The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-31
' ORPHANS FOUND DEAD Bodies of Children Burned Beyond Recognition in
 St. Malachy's Home FINDING CAME
 AS SURPRISE TODAY Police Had Reported that All the Youngsters Had
 Been Rescued Heroic Work of the Sisters | Saved Hundreds from
 the Conflagration
Special from United Press.)

New York, Aug. 31.-The bodies of seven young children, burned beyond recognition, were found in one of the rooms Of St. Malachy's Home for Or phans, this morning. Bremen are searching the ruins of the smouldering building for other bodies. The finding of the bodies came as a surprise for after the fire last night the police re- ported that all the children had been rescued and accounted for.
 That scores and even hundreds of lives were not lost in the conflagration was due to the heroism of the Sisters of St. Joseph, of Brooklyn, and their brave little wards who responded to the fire drill with great courage. Just how the seven little ones who per1shed in a room on the second story got away from the main body and were unaccounted for is not explained. They were found in huddled mass as though they had chung to each other as the smoke and fire snuffed out their lives.
 There were nearly 1000 children in the home which was wooden struc- ture occupying an entire block, fac- ing Brooklyn. It was conducted as a
 summer home by the Sisters. The lit tie inmates of the home were rom tWo | to twelve years old.
 The fire was discovered at o'clocH 1 in the engine room where just aItei | the babies had been put to bed and while the older children were at the1i | evening devotions.
 Father Kivley, in charge of the home
 hurriedly notified the Sisters to souno I the fire drill. It was heard by the
 children who, although little fright. ened, fell into line. The sight Of the | 12 year olds ranging alongside Of the
 baby cribs and then marching out eacf with a baby in his arms brought cheers from the hardened firemen. As soon as the children were in the street a hurried roll was called ant | it was believed all were present. IT | a room on the second floor the fire | men came upon the seven bodies this morning. Up to that moment there
 had been a. report that no lives had | been lost and there was great excite ment in the crowds when the fireme1 began bringing down the chaIred re | mains.
 | More ffremen were then rushed. in | to the ruins to search for bodies. So far the firemen have been unable | on account of the heat to penetrat' | to the rest of the burned home, ant
 they are firm in the belief that a.
 soon as the building is sufficient. | cool for them to work they will fint | more bodies on the second floor wher, | were the cribs of many of the Tn | fantS.
 1t is almost impossible to secure tn
 names of the dead and missing. for n' one remembers the names of the hun dreds of children sufficiently well t prepare roll call as the records wer' lost.
 At noon today firemen had pene trated to nearly every portion Of tn ruins and had found no additional bod ies. It is not believed any other ch1l dren were killed. The seven bodies | it is believed, will never be identified They were inmates of the baby war, and between three and six years old The bodies were so badly burned tha even the sex of the children cannot b aScertained.