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Show TERRIHLESUEIVE. -Destniciloa''if TonMPolhlo Iniauc ajIbbj fa Xontreal, b Rrr. ii "" " SUPPOSED LOSS OF SIXTY roar Jfin, i ji'atni TielHExIl, Fall TlcJIm. t. ihoron. narration. ' JUCHT OF MANIACS TO THE WOODS. kn J'Jfemm llare ajJIIractiloiis Escape From a fcprlnjrS k V, iWfk4Xrm"g& . a.-. -r,JT ' r TtlcrtatiU lo Lha Nswa I ILAItlll, llOLOCVUsr. I An Inaanf Aajlnmnnrned nnii. -Xrarly liir lurnatc Loaa TJirlr t.lv. Tocije roLvrn Quvlt. Stny C. ,rim.an5 ,iTre. today con! Ti ,b-v,flam- The tights wit. meU before thla traslc .Ldc arc ."olhlns could exceed the ,,orror attendlnr; the terrible caUmltr.cou-Mdetlhr; caUmltr.cou-Mdetlhr; the numtierof victims, Uie terrible nalure of their death m,d the manner Jn which the hUiiW J.?i!insreTri U,dr ft!c- ' to the t rectators as gene of horror hor-ror we te Uib lunaUcs a moment of JUpixme glee, and in tbtlr-lltllcht they diviorteU themselv.-a In ti, flames and wared their bbxlnc limbs la turbulentsalkfaction at the ruin Lhat was al out Uiem.and not until the walls tumbled about Uitir heads were thtir maniacal rcreams alien ced. There were incarcerated in the Tongue rolnte Asvlum 1300 luna-tics, luna-tics, for that ajyhirn was a plfoti more than n, Jir!tal, and now not more th-h lloo are accounted for, but many eraped into the fields andoodsaud tLe dead are.-u.brs among asbes. What the number of dead I, Is purely a matter of conjecture, con-jecture, and can never be ascertained, ascer-tained, tiiice no other record is kept than that in the Ofylum loot-, and they w ero destroyed. Taking Into consideration tut. whole of tht. cridtnee f rem flrcmeci andoftb ' EAb IilATES AU ilSTtliS in charge, it is. a conservative estimate to ray thai a hundred victims met their death, though seme afrrt that the number i double that, and others place it below this figure. Hon ever, the fact rt mains that no tucli calamity has fahen upon the ProTince of Quebec since the earliest tlnn. Ever tinrc (JucUf- was a province its inaiugtmeut of thcM: mcxthelp-lis mcxthelp-lis of all creaturis lia been its shame. Tlmy hive U-en farmcxl out to the uuns at I0Q a heaJ per car, am UiesLstersalni wastokeeiiUit.m as frugalli as possible. Froin the construction of the building, there Is doubt in some minds as to whither II was intended as an ujlnm or a bhut furnace. In any case it served the Latter purpose admirably. It was cod- structeil of brick and wag GOO feet long, running back from the riter half the distance. Tlicmaiu building build-ing 0(XUJ,1tI Uie center, aud on etch sldu extended fourwins six stories in height. The lire today started in a cuilioanl in the second ward, on the women's side In the upper story, by a careless patient, and as veiili-JUon veiili-JUon was carried onjiya longitudinal longitu-dinal shaft connected with tlio tow- en Hie flames soon appearedibns ing up through the center ofjlee. tower. A lull-gram wag are MJ-ST to HostbUi, clu" for ald and an engine anJme-tarled anJme-tarled at once. They m'g'iiilil-well m'g'iiilil-well haeremaiuedat home-, -gbt five minutes liny eiliaustiiVts watetaupply. The only thinfiery could save the building was tlbove Lawrence river,' and it mi t mile, distant, Ision When the Ateociatcd rrton'it porterarrived with the firenured. dome of one tower bad Just naVn. aud the flame!! uprn ldr.tln(. fn-it. everywhere. As the heat increased, the sutues fell from Uuir niches to the ground and then the inhabitants prostrated themselves, crjlng aloud that the saints hail deserted tliem indeed. in-deed. Reds, furniture and utensils of every description were being iowcrcd from the windows and a stream of ill-clad men paired out of the eastern Mings. Xot a male patient as losL Among the women it was dltTerent. Tbe less hopeless casf3.were rlaced in thelowtrwards .?", ri'f vcn raoveil without difflculty, but from Uie upper wards here the violent ratieiits were secured, se-cured, there came wild screams, as they resWed the nuns nho be-svechtI be-svechtI them. I HO VAKE TllriR ESCApli ,At a window a maniac would be feen peeplnii Uirough the bars, 5fc nlngand Jabbering at Ui& bright flames that went up to the sky. As the heal liccamo more Intense alic would grasp the liars and remain there nntil Uie flimfseuvflojd her. The Inhabitants came from all parts round about, attracteJ by theblaie and in a minute the litUe illage' was a surging mass of shouting, vo-cifcraUn vo-cifcraUn g people. When the firemen found that they were powcrlos to savo Uie building they turned tbeirattenlion to Uie Inmates In-mates and burst in Uie doors with axes. Inside, Chief BeuoJt says. was such a right as no fireman ever I before witnessed. In one ward that he entered there were -twentyfive paUcnts, aud at hls'approath they ruddled, together like paek of beasts, entwining their arms Into one maw oriiumanltr. He seized the nearest, but, said Uie chief, "I could no more separata the crowd than I could thepartsofyourliorse." He tugged at-tlrem until the fire darted into their garments aud enrol en-rol led Uiem llSea shroud nf Him.