The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-05-15
seen. No yestige of

be seen. No vestlge OF
can be traced. In the
the asylum are the stables
night under the supervision OF the
and four mounted policemen. The
is not one to be easily described, ans
not to be easily forgotten. Lying
of straw sickly and feeble lunatlcsT
seen moaning, gibberng, twistif@s,5
jumping. There were more sturdy on4
the floor around them. 1t made one sli57liI
der to pass down between the two large hN;|
mows in which were confined the wors'
cases, So firm was the expression of thei
countenanoe it was remarkable to see tn
GOODNESS with which the good sisters soothed
the rawlings, cheered the depressed and
ministered to the wants of the sick.
The laundry was the next place visited.
There are confined the 100 patient, mostly
quiet persons whose aid has been taken
advantage of in putting things in shape.
At the door OF the laundry was Jno. o.
Rouke. Thit man worked with the great
est heroism and with the aid of his brother
Jack, and William Higgins, saved twelve
women when all hope of being able to
snatch them from the flames had been
abandoned by the othe spectators. There
were four overlapping verandas outside OF
the building, back of these, three
rooms. O'Rourke cut drought the floor
of the verandas and assembled to the top
ones. There the verandas are braced with
iron and resembles cages of wild animals.
O'Rouke then passed the women from the
laws of death drought hole in the floor
to his brother, who in turn passed them TO
Higgins, and thus they were safely
lowered to the ground, Mr.. o.
Rouke gives the names OF four
Mrs. Kelly of Montreal, Mrs. Williams of
Halifax, woman known as Bridget, whose
surname is either Malone or Maloney and
Miss Letourney of Maisin Neuve or Herchel.
The loss financially is very great, being
placed at $1,5O0,000; insurance, $500, 900,
placed with the Royal of England. which
in turn has sublet this amount to eighteen
other Canadian and American companies.
1t is yet merely matter of speculation
as to the exact nun Der of dead, but the
general opinion is that it cannot be less
than 100, and perhaps may double that
number. The only names of the dead
that can be procured up to this time are Sis
ter Gravel, Sister Victoria, McNichols and
Sister LaHair, of the Sacred Heart.
The latter was a patient in the violent
ward. The only other patients whose names
treal, Mrs. Williams, Halifax, Bridget
Malone, Montreal, Miss Lobournay, Mason
Neuve, Que.
While much sympathy is felt and ex-
pressed for the sisters their methods of ad-
ministration excite only indignation. The
Quebec government allowed them 81 for
each, and for seventeen years this has been
granted. They have paid for each patient
and all the debts of the community. The
converts and places of refuge
around the asylum crowded with anxious
seekers for lost friends, but the nuns can
give no information. DR.. Duguette asserts
that the suppositicn is not true that all the
nuns were saved as some persisted.
These two names are added to the list OF
dead Miss Soullen and Miss Shinaner of
Marlin.
The following are missing: Victoria
Beaundry, Augustine Lareaux, Camille
Marchmont, Delphine Archambeaux,
Marie st. Denis, Ellie st. Louis and Christine
Dermis.