Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-01-23

police firemen and attendants all worked
diligently, and many patients were taken
from the upper floors BY means of ladders.
The patients who could get about assisted
IN the work Of rescue In the halls and on
the starways, before the fire had COM
municated 90 the main building, inmates
wrapped in bed clothing orawled and help
ed themselves along from one floor to an
other The crowd turned ia to help ia the
work of rescue
Cots were rudely constructed from mat
tfesees and policemen carried the helpless
persons across tho street to the new annex.
At least rs persons were taken ont by tho
hremen and carried to adjoining stores.
Where the dining room and kitchen were
the building was quickly gutted Above
these on the third and fourth aoors were
sleeping apartments for patients
When the fire was discovered every means
Of escape from these rooms was cut 81. ana
many porished in them. The flames ate np
the entire interior Of the building, and when
the floors gave way and fell to the bottom
many may have boen killed whose bodies
have not yet been found Five bodies were
taken out in one heap, some burned beyond
recognition. Altogether nineteen bodies
have been taken ont. No more have since
boen found
Dead on Their Knees.
The institate was death trap Tho
staiYways were narrow, the halls dark and
the whole structure a labyrinth One 81 the
stairways winding around a court 10 the
third floor wns not moro than two feet wide.
II was built Of pine boards and a.artled up
TO about the height Of man's- Aend. II
must have been next 10 impossible for two
persons 70 pass in H. Tho room 10 which
the stairway led was dormitory It con-
mined about dozen iron beds, most Of
which We're occupied.
In one room on the third floor four vic
Tins were found dead ineeling in the atti-
tude Of prayer The windows in the room
were up, but the occupants had apparently
made no effort TO escape
In room on the second floor a man was
found lying im bed dead The smoke had
found its way into the room slowly and he
was gradually overcome, expiring without
q struggle. Further along the hallway a
young man sat beside an open window
dead
All those who appeared at the windows
were quickly saved, but many in their
fright rnshed to the windows, looked down,
and realizing that leap was almost cel'-
tain death, turned back and were over
come by the smoke and flames
The Dead aud injured
The names Of the dead are as follows.
Minnie Mcdonald, Of Negaunee, Mich.
Frederick Dookendorif, Saltwater. Mimi
Hannah Broch, Tayloisville, his. Tannie
Breeders, Memphis, Tenn Irma Paine.
aged eighteen years. Dexter. Mo- Minnie
Arnold, aged seventeen years, Lancaster,
Mo- William Rnmstrack, aged seventeen
years, Milwaukee, Mrs, Charles e. Earl.
Shelby, o. Maggie Earl, Shelby, o. Mrs.
5. Lazarus, Dallas, Tex Stella Spies. No
Comb, O.. g. NJ. Ellis, aged forty years,
California KY Kate l.. Straughan, Salem,
o.; Kate Burns Newport, MINI. Frank
Burns, Newport, MINI. Marty de Glow.
Farnham, Neb, died from exposure; DR. A.
A, Pryer, Ann Arbor, Mich and Arthur
Bayless, residence unknown, are missing
and supposed to be burned
The following is q list of the injured Mrs.
II. $, Idena and son, Grand Rapids, Mich,
badly burned John Brown, Athens, O., in
jured slightly William Tayasr, severely
burned Ruth Collins, injured internally,
Lizzie Fisher, Ontario, painful bruises r.
r. Cunningham, Cincinnati, badly burned.
Lottie Lazards, aged seven years, Dallas,
leg broken and injured internally, recovery
not possible Leorin Olds, Independence.
I Ind, hurt in left leg, but injuries not seri-
ous; Kate Thomas, indianapolis, face badly
bruised; Louis Van voris, Athens, O., badly
burned, M MoJoseph, Des Moines, badly
hurt; Alice Thornbeck, Columbus, o., arm
hurt; Robert Connor, Aubendire, Wis, back
hurt; Mamie Stern, aged eighteen wears,
Des Moines, feet badly burned; Mahlon w.
Widener, aged thirty-nine years, Miami
county, o., cut on head and badly bruised.
Barbara Cornell, aged thirteen years,
Sioux Rapids, Ia. Albert Coqueu Nichol-
son, aged fourteen years, Elk Creeh, Neb.
Mrs. John Stokes, Dnnville, Ind Mrs G.
X Smith, aged forty-eight; Bessie smith,
aged six years, Elk Creek, Neb. Mrs. j r.
Guild, aged forty, and an infant; Ava Guild.
aged three, Medaryville, Ind mother Ia
tally injured; Miss Emma Rich, aged ff-
teen, Jacksonville, his. Mrs c. p. Cullorn.
aged forty-hve, and baby; Neil Cullom,
aged four Carthage, Tenn Nellie Mason.
aged fourteen years, Java, N. y, burned
and collar bone broken; Clara Morris hurt
in back Grant Van Hoesen, Athens, N. ".
burned; Clarence Meade, Athens, N. Y.
leg hurt; William II. Albach, DunlSirk, N.
Y, burned; Mrs g. J. Silpson and little girl.
Hattie Southworth, Warwick, Wis, badly
injured by falling from fourth floor window.
The building was labyrinthan affair
and many Of the windows were grated 80
as to prevent the juvenile inmates from
falling out. These gratings were RESPONSE
Die for more than one life