Telegram-herald., 1890-05-08
MANIACS ROASTED.
Dsssrac1an of TIE Tongue Point@
Guebeo LIu4zrio Asylum
II CONTAINED L3Oe PlIInIS
of Thess - Isast Flfts Are Aus~s -
kl-fs rerlsAea. .4a AbsuI SOC 49,
MisslES seine Terribls
AosEss Nisaesssa

LoAsDk foINEE, Nle Mas - A long
llue of Fsurt towers saa hl.z.ng aearls
Is a. ole Boa sees - tle lsong ae l,sAnte
LunsUc Ass4EU. locstea Ten miles frerl
Mea troAl. ana - hleh. WA lnans huIaan
beings Wa on Tuesday c0nsuRed hy
fames Nothing oo4ld exceed the bor-
Tor attending the cslsW.g5. ooRsiser.nF
the number of the victims the terrible
nature o. their death and the manner
in which they met their iaJe
There Nere lno&rcerstea IL Lengus
POlnts /. 500 luas uos. ana n0t more
thal 400 are accounted for Nans
escaped into tie fields and woo1s
and tie dead are ashes Ntaf fhc
number of dead is ts ptreIv
matter of cor lecture ana can
never De ascertsined. slnco ne other
record is Kept shan IA the ASYLUM booAa.
ana they were destroyed. I~klng lnto
confederation tie ..ole 81 tie erlGenoe
from the fire aeu balfsane iniaales (
the sisters IN charge. bysuanGers and
personal ohsefve ion 81 Is conservative
estimate 70 say that fifty Vioims met
their death
Fifteen minutes before noon the alarm
Of IRE was given. The hre originated ina
cupboard and was lhe work ~ patient
The bnildlng was constructed 81 brir.
and Was 600 feet long. unulns
back from tie river L4f r1s olss1nco.
Al ll.s5 a ttlegrAph4c me-sa se was re-
oeiyed IA MCnNsal saving ihat tie
asylum was on ire ana asi,lnr assist
aueo. One eng.ne snd $40 raels started
IN 4sr- -.
on the spot t,resrs of water were
brought ~ bear on the Games and while
they lasted gooc soUe vas done, tut
that was for : very tr.ef tine.
Meanwhile beds. furniture and uton-
Ellis ot every description were l..nc
showered from The windows ana
stream % men poured Out Of the eastern
wing. MOL male patient Eas lost
Among the women IL " az different The
less hopeless eases were placed ia TIE
lower wards, and they were removed
without diGculty. but from TIE
upper vg1rGs, where The vio-
lent patients were secured. there
came the Widest screams ss they re-
sisted the mans, who were beseeching
them 20 make their escape
When the hremen found they were
poweTleSs 70 save The bUildlsg they
. turned their attention 70 the inmates.
and burst in the doors with axes In
side Chief Benolt SAYS it wEs such a
sight as 10 fireman ever Wit
messed In one ward he entered
we're twenty-five patients and az
his approach they huddled to-
gether Ike pack % beasts, eHtwin-
ing their arms into one mas. of human
ity. lie seized the nearest but"
ssid the chief. II could no more sepai-
ATE The crowd than ] could move tae
earth" lie tugged az them until the
FIRE darted into their garments and eu-
folded them like q shrouo q fame. and
then he escaped with hislise
One OF the tertiary nuns. Sister
| Marie, lay sick IN the inGrnsry on tbs
| fifth floor. and 10 her rescno came three
/ 9th erS They seized their companion
and bore her IN q blanket 10 the stair
case, but they were met BY sheet Of
fame and all perished They were
Sisters Marie. Demerise, Gilbert and
Lumiene None 81 item was over 20
years OF age, and al came from parishes
below Quebec Three other nuns are
also missing and are probably dead
The sisters worked with the per
sistency OF heroines, ny turns implor-
ing, bsseecbing and commsnding the
patients. and finally saving = very large
number IN view o. The inadeg usto Ia
cllitles at hand.
Just before the root fell IL horrib'.
spectacle was presented 20 ths on ook-
ers. who were po~erless % assist A.
! one window next The great chimney
FIVE women were frAntiosllY endeavor-
ing 20 throw themselves from
TIRE topmost height They chnv
10 the bars that imprl.oned thcm.
Their screams were hesrt-rend-
irg. Some forced heads and
arms and legs through tie RELENTLESS
/ hope iestly entsugled and incapable q
| moving ore wsy or another Help was
I impossib.s. Several sisters who Wit
messed the horrifying soene fsirted aud
men groaned aloud a lick ~ fame
/ blsckened the bricks on The outside %
: the Window and he next moment fbe
4 whole Eve seemed IS II they bad been
saturated with cosi Of and So
on FIRE. Their othes were blazing sni
/ the hair burned from their heads
I Another moment and there va crsst.
f Tue top of the window Rad fallen in and
nothing wat vIsibls buf &C usre space
f illuuirsted ~ giarinr red but there
was no trace ~ 3 roanitv in thsf space
4 They bad fallen heck into the fsry far
I mace and added 90 more q TIE 1855 -
+ the dead
One fireman ~a-l ed through the fame
and smoke for tls ssf time la thr en-
4 oesror g. save anstic v ho seemed 20
rsther en5oy than ofherv so ths h0rri-
I Die pvrofeo hnl-s that surrot &c b rn
visout any sppsr-nt idss ~ the
6snger The fireman - ire6 r and
strer rte1 ~ ca-v hin out ~ fhe
f rocw Then tfs mania vh0 hsd
SEEMED r.escrstle e rlorosrf bsfors he-
O. re = demon - free h'rssf He
wanted n STAY there sns go ths last ~
81 ard. ~ifh horr Bic osth 70 insisted
thst his wouls 10 rsscusr sbould stay
to is wass usfts- ~ fs aud dssfh
sn6 fe0rfui struFgis bsgsn Ths
usnise wanted death. the Ere.
rsu Hfs The flames shot ur
tfroasb ere f1oT 81 ons end ~
tbs eel and slowly sn6 stead p
re us3usn rss3rav RIA AZ tsgor ZEE
tovars 80 pif visa re energy ~ mad
rsss IRE st-rrgIs corl5 p. parts r
seer from re Frorn6s A. iasf tne
frsuau broke ioese are rof rto 80
passage vsy iust lu tine 70 AVOID Toing