The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-02-18
THE ASYLUM FIRE.
The 0harred Remains Of Twenty Of the
Unfortunate Inmates Recovered
From the Ruins.
1t is Believed the Dead VIII Number Be-
tween Thirty and Forty-Names Of
the Lost-Providlng Shelter
for the Patients.
PARTICULARS OF THE FIRE.


broke out about eight o'clock last evening
in the male department Of the insane asy-
lum at the Blockley Aims house, this city,
and was still raging at late hour last
night with the probability that the female
wing would also be destroyed. The greater
part Of the inmates were removed In safety,
but so far twelve dead bodies have been
discovered.
IL will be impossible TO ascertain how
many OF the poor inmates have perished be-
fore morning. Nearly the whole of the fire
department of the city has been in service
since nine O'Clock, but the buildings being
nearly all connected and the water supply
being insufficient the aims house may also
be destroyed.
The buildings are located over three
! miles from the center Of the city and the
news from the ground Is considerably de.
layed, there being no direct communication
by wire with the building.
| The fire Is supposed TO have originated
from an overheated stoyeppe or defective
flue. The number of insane patients con-
| fined In the department where the fire
broke out was over six hundred. Every
effort was made TO remove the poor help
| less creatures, but so rapidly did the flames
spread that 1t was impossible to get them
all out.
In the confusion scores OF patients es-
capped from the guards and found their way
into the streets, and are now wandering
through the city. A number of these have
been captured by the police and locked up
In the various station houses.
PHILADELPHIA, February 14.-The latest
iepo,s lto,n sle AlnlshosSe Ilre yesteluay
s mas t,ias tweIty,egh' 0r tie lil,la'es nau
% peeI uuinea 70 ueatn. lGis nuniUer ol v,o'
.eu .ens psI'en's me'o co,nneu III ceIs oi, tne
% .'l'iu hUoi vi VIC sou'n,M'ng anu couiu not
pe Ieacneu, allnVush rePeateu enorS were
. .lsue 70 IeScue sne'ii. E,snt OIL t'eIi were
.ahen ou. ueau anu ,n 'le otners nave not oeen
ncc1un.eu l9r. ihere 10 no uouot that tney
are ioSs % anu ,her remains are among tne
Iuins. ihe pVl'ee 20 anu a'.elIuaitS succeeueu
~ removing a., .ne lulliaIes III lne easteIh
wing on ule thlru noor, ABOUT TWO hundred
III nulnoeL. -
hoout nall,past nIhe O'Clock ana ABOUT
nan al nour ialer wien lle root was IN
nalnes' anu the Two upper stories were
oulnlls' lhree OIL lie lnulates VINO hau
nIesuy oeen rescueu, were aga,h IGuha IN
.ne ueus l,oi,l whlch tney hau aIresuy Oeeh
takep, anu GrSggeu 10 places Oh saIey'
ABOUT lou VI0leht patients IN the South-
why were taken OUT as were also all tne
women VINO were occupants OF the north-
Wlng. Durlng ule nlBlt many insane
pat,ents were Iounu wandering Ooih east
anu west Oh the ochuylkiil i'lver ana taken
10 .he iwenly-nrSt distIict station mousse.
patient named oInltil was iound nearIy
nuheu AZ outner,amu avenue ana baln-
oiiuHe otIeet, ana Mliiiaih Welsehsteln, an
1tleI % inmate, was louhu at trays Ferry
hnau anu bainorlage streets, among
other escaped inmates tonnn standing IN
lne sueets were: Thomas frince, VINO was
,n.i p.el.aA9n m W IWenty'secoha anu Brown
sueets, DrhJainIn DroWn, H lWenty,nrst
s. ,y.Ieet ana uLeen ssreeIs' george NeViil al
"on'y .loui,n ", anu oouth st,eets anu hoSo
.V,neny az lWen'y'hi'h anu oouth s'lee'S'
All Were returned,
H.. oP " ull O'CLOCK yesleruay morning lhe
l'ss Vi ueaa hau numbered thlrleen, as
0ilows: james burke OnarleS SCOTT
ei eI"nk Deenan, Jonn Iyden' J0hh h0llier'
ON gou'vs were oulIed 70 q cIisp ana DC,
yonu al means OF luehtlncauOn: ihey
were carried 10 the oead,h0use ana placed
III BOXES 10 await the arrival OF the eCorOner.
IN tue ueau'nouSe were Tue remains OF
thirteen human beings
AS soon as ,ne oahger 70 the survivors
was over, Dr Klchardson, IN charge OF the
insane department. oegan search Tor the
missing. Inc Dodies IN the dead'house ac'
counted ior hve, while In the hospital we're
elgnt sufferers VINO had Deen burned or
wounded as follows; Michael Quinn,
isaac oNeaIl, VINO had nist been reported
9ead; reter Lesson ana Theodore Sherl'
dan, oil OF whom had inhaled IRE; Jesse
sherman, nands and lace burned; Patrick
Hogan and John Gleason, who also had In
nailed hre: -
Ihe saddest OF all was that In the clinic
room, INTO which the missing were brought
and ldentlhed old men shiyered with
fear and wrapped themselves In the blankets
with wnicn they made their escape, while
some OF the unfortunates shrank to the
iarthest corner ana refused TO converse.
In the hospital, where one man lay suf-
ierlng, the nurse who had mlnistered to
hlm asked nm his name. u don't know"
was the only reply when the man would
give A second, who was asked his name,
sald tnat u was Apple Grease" and q
third stared blankly at his question.
Ihe 1remen VIII continue their search
among the ruins, which u Is believed still
contain hiteen dead bodies. IL Is thought
aIa hn tWA n..aw |