Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-05-15
TnE HAD HoUsE noKKoE.
The Number OF Dead Increased
Through Cold aud EEp0Eure.

IoEsuE PoISTE, Z. Y Nay This
village And the whole surrounding eSaa
try appear : b abandoned to Dissry
since the ssyluia FIRE. LanAties. more or
lees violent and b0rrifying in sppeArAIss
have been rosming over the country, ard
toe poor denented creatures are being
broughi in BY nuns, police and keepsrs
gDo have been securing tbs couuiry.
Over 30 sere bFouzht il from the city {.
Montreal alone.
Some o, the unfortunate creatures
hunted doEn ia the country we're, HheE
found, In . very feebis stA'e from e1-
hAasiion and exposure. hot . single
female patient, aud but few males, had
tins to catch Up even ihsif head-coyss.
inRs, and many q them, especially am ng
the women, were bAretoOtsa.
LAT night was very cold sftsr the
hsayy rains OF yesterday, and Enong tie
hslf-clsd ~sndefers is appears onderfol
that 20 far not single body has be T
found. The god Sisters OF PFoyidsnc.
Ars particularly concerned Stou, the 81
sspce OF several Of ihsir pstisnts who
were n c:sd with suicidal mapia- Every
few minutes wagons pass along the rooos
bearing ghaslly loads of gaping blsAr-
eyed lurstics Ia charge OF black cloEked
.
! No efors have yet been made 10
search TIE Etill snoldefing rains Of tie
fatal. wing which contained the furious
and in6Tm wards Of the female depart
nent. il ia generally expected that the
number o, lives los; in the wonsL's fari.
Cos and ibhrm wards will reach CO.
k The nuns admit that ~ femsls patients
have psrt.htd although they announce
thsir bslisi, and doubtless No believed hAt
J none Of tie mais patients perishTj. DR..
4 D0fqustta, tho RuEernnnsn, asylum in
/ spector, expresses bis firm belief that
I several men net death 10 the flames since
4 l5D men are nIascouuisd for. he be
! lisTea shat, although every male pstisn.
may have been cleared ont o. the wards.
I some OF them, 10 the rashnsss of in
sanity, went bzck, as before stated, and
pstisied
4 sister Elikenne, who had charge Of the
Woueu's furious ward, bore ont this
belief In statement this evening, Sls
/ remarked II feel quite sure. an positive
II fact, that every ous OF my p5of cd'l-
ctsn wa out Of the ward when ,st IL l.
~ was scug down the stairs, however,
l net sever! Of them rushing u sdly back.
eadeaVored to stop them. pu' was qui
unAtlc, and they literally dragged me bark
u the beginning Of the ward with them.
Some OF the other sisters and attend
ants came in soon after and together we
tried to get them back. However, W.
had q terrible struggle in getting them
ont 10 the frat instance; but, maddeLe1
By the rapidly gaining flames, they WERE
now twice as determined. They hung OIL
to one another, sh outing and shrieking,
and refused TO allow us 10 remove any Of
their numbers. | tell you il was alto
gether perfect he'll. When think Of /.
now. IL appears 10 Ine 10 have been q
veritable realIza.ion OF the most dreadful
conception OF Dante's 'Inferno.'
They lung ons to another with uu-
natural strength. and AZ va tri 10
separate them they turned on us like
demons. do not know how We novel
them at ali. bat we did When | last
caught glimpse OF the ward the,s was
lot patien. III II. Whsn | vas told tEat
number Of the patients had been seen
a. the windows expiring in the hAusa
could not believe, aud can hardly reaAzs
yet, that 1t vas possible"
An alarming sensation was created in
tbs village about noon by report that
! fire had broken out ia the laundry, the
l4rG-s: Of the saved ontbuildings Of tbs
asylum. There were over 2OU female
patients in the building st the time, and
eonsi ierable confusion prevailed. Tne
building was filed with smoke aud the
, sisters promptly made arrangements "a
) remove the inmates TIE latter became
a frantic, ard it appeared at oae tine as II
3 thsr. would be panic, Sons OF The
|, women htgsn screaming AZ the top Of
their voices. Others c.ung to each othei
. n n ba az b.
4 cams obAtrepero1s and il required tsl ST.
/. ace o. the police to pseservs order. Ia.
3 vesiigntion revealed the fact that ii,
, suOke came through choksd hle ffoI
e the furnscs
line changing Of bells and run bling o
! wheels Of fire apparatus from hontres
h-d 4 nRddsniug IL 70, on ell TIE lunatic
4 housed in tue outtuilding ana Ghout tn
/ village. Some OF tine yillsgass. VIII
!. either through shoer charity or 10 Ia
o Eppe of turning an honest panny nd
:, mitied some OF the homeless lunatics Il
4 their homes, had terrible time will
= their wards.
a Il was another sample case ot bedlpr
gone wiid within The large gtSciss 0
+ NO asylum, which sheltered $50 OF tn
moA violent OF toe mule patients. J
a WIS only By the exercise OF great physi
d cal force t4at the msniScs were faAi, {
! strained,
!, Praise for the nuns OF tho asylum i
h upon eyorybody's lips In Montreal ju:
n now, and they ara receiving Expression
q Of admiration ard sympathy from 81
y parts Of tho continent. A Chicago fri
q thls evening telegraphed tho supsliorsa
y y 70 draw on them at sight for q larg
Ia amount OF money as contribute
70 toward rebuilding. The nuns all feel th
le lo,s OF their young lay sis era keenly.
This morning Victoria MacEich0llis,
- young lpy sister 1T the asylum, was ioun
to no missing, and upon inquiry it VII
G f0und that abe had persisted wal
hs:jically endesVoriug TO tescne sons {
e. her c1srgss from the furious ward. A
n, thuugn young girl of but slight buil
sho successfully drsgged out of the vor
nld 70 Ea'ety yoral Of the resisiin
women. When the batch Of patients VII
e5 persisted made the last fatal rush back
ne the 5Grning ward tine young sister 10
III l7wei, even through the flames, to 81
]. deaYor TO recue them.
The last B6en of her she was vainl
n.s endeRVoring to free herself from tho to
te rorghd Womeu's embrace. mass
yt ilaml and amoke hid the youn9 heroir
Ne from sight aud her mArtyrdom was q
complishea.
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