Daily Republican., 1890-05-09
ANOTHER HORROR.
,,.,usAnEAsYLuM AT PRES'
TON. N. j., DESTROYED.
-. ua,,dinrs aud No Fire Ap-
Tca of tho Insane Pa
/ ,ien,s Perish In tho Flames
Fire started In tho
IDIOT Department.

v,n " y, May N.-lne Chrhnuku
VI pcorhouss and Insane Asylum,
p.gg =, prr.top, six miles west OF here
'.-l,ll. we're entirely consumed last
, Ths Are was discovered about ii
~, Ia lie north wing OF the poor
- suldlpg, where the idiots were
\ mere wsre no provisi0rs for ex-
f..ssy The flames. The keepers
.i,,bo,s gave their attention 70 get.
an, All ;le rs paipers aud iussna aud
A, hnlldrg burn. These were all
\, but / i;iois are missins. Six
nm be seen slowly burning. Tue
Az IRE supposed 10 bo covered up.
Ioorbouse building was three stories
mi b,lilt OF wood. The insane asy.
vn also 4 wooden bu ldiDg two
,Lieh, and only separated from the
yihou.e by drlyewsy.
NJ woperiy WAS estlmated worth
Ioj md /. Insured for S20,OO0. The
,,r,sii,, aud Baptist churches hsvo
ss o,eusd for tile reception Of unfortu-
ssie
The origin OF the nre 10 unknown.
!.ss.aaY sHsinoon woman was In tho
M, d,partueut .moking. She put her
ave ~ Vet ygtkei, aud was soon en-
,,lOv.a IN aina, She ran out into the
,Na .ud pa wcursd. ShS died from
,us ,axn hshuppostd that solne VI
Ne Mos got hold OF somc natchee,
sad b pl.glug with them, set fire u the
Wiifs.
All tie dtpaftments IN the Institution
sat ciVxiei and II eau we'll he imaR.
bel lhal the Iescue of the poor creatures,
Iany oi them oil aud very feeble, and
pAtB Wild with fear s,d terrors which
Ptdtd to ihtir iLiahe telusioDs, WAS by
onesns IN fa,y ta,k. TIE kcepefs aud
it.us worked ~ best they could 10
rri, Dive, drag and push tho inmates
ut but The flames spread 80 rapidly
A.. ilsfc WAS lite time, and the gre It
tnieT % taH 20 mAny were rescued.
ileIe was little system IN conduct oil the
,f'r io cave. The people went at II al
tnzard, slpal ed by the awiulness ol
u tfss a Il moaLes Ci the Inmates aud
hmAslitm't ol the catastrophe. MOI
se Of those Who worked erpcc ed tn
nasny would bo saved, As It seemed
VI oil eenh not he gotten out.
Ihis teinotn 1t Is learned that tw,
samen ahO were not idiots were burne !
40 difficult ia It To Obtain corrcc, In
Fnsi,ou ihal tile namcs OF all cauuo
kRsou.
The nnmb-r of dead may posslbl
aeh II, but from the sls1e of the ruin
Is udt possible 10 s'at7 exactly. III
wi careful count oi the huperlnteui lei
1s not s0ow that more than IS we
nned. .50..
later message from Norwich sa
|lterai OF the inmptcs oi the dluere
escaped to the hills al
POOLS last night during the corfusi,
p been captured. 1t Ia not at ,
rSe that over IL are burne
aasah between 20 and 30 are nissin
int KrrrER's PROMPT ACTION.
l. Manwairing, the keeper, sal
lai,ted at my usual hour, spd mu
y, os L iu a sound sleep, when
Nsse with a START, and \ cold swe.
va oal all over mt. cannot say IL,
Hard any noise or distinguished y,
etii or smoke, but instinc tod III. th,
sn'lhn2 wSs wrong. Without waiIir
hsiss mIae'f ! bounded down stairs
" @e lee aud Ca entering the Pal
~ dlulae room there was . stror
.as, Y Of smoke. followed the scent
w lilo, detar men,. -
/. 70 otening the door leading fro
.a ~ u ~ 10 that building | was thunle
NusR 10 see ttat the interior was a
...fsi IN lfct II was one mass of d anne
.m w. ,a9 sluose was overpowcring. la
s"p'.a 10 open tn. door aud rosc a
|. r., 'utiits, Who were all securely sh,
: a..s sash cells As Usual. but was drive
n. ~ u, y, 'he hea' ard smoke. saw tn,
=. uiOa vera doomed. and that mott
-. !. .ouil save them, then ran out AZ
~, - n. ed alarm, went TO my room a.
hy uOusora on and then rs
ss,safa The corridors aud srou,ed n
so"Ys Isf, Telling ti.cm a. plainly a
U,aa,. ~ Nnas hai happened. In some /
N M we pt"r people wsrs dszed. Al
fio,o 4. 'u.essaly to carry them bodi
The ,a,s nv ana'r and turn them loose
inn,is. = NV The fields. There were
ma,, I' =. 10 .te IDIOT asylum. and IN,
h.las. ss na't been overcome Nv The ha
tolbipy .0' .as'keaed them, for / hsa
llis nj, n nO,'i , ~, them and they rosst,
r ihs ALARM RgJr pu~,,
w WI Bali, keeper 'Int Of ,hc huSn, Ir.,,. r
sieh VIII, h,n,s ~ Just returned from No
sl,e, ,hs.a M ,le alarm was given. /
pn, i. PARTICULARS; ~ should thir
4, sila e ~ oeeh Lear II O'Clock VIII
lunee' A. l.1 aaa went Into the pantry 10,
E,p,,,','o'e s''o'e retiring. Just theu n
s.lstliag came running In hrsat
'. sts N 4 fl,ar,ln'hs; For Gods sake, Bi
lsu,dt,.,s' ,s'fe; coma snd help usp
luntjps o. ran cut aud saw nsm
nag III. "9m . the IDIOT department.
aur,v n ai a.atin bell, furnished by ,
VI, - ~ 70 ini'rm the nsighbors OF
nj H.. VI lunatic or other trouhls he
s,o,.Fsa Fa returned to ibe asr,um =
lop,ne,u ny y, eii9rts to tsvine the iumst
III a br,. ."e cells and pulled tin
s,rv no, "nff5 p Some of the luuat
d p,,ss KY aud refused to be- m re.c ned \
hened !, ,o'ce @ WAS used, while 9th,
aorpa a " " comprehend the situation Ia
Nj - u no' make AXE, their e.c,p. i toll ! ,
NIX cai 'lo' time for few MINUTES. h
'Oa' We got them ali out
cn,. lhE coAoNER's wopu
tPrs,seeii tPusei ternald, Of thi. place. W
d, ss..oa ss. aad ordered the rsmovs,
nIp,M JARED JARED aud blackened remsins in
kass.u u.@' y aud At length tho ros. V
gra. were pulled out and laid unon nom
laiou AL were burned oeyond n ,ee
s,s.I1 s II1ao,ed with .hovsI: na,A,ea .ns ,en'
w. h'' . mat they were ones % human any y
tss s.,ham 4 haamber OF relative, Of ' the
tsiiusp' us'.Seted .oei' around, and il was .s an
a Question Aske0.
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