Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-19
HUMAN SACRIFICE.


NV % ~ NtFANa 1919 49, - $500 -+HNr
HANDFr,L on CHARRED ASHES.
The remains 81 ten ~ the victims
were spread on a small table two feet
square The friends are arriving IN
search Of the Lost ones. The scene on
their arrival j. necessarily very heart
rending. kilograms are pour
ing in from all parts Of
the state from parties asking
az 70 the safety % their friends among
the inmate ofihe hospital.
The corouer's jury, which adjourned
until tomorrow. l. investigating a. TO
whether the furnaces were defective.
The fact thht there 10 no
general alarm between the various
buildings Of the hospital, or
any system 81 wa'er-wOrks 10
protect the life,and property, there &C
counts largely for
THE VERY LARGE Loss or LIFE
II. w Bslden. aged 80. Of GAlee-
burg. one Of the victims and the only
one whose Temaius presented even hr
semblAuce OF = human body, was 3
prominent man 10 his section Of the
state He WAS on the second hOor,
WAS au invalid and was unable 10 help
himself Superintendent Dewey, aid
Cd by an attendant, placed q ladder 20
his window. Dewey assembled
the ladder and broke the glass
with bis hands, but being unable
% bresk the sa-h he q scended for
some implement 20 break Il. In the
meantime Belceu's shrieks for help
were loud rHd agonizlug. As Dewey
reascended
HIS CRIES DIED AWAY.
The smoke and hauies poured from
Nha urfudnur IN rh.tr M hafn could ke
given him DR.. Dewey hearing calls
for help from another window hurried
10 the rescue, aud, Though 4 man Of
light build, he dragged 80 pound
patient through the window and bore
him
SAFELY TO THR GBOuSD
The burned building was
used ~ an iufirmary,
many OF the inmates being unEbie
from sickness 10 walk The only
chance Tor obtaining waier was from
the small wash-stand faucets, not even
hre-buckets or barrels being on hand
Night Waterman Cobb testified be-
fore the c1rOber's jury that he regis
tered & report ~ his calls every half
hour. The register showed hat he
visited the fuTnaceToom 81 $40 and
found IL all right. IL was 4 10 when
ts.tifed that the door imme-
diately over the furnaces bad
frequently been noticed by the attend
ants sleeDinR there
10 BB UECoMFOR TABLY HOT,
that the fuTnbce WAS rooted by sheet
iron. then by two layers Of brick, laid
Ia mortar, with space Of but six
inches between them and the pine.
Attendant X Civilians testified that
i've miuutrs al er the fire was dis.
covered, It waz blsz ny through the
floor. On being reused. be ran out
side aud saw that the fire was only
visible about and around the furnace.
The whole as lum contains nearly
one Thousand inmates All the build
inRs were supposed 10 be flre-proof.
They are built Ia Q cluster. The
burned-Out inmates can be housed Ia
the remaining buildings
Attendant J. -. Mcfarland, the out
side night WatchmAn, testified that he
heard the cry u Il r., reused the attend
ants Of wards Nos 8 and 8 aud car
ried two ladders 10 The burning build
ing from the carpenter shop, 100 yards
away.
p. Skully, the foreman for the archi-
tect, J. II. Willot OF Chicago, who
has charge OF all the hospital
building, testified that he IN
fpected the furnace when completed
He WAS satisfied with them then. he
had not inspected them since. All
circulated between the furnace roo
and the pine timber. The hot air con
ductors are brick fiues. There il 10
wood about them The hot air iluei
had four-ineh walls, the smoke tiuei
eight-inch walls, The corOntr's JurS
are well.knOwn citizens, who prom
ise careful consideration before render
Ing their verdict. IL Is the first fir,
that ever occurred at the hospit |. Al
alarm was sounded in the city, blu
KAnkakee
HAS No FIRE DEPARTMENT,
and the hospital is half mile away
no that no aid reached them The stat
does not insure ita property. But
comparatively slight appropriation
added 10 the present incomplete fAoill
ties would furnish for tue hospital al
adequate defense against flames Al
appropriation for that purpose has al
ready been asked OF the legislature.
Senator Hereby reached KaDkake
on special train for the remains q
his brother The furnaces in the othe
recently completed hospital detschei
wards are built In precisely the sam
style ana NJ the same GlAiance from IN
pine timbers as they were In the build
ing burned.
The building burned was known .
the inhrmary south. IL was locate
south and llttle west of the mai
buildings, within 100 yards, in Tia
southeast corner OF the @ .llecllon /,
buildings and $50 feet from the nearel
detached ward. Trustee McCagg an
the hospital architect, Willo', wi
reach Kankakee Ia u special Rbol
midnight to Investigate tbs cause
leading TO the fire.
BIG HLAzE AT THE hun.
BospoN. MASS Jan. Is.-To-nipht