The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-05-08
CONSUMED BY FIRE.
OVER A HUNDRED INMATES CAUGHT
IN THE FLAMES,

The Most Horrible Calamity That Ever
neiell tbr Province of 0usbeo-'fhe
Water aHnpiy Eshausted Early- hani-
aos serN roeriilG Through the Hars Of
Vince WiNdoVt, Grinniug aud iabber.
lng CHul Euveloprd IN FLAMES, When
phey N',e,,psassa Iu tao CeHldroH-
suJh a siEht ag 40 Fireman i,tr fie'
6re WilHesspd-Tw'0ty'fi,o rallrnts
Ia one HaT Could Not be Gotten out
and All rfishod-Nioo of tho p,sleFs
Perish iNtho Flampt,
LoSdUE foWW Qr-o May 1,-,A long
line Of gauut towet afd 70 mWe ~ blag'
ipg debris Irgowoa "a iha Wild cyef Of
the pOuIaca 81 a.l chat Sc iUt of the
Tongue fulnte lVnlug gglu'p. and tha
horrible iEhts thtt were wirn' ed duT-
Ing thc destruction % . buaa,ng win
neyer bo forgotten ~ tht spectators,
thoggi 10 the lUuDau q wa q time Of
mWeHe glee enl 10 thay delight biey
diWwreA thom eiVFa muIa flames ymd
wHyco tbur Wne so tgrua,ut satidac'
ton 40 tho ruin that wm psmg wroS ght
moi until tho walls tmabl over thdr
heaAa were their muuiacl screams
Altnced, There were .pungcewicd Ia
the asylum 1880 lMrdlf ior tbs place
w9s more liRe d prison thga q hospital,
aid laft evening not more than l,lOO
bad been accounted iw but many had
escaped into hfldh nh wOodd The
umnLcr of desd 81 nov purely q matter
OF conjecture and isnut lIkcly % over
be Rfoutgined since ~ OthG record ia
kept tAGu tho afyiWu hooks fud these
were destroyed ~ ,hc iic ffiang into
consideration al tAt evidence tvmn nYo.
men, helfwmc iamHes, the sisters In
charge tygiaG3Ct GBApewGUgl obsegva-
tIou 10 30 q coGseTvafNe ts,.lGgto 20 say
that 100 victims mW jhNJ erH,h iu the
flames, although ,tgle Wstt tG6t The
uumborlh 900,
No sarh Calamity
has fallen upar Qutnoc province IN time
our OF mind. Al li,ii o. telegram was
received iG MDntuM hlpurug assist.
anct, lhHnuld ElU be- gNyeu without
consulting NpW tlYcgH' VINO was
found aJ The bugur Lu pruplc The
mayor 90 ouCe ordered cuHnoN 70 be- die,
patched Oiir ougtuc aud twu reels were
soon started and tAuy we're Quicl,ly on
the spot, bai might A. wen remained AZ
home, for Ia Eve 1niurtoa they had ex-
haustcd the water supply The fire
started in the second ward on the
womcns side Iu iic uppU story and its
sproud was hpstnod py longitudinal
ventilation Ghaff connected with the
towers The hnmes coon appeared hlaZ,
ing up through the root in the ContCr Of
each tower When the iiromcn arrived
the dome of one tUw0rAUd just fallen,
and the
Tlnms, Wore Bmtllng out
everywhere. stVmgwprc Ibid on, and
while they laeted gome good was done,
but that wis Cor very M9cf space, and
then the horror ~ the Mtaatiun wlW re.
voalod Meantime bedG, furniture and
utensils were being thrown from win.
dows and streams Of ill,clad men poured
out Of the eastern wing, not one male
patient being lost, Among the women
Il waa different The lesAh0peless cases
were treated in the lower wards and
these persons were removed without
difficulty, but from the upper wards,
where the violent pNtiWts were confined,
there came the widest screams ~ the
unfortunatcs resisted the efforts Of the
nuns 10 aid them Ia making their escape
At ihe windows the maniaos could be
seen peering through the bars, ginning
and iabbering until they were enveloped
in tle flames and compelled 10 release
their hold and
Drop Hack In the Canldron,
When the Rremn found they were
poweiess 10 save the building, they
turned their attention lo the inmates
and burst In the doors with axes, Chief
Bennett says II was such 10 sight as no
fireman ever before witnessed, In one
hail he entered there were twenty-five
patients and nj hia approach they hud.
died and clasp themselves together like
% pack Of beasts. He seized the nearest,
Out, said the chief, 81 could no more
separate the crowd than could separate
tho parts Of one body. He tugged at
them unit the fire darted into their gar
ments and EMBODIED them IN u ahroud Of
flaDie. One OF the Tertiary nuns, Marie,
had been aGleep in the sick inflrmary on
thesifth floor and 20 her rescue hurried
three Others They seized their com
panion and bore her in blanket to the
staircase, bu there they were
Mctiy Sheet Of Flame
and al four persisted. Their names
were; SOeur Marie, Domoris, Egilbort
and Iumiene. None Of them was over
20 yeap,o Of are All came from parishes
below Quebec The sisters worked most
heroiealy, imploring, beeeeching and
patients and despite the
dialdvaniagtous circumstances Buc-
oeaded m roecuing largo number,
Sgtar Therese, the Bupoi1orose, has been
in pnor health and II N feared that yos-
lerday's shock may provo fatal 10 ber.
Drg Boiuquo and Baralet remained ut
the work Ot rescue until exhausted md
were carried ont unconscious, The
Of tho pnupor insane has
been II long standing cause Of shame TO
the province OF Quebec. The unfortu-
mates have boon tNrmod out 10 nuns at |
Si0O u head per Year ond tho aim seems
TO have been 10 koop them as cheaply as |
possible aud with Che lepst possible out |
Law for baildinga or Spalru. While the
most urgent bodily wants Of the patients |
have been Gnpplic1, no attempt has been
made at syUtomatic medical treatment.
by u Curious Coincidence
lhe only Protestant insano asylum in tho |
province wns inaugurat0d yesterday by |
ts new superintendent Hitherto pa
ieuts Of all denominations were treated |
together, but the Proteatanta, by per-
istent solicitations, raised enough |
money to found m institution in which
heir own patients might be carel for