The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-03-26
NC.
AN ASYLUM BUH 81.
SIX OF THE INMATES PERISr x
FLAMES.


frrssns in rho RuiIding l-h.,,
Alarm Was Given.
NASHVILLE, March I4.--l. 60;
fal Central Insane .ASylun, s. ...I
from this city is almost u ma. ,. t
and beneath it are tbs charrc, ..
Il half dozen inmates. In the p
near by are hudClleu poor crea .....,.
fonnd the asylum once u ,:..
structure. now laid in ashes.
ut 1918 last night a tOngu O.: e,
broke through the roof or -. i
main wing. How it caught n.n., =,
divine, but it reached from {. a.D
through! the second and third r!..;
cat off few rooms bcyonG "
alarm was given and the 400 iH:..'.'v
tn" institution were thrown ,It.' "
rommotion. Twcuty eight me- .,..r,
the wing when the fire cau%... !.
twenty-five of them were G ,!..:iy
moved to the main hall, the "tu,.-
being left TO their fateS bchi!"I la,. j
paSSable wall of tlames. H., loss
heavy, but the building is insured.
he city was tClephoneu f0r III !.
| Chlct CarrcI Of the Fire De.r.,rrn,
could not be found and his SuiH.rd..ia
! refused TO move without inStrurt.u
Finally, after two hours DELAY .ti,.rl.
was lounu, and he, With tWv,irril
! i"it for the scenes of the disaster. -
| meantime the West wing had "pM:p,
The inmates, made frantic byt' duti,
were beginning TO break from ;hr g;.s
and scatter like frightened anilatl.> O
the surrounding country. Th> uvc
gIncS arrived at >: 15, and in Il few
McntS Il fine stream of water was 81
ing on the building. Previously Tie
mates, servants and guards h0U r"ud
ed fine service with buckets, anu 81
cccdcd in holding the fire in rnrcK
some extent. Had it not been I~" I'll
vl%ilant service the entire strict.
would have been in flames before ,
arrival OF the fire department.
ihr NAMES Of the killed were: !.
Johns of rutherford County, !. l.
Dexter OF Wilson, Blue Preston Of &.
NON, John Kelly Of Wayne, W. il. BE
Try of Hickman, B. T.. followed
DAVIDSON all white men.
by midnight nothing remained
tn" men, who had fought SO notify, to
but to stand aside and await tIiv com
of the engines from the city. vi
| one of the reporters was about i n
| this side of the fire on his way ont
met couple of lunaticS in their s.
sleeves trudging along the highway "
| their arms locked about each 0,n
neck. AS they passed one Of lhrH,ri
ont: "firc, fire. cold, coid" ON
return the same pair were Uvrrta
Just within the corporation IiMc. I
time they were heard to says I'VE
free. we are free, but don't yu,, t
domt You tell" And turning aru;
he SAW their arms were we'll Ivc
about each others neck. Ilidnm in
Shrnbbcry Immediately around .iirr,
were many who had escaped Wh~u
sudden exodus was made FROM Inr "
wing. Most Of them We're bUj p3uii;
dressed, but almost without excerpt
their faces were covered with S'ui,cS
If the downfall of their refuge WH'
source OF pleasure to them and IT,"
ing wind Il thing unfclt. a $40
| inmates who had been huitI~I
several hours iii thc yard in fruu' -,
| man building were returned t. =" /.
wing. About twenty-five h",, ,@rlp
the majority of whom were huru.,
At this moment the West wiz IJt!
come entirely demolished anG a'oGt .
halI Of the main building. TirN.,u@
GUS lunatlc$ were kept lock-" "H
time In the East wing, and nOi.r@i -.
We're subjected to exposure rr Irl!.
during the progress Of the ilu> les.
| II MAS reported at 1880 tn, ,lr"1i
that one OF the women, an imi.it,. 81!
| asylum, had been drowned il, t'Ir J.,
on the lawn, bat her name cu..ld i:u1
| lramCu. The fire was at the G.t.,. :.
reported fully under contrr. #;ri {
| inmates were comfortably iuF:.t ;
all was quiet.
| The loss to the building is cy;, .,.Hilri
| about SJO.OOO; fully covered >. !l,'
ancc. The fire is supposed t" .,.y.. IL.
caused by Lee Ford, an inm#,. - n,
some mysterious manner rSc;' - -
reported that he WAS rrcaptu' Il 'r.t
near ScVrrgn". About l25 lh,.
mates will be transferred t. . VI
Tennessee asylum ut Bolivar
Tho Proper Act.
CoLUMAIA, =. G., March ., e,
special meeting Of thr militia r.Hn!
tee, tonight, the following 49, .'u:
We're passed:
"Hc5olved. That Ills Excel '..t;,
crnor +. Il. TillmHn, and ST. d.:
division and brigade comma, .,
their StaiI'$, are Hereby mos ~. ,
invited TO participate in the >...
parade, May II.
"RcSOlveu fun thcr, That " ".
military companies in the Sta : go.
Carolina, and I'LL white milit .a
mes III other states Of the ,..
also most cordially invited ',-
( ~, Il
parade.
"lscSoIvcd, chat all compa ,.,-
lnG information will commu, ..,,..
George *. Wright, CHARM ..
commlttcc on arrangements.
LiCutS. T.. NJ. Rucker, Jos,
len, II. i. Green, Jr., were / ....
committee TO obtain pcrmi.
the state TO allow the cam =.
Gated on the field in the re &, .
University.
Starving Miners.
chicago, March l3.-A dis, '.i,.r.
GAINESVILLE. Ohio, says: Work rG.rn
mines of the RandVillc Herr . jui
many iynDty p)ilnC Snutbui . T.,