The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-14
TIE LOST II-NATIrS

THE LOST LUNATICS.
The latest estimate Of the number lost in
the buildings is that twenty eight of the in.
mates have teen burned to death This nun
Der of Violent pstieHts was confined in cells
on the third floor OF the south wing, and
could not be reached, although repeated eff
forts were made to rescue them alive. Eight
of them were taken Ont dead, and the
Others have not been accounted for.
There is no duubt that they are lost. and
their remains are among the ruins During
the night many insane patients were found
wandering both east and west of the
Schuylkil river, and taken to tho Twenty
first District statioR house The following
named women were picked up by the police
near the river: Margaret Costello, Mary
Gaul,s, Sarah Doian, Jennie Lynch,
Lizzie Lynch, Carrie Moore, Lydia
Howard, Ann Clark and Nellie Clark.
A patient named Smith was found nearly
naked at $50 p m. at Sutherland avenue
and BainbIidge street, and William
Weisen,tein, another inmate, was found at
Gray's Ferry road AMI Bainbri1ge streets.
Among other escaped inmates found wander
ing i'll the streets were Thomas Prince, who
was overtaken at Twenty-second and Brown
streets; Benjamin Brown, at Twenty first
and Green streets; George NeiIl, at Twenty
fourth and South streets, and Rose Connolly
at Twenty fifth and South streets All were
returned.
The following is partial list Of those who
are believed or known to he among the vic
tins: Frank Dechacon, 30; James Mccoy,
30; John Lyden, 80; Isaac O'NeilI, 35;
Charles Scott fcoloreD 50; John Dwyer,
40; James Burk, 81 this man killed three Of
the inmate Of the institution during the
twenty-five years he was confined
there; for twenty years his hands were
chained to his body; Thomas Ru5k, so;
Michael Wroth So; Robert Cunningham
%; Charles Nolenberger 60; Thomas Jones,
81; John Herriges Is the man who was dis
covered III 1870 in a shanty at Fourth and
Lombard streets, where he had been confined
i'll chains by his parents for twenty years. :;
John koehler, 60; Thomas Smith, IS; Ed
ward Murphy, 48; Charles O'Br~,, Sc;
Phillip Newburger, 10.
THE LATEST FRON TIE DISASTER.
Up to 10 O'Clock Friday morning the list Of
dead had numbered thirteen, rs follows:
James Burke suir9catld. JOHN Heriges, suf-
focatsi, Thomas Jones. sutfocRtad Charles
Scott, c"IoIei, aUiocatsi; FraiS Dcchan,
John Lyden, John kahirr SIX aa lies were
burned to a crisp AM beyond all means Of
Identification. They "ars carried to the
da0d Rouse and placed IN boxes tn await the
arrival Of the coroner In the dead house
were tie remains OF thirteen human hcjugs
As soon as danger Jo the Survivors was
over, Ilr, Richardson. the physician in
chnrge Of the insane department, began &
search for the missing. Tie bodies ia the
degd-house accounted for thirteen while in
the hospital were oight sufferers who had
been burned o. wounded, IS follows:
Michael Quinn, inhaled fire; Isaac O'Neill-
who at first had boon reported dead
inhaled fire and was in q critical con
ditiou, Peter Lees0n, inhaled fire;
Theodore Sheridan inhaled FIRE: Jesse
Sherman, hands aud face burned,
Patrick Hogan, inhaled fire john Glassea,
inhaled fire
But the saddest Of all the scenes was that in
the clinic room, into which the missing were
brought and Identified. Old men shiyered
win fear and wrapped themselves III the
blankets with which they made their escape,
while some Of the uBfortunates shrank to
tbs tarthest corner and refused to converse.
III the hospital where one man lay suffer
Ing The nun who had ministered to him asked
him his name. u don't know" was the only
reply which the man would give, A second
who was asked his name said that it was
"Apple-Grease - aud third stared Markly
at his Guestioner
The ruins, it is believed, stin contain if
| teen bodies. 1t is thought that none Of those
on the third floor escaped
Some Of the uur5cognized bodies have
been identified and with four additional
| ones arc as follows: Thomas Rush, Mich
! aal Roth, Charles Nollenherger Robert Cum
mtpgs, jacob Glassman. Francis Smith
| Edward Murphy, Charles OBrien, Phillip
Newherg-r. Tuis makes seveuteen bodies
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