Telegram-herald., 1890-05-08

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ing way NEs f@oes s4Ak frou the
~lk1s~s ala lie saTleks 81 msnis1s
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Oae - ene the ssls topp'ed IN
Wsr1 sld = seres tlGze blEst ar
fEoD rne ne~ = ADDED f-eL th-l ross
o. he tars SKY ans shot - = are
ever ths - Lawrence . the southeru
shore ana even tlnged ths cresl of
MosBi ksyAl Ten uiles distant Thea
u died aCsn INTO tlackness ana notAlng
b1g . ieW broken toHers remained
bounding the seething nass - ule a.
AID debris un1er wttck ere not Tie
bodies bur rne ls1es ~ victims
Bv. this tine it w1s oclock Gna
growing dark and very cold. The spring
rains lad converted ne Pace into q
suagmire end only horsensn ooal6 gst
fron place 70 PLACE Tie poor sisters,
most of them Young ana delicate,
stood ankle deep y Md securing
aAd uperinteRclng Tie renewal
ef such furniture ss had been saved.
Patients wandered about Eimlessly.
clad in scAnt gGrments N hen released
many OF them iesped for }oy and bound
ed like deer across the fields 10 the
woods Patients of both sexes escaped,
ana new dread has come upon the IN
hsbitants from the presence of 80 many
escaped lunaticS- Many % lie patleu -
were taken 10 the neig b ooFlng converts
Of 81 IsadoFe, 81 Joseph 90 kenolt. 81
Laurent ana Point aux Trembles Pre-
mier Mercler has placed tie Montreal
exhibition buildings at the disposal OF
the nuns and the buildings Will De
stocked with provisions
The 81 Jean de Dieu Asylum commonly
called The "L6nrue Point vas founded IN
Pa Ths Government beiHg oesirous Of clos.
inE The 81 dean de l0erSlile Asylum snd relicf.
ing tne Beauport Asylum a. Quebec which Wa
oYcrcrow dec. came 10 aa unccrstanollg VIII
the Sisters of Providence Win t4e vies of Is
tablisrin an asylum for ial0ts and Tor insane
The erection O; iht edincr wSs commenced fhs
following year and on July ID 1873. this asylum
receives its nrsI patients.
sle asylum Duildlns consisted q a msiu
connected by wings and hac froataFe q
o. feet. These etihces were 81 Drlck win
friezes ard ground noors N cut stone
The principal Uullding WAS 81 stor.cs high
ana the other portions of the bulio
ings age stories Eigh Tie Sisters c; Prov
dence spent 10 founding aud orgsnizipE
ta.s Institution SliS - q which s7j000S
spent Oh tie buldiugs Tie build
ing was Insured BY the Government Tor t3l1
90 IA the Royal Insurance Company. This
sun had been reinsrrod IN eighteen lOcAl
companies in gums varying from taOO) u
tsSo0 The Sistcrh0od Of Providence Whlcs
owned the bu lcing and urd whose manage
ment the Institution has always been. is ths
largest OF the many large Canadian religious
oOmmuuities although only established rftJ
years ago. It's founder was Madame Gsnellz
the widow OF a wealthy Montreal merchant
who endowed the new slstcreooc.
With tie exception Of tAe medical depart
ment, consisting Of doctors. the sisters re
tained complete control Of a. The Department.
Of the asylum, even tie dispensing of necessary
( medicine being cone by trained sisters. TIE
total number of sisters. lay sister. keepers and
laborers connected with the institution Wa
242