The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-16

One ~ tho Tertiary nuns. Socuro
Marie. had been asleep In the sick in
Urinary on the nth door. and 70 her res
cue hurried three others They seized
their companion and bore her In d
blanket 10 the staircase. but there they
were mot by q sheet OF flames and an
four persisted. Their names were:
Socurc Marie. Dcmoris. Egilbert and
Lumione. None OF thcm was over
twenty years Of age. All came from
the parishes below Quebec. The sisters
worked Q heroically. imploring and
commanding patients, and notwith-
standing the disadyantagcous circum-
stances succeeded in ~rescuing . large
number.
Sister Theresa. the superiorcss. has
been in poor health. and IL is feared
that yesterdays shock may prove fatal
10 her.
Doctors Eourque and Earalet re-
NAMED at the work Of rescue until ex-
haustcd and were carried out uncon-
scious.
The management Of the pauper in
a has been q long-standing cause Of
shame 70 the Province Of Quebec. The
unfortunatcs have beer farmed ont TO
nuns At 500 . head per year. and the
aim seems to have been TO keep them
as cheaply as possible and with the
least possible outlay for buildings or re-
pairs. While the most ngcnt bodily
wants OF the patients have been sup
piled. noattempt has been made at sys-
f.4.,u rf44 x4.It.n $780,.
by a curious coincidence. the only
Protestant insane asylum in the prov
ince was inaugurated yesterday by its
new superintendent. Hitherto patients
Of all denominations were treated to-
gethcr, but the Protestants by persist
ent solicitation raised enough money
70 found IN institution in which their
" patients might be cared for.
For years the government has been
urged 20 adopt a modernized treatment
Of the insane. and last summer the
Mother Superior was sent abroad to as
certain If any improvements could be
adopted from similar institutions in Eu-
rope; but nothing OF value seems to
have resulted from the voyage.
The st. Jean de Dieu Asylum. COM
monty called Tongue Pointe. was
founded in ISIS. The building con-
sisted Of the main ediice and four
smaller buildings connected BY wings,
and had a frontage Of sixty-three feet.
The principal building was six stories
high; other portions Of the building
i've. The Sisters OF Providence spent
In founding and organizing this institu-
ion 81. 1924 600 Of which sum S700. 900
spent in building. The building
insured by the Government for
1900, 600 in the Royal Insurance Com
'any. This sum has been reinsurcd in
local companies in sums vary
ng from s.. 600 to So. 900.
The patients who had fed from the
building wandered about aim
essly. clad in scsnt garments. many of
hem veritable Ophelias in their fantas-
&c dress. When released many OF them
'ept for JOY and bounded like deer
cross fields to the woods. Patients OF e
9th sexes escaped. and though a cor j
on OF police formed. not all OF them q
'ere included, and horribly suggestive i
nmors were brought in BY people who '
anne through the woods to the scene OF
be disaster 4
new dread has come upon the in. I
abitants from the presence Of SO many O
scaped lunatics, and they will count n
fortunate II they are not {
isited by . series OF such crimes as only n
Iad men can devise. Q
The death roll is now estimated at 4
fty, though many more are missing. 4
is feared that seven Tertiary nuns a
re burned. Three more are missing. '
mong the patients who persisted Is Il
ister LaHaie, nun Of the Sacred Heart n
onvent It Saulte-au-R ecolle, who had n
cen under treatment at the Tongue =
ointe institute for some months. :