Daily Republican., 1885-02-14
AIM SHOUSt DISASTER
ELEVEN MORE CORP1ES DIS.
COVERED IN THE RUINS
SHOCKING AIGHT0.

SHOCKING AIGHTo.
Eleven more bodies, charred and
burned, were taken from the smoking
cells in the ruins OF the Insane De-
partment OF the Philadel2hia Aims
house at Blockley Friday morning.
These, with the seven corpses rescued
by the firemen the night before, when
the fire WAS burning, increase the mum
Der OF dead that have been recovered to
eighteen. It'll expected that still more
will be found to have met their death.
Perhaps afty OF the inmates are sh.l
missing, or have escaped from the
grounds, the physicians admitting that
between twenty and twenty five men
and at least TIVE I've women are still un-l
accounted for. Many Of those who
Istrayed from the building during the
con fusion of Thursday night have been
found wandering In the streets. The
Iroll of wounded shows fifteen sufferers.
Some of these are expected TO die.
The search for the charred and bnrn-
Isi bodies was the hrst exciting work
FRIDAY morning. The cells on the
third floor were searched. 1t was there
that the doors were locked and the
deaths occurred. The iron beds and
charred timbers and broken bricks
, were piled in heaps on these lower
stories, and In these horrible heaps
we're the ashes Of the victims. Buried
beneath . mass of smoke blackened
bricks and beams and twisted iron rods
and cell doors the half burned corpse of
boy was found on the FIST fl oor. His
legs and half his trunk were gone, and
on ~ small part of his skull remained.
The bones and flesh were wholly un-
recognised.
/, Over a closet on the third floor was the
body of Charles O'Brien, patient who
had been confined in one of the dark
r cells. Lying in the corner OF cell No.
l 18. on the third floor. was all that was
, | left of Edward Murphy, man whose
Imind knew only OF hidden treasures
which belonged to him, and which
sOme day he WAS surely to possess
J. His legs were burned completely of,
sl his arms ta listed above his head, and
= bis brow eaten beneath the bone by
the heat Of the furnace flames.
Down on the second floor, beneath
u cell No. 9 on the story above, the work.
. ers found bundle Of bones with Jumps
). of flesh hanging TO them. On the right
'' arm was q leather band. There, ;"
cri ed attt ndant N. l.. Pey SO Ferry,
~no superiutended !he removal of the
u dead mad n On, who found and took
from their beds OF still warm embers
N most ct the Inaniacs who had perished,
II and who, neither through the night mol
day, sought sleep for Eselt, "There,
n he cried :" IL poor Charles Nollenburg
er. | know him from that leather cuff
\, upon his arm. He was among th'
maddest Of the men, unruly, vioien
and savage. He was 60 years old, ant
g, time after time he tried 10 kill himself
9. That leather Gu tf-.here was one on tn
4 other arm, too, hut 1t seems as II l
were burned away-prevented tn
,b free use of his ARA >, and so he coul'
not kill himself"
,r.I Az the morning wore en- more bodie
- were taken out. Michael Roth, will
:, fellow, who had passed his dismal lie II
lhtNo. 10 was dug out of a pile of ruins,
mere piece of crisp flesh and brittl
" bone Poor Roth thought himself tn
lowner OF large estates. The corpse q
40 Francis Smith, a man who proclaiIne
I" am an apostle from above, bein
lsent from God, WAS taken from his cell
-INo. 8, a horrible mass of half burne
flesh and protrnding bones. Othe
bodies were founi in the ruins, bu
none could tell what names they bore
nor f., m " hat cells they had fallen
About 2 O'Clock in the afternoon til
last corpse of the days search wa
found To day the work OF digging !
q the ruins will be resumed.
REMOVING THE PAuPERs.
DuIins The aitt fhooh ,he 4oo '"',
hoditd paupers ir"m me ont waru
were removed TO ,he oi" rai'Foau uepo
In accordance Win the insiructtohs
the emergency Cominlttee.
Get out your blankets anu com
:, along, said Overseer snyder, iorhih
TX them into squacs.
They were lazy-iooking set, an
III made a comtcal army OF trainps as the
.ct moved along, loaded with oianket an
carrying their few effects IN tnnmie
Lr- boxes and antiquated Valises. Inc
were not closely watched Tor they ha
no inclination to run away.
asked little oid man win pair
stockings under MS arm anu d pug ID
on ms heau' >, ,,os ,,,o ~ -,
ar,..ad oa e. or,u, s,nnr,a ,ba aruh's annd ;;
an g H. - On ,, a CON; ,o turn ,
n adrift !. saiJ The first the weather
roo cold
lie. They were made com Portable at II
rv old depot, and will be furnished vii
meals from the Almshouse
ell ABOUT THE LOSSES
~ 1t ia stated by the AAylun n au,hnt
ties that there il but $40, 0nl !, surlb
on the BY lum building, or Que ell b
he of the insurance on the whis OF :
Almshouse buildings. 10 repair :