor. under the care or SIS
t tno STfbonv. their little wan faces were
" st the windows. Its absolutely
ppe.U.eoss7hIe TO tell where the inmates OF
~ - insfitution can be found. In the
s ~ houses. car stables and private
9 S"mos the waits found shelter. Late
tb;s afternoon. a list of children was
do nm and l23 were unaccOunted for.
While II NAV turn out that not one OF
tbaseis among the ruins, the TACT remains
tLof TONS OF burned timber, warped
IRON and fallen bricks which have not
vet been removed may entomb many
more corpses than have been re-
covered. The trustees of the home
Dsva hired 4 force of men to continue
+Is search until it Is settled beyond
question that there are no more bodies
n fbe wreck of the building. In the
room of the saved portion OF
the asylum proper are. the Dodles
Of those who have been found.
They are tied up in sheets. ANY enort
tn identify them would be perfectly use
less. In that room IS the only story OF
loss of life so far as known. 1t IS also
now known that the little patients were
so situated as to be almost completely
cut of from escape, and the flames ate
raDidly upward, thus preventing egreSS
by the lower parts of the house. Eddie
McGratb. one of the kitchen boys, II
wears of age was going in to wash cups
when the FIRE broke out. He ran on,
and saved his little Seven-year-old
brother, who was on the second
floor. Speaking to Union re-
porter, MCGrath said there were seven
bows in the inGrmary on the third floor
afflicted with sore eyes, and about
tWenty-three sick with malaTial fever
He said seven we're unable to leave theil
beds, and suggested the probability thai
they were the first victims. The child
ren were received at the Home OF
various conditions. Most Of them were
orphans and some half orphans. Ii
addition to these. a few had been com
mitted By the police magistrates, wheI
their parents we're either incapable o
unwilling to properly care for them
The boys forming the laSt-named elias
were in greater part unwilling inmates
and these 1t is believed compose
mainly, the missing. One hundred anC
twenty three having been Sc
free by The fire, they prefer ] 81
remain at large. Identity OF tn
remains OF the woman found in the ruin
may be helped by the statement of Siste
Veronica. She said: Il let two visitor
INTO the infrmary, who went up stairs
They we're Mrs. MCCarron and Mrs
Haioran. I think they got ou
but l am not sure" She cor
unued: There were not more tina
ten or twelve children on the uppe
Hoor Of the infrmary when the fir
broke out. This place was used for
oSpenSary, where the children's al
mentS were treated, and was not fC
occupancy except at such periods. F." Sistt
Veronica was in the infrmary when til
IRE was discovered CLo eo;J ~ coon
ed to originate in some dish towels tn;
hung on the rack. Sister Clementin
was there, too, and ran up stairs to g
water to throw on the flames BefO1
she got back the fire had gained sue
neaCWay that it was useless to try
Gneck It, and their objects were directe
20 saving the children. Mrs. Feene
Wno Is a laundress in the institutio
was found in the farm house of Il
asylum at the east end of the ground