- and tien he escaped with Ids life. is A3oTiirt trAnii three firemen were nearly rapped tojlcath. They entered, and the door, whlde .had a spring lock, cloed behind tlem. As is rutom-arytliere rutom-arytliere n-ssno liandle on the insiilc. The door rrsMed Uieir axes.and they rushed to the wiu-dows, wiu-dows, but were driven nck by the flanrt. The chief, suspecting Uieir peril, sent aid to the otW side and Uje men were carried down ou lad-tiers, lad-tiers, k PTho engineer of the building did godjrork-, saving nine patients, and erery fireman made -n record cf which1 he may ieel proud. On the first hi nil tiro engineer turned on the hese, butltras atterly useless, aSfe?fire leaped along tbe venUI-aUngshantoUie.wards venUI-aUngshantoUie.wards and burned in a do zen places at once. One of the nuns', Sister jraria, lay sick in the Infirmary, on the fifth floor, and to rrrrcue raiue three olVrs, Demerese, OHbelt and Lu-mkne. Lu-mkne. They seized their com-IiiniuiiBuJ com-IiiniuiiBuJ bore her iu a blanket to i 'k'rcasc.but they were met by Neither of them was overeinor "K. The.ktcrs worked with Ui, rrsisUnce of bemines, by tu'rS hn! CESHECIH.no AUD COJllf A.-.DIMS , IfUenls, and Dually saving a y large Dumber, Irj.vW Df th InadeuatbfaclliUbjalharid. IremierMercier has placed Uie Montreal txhlblUon bSlIdlng the dispoeal of the nuns and tomorrow tomor-row the buildings will be stocked with provblonv The rtraurcst wonder to Uie firemen is that such r,?VSCn.0f " 8hUns facilities could cxbjt. Although tbe appliance appli-ance were there they were utterly J1"-.6 InstltuUonruideicVi! new boilers, Wt rra coSBt-ciiah nr. .tMtwn the pumps and boil-irs. boil-irs. falsterThemsejUiesupetJarefa, js broken bcarted'and, Kidb VSTX1 ln. "lV- trnamemay Up.1 iT- rWoclcrs Bourgne and iUMIet were carried trom Uie building build-ing In an unconscious condition.aud whattcr must be said or the man-agement man-agement as a whole, tLe Individuals cxercied every power to lessen the calamity they liad neglected to avoid. A UjVd Explosion afojlowW hyacraih bl learns. The liturlor wss giving way, the WI.d. frantic women sank from the windows and the shrieks of the mauiacs were lost in the general uproar, as one by one the walls toppled Inward and a fierce blaze burst up from Uie newly added fuel lhat roe towards Uie sky and shot Its glare over the SL Lawrence to the southern shore, and even tlnzed the crest of Mount Royal, ten miles dMaut. Then it died down Into blarktiet, and nothing; but Ui now broken toTera remained Jwundlng thp scathing mass of metal and debris unler which are now, not the bodies, but the a-hesofahun-dred vlcUms. Jly this time It was 6 o'clock, growlug dark and very cold. The spring rains had converted the place into n quagmire, and only lioirenien could get from place to place. The poor aister, most of them youu,r and delicate, stood nukledeep In the rudd, siciirinir an-J eiiptrinttnilluff the removal of ruch furniture as had been saved. i lie patients wandered about alm-.S. alm-.S. y claJ ,n Kant garments. When released, many of them Iea.l for Joy, and bounded like Uet rncross the fields to the woods. PATIUfTS OS" K3TII SEXES escaped, and thcugh a rerdon of police was Uironu round, not all Were included, nnd a horribly eug. PlVt U,u WM l,orl", ,a bT an iu" haoiUnt, who was comlnc throuirh the woodsjo the scene nf the disaster. dis-aster. A new dread lias come upon the inhabitants from the presence of so many escaped lunatics, and thev v.111 count tnemselvcs fortunate If they are nut visited 1$ a series of such erimn as only madmen can devise. At the time the fire was burning every high housetop in Montreal had its curious sightseers. The long road was thronged with car riages. The transport service of Montreal was pressed into use, and every available cab, omnibus and hack went out filial with people. The sisters of Ui'o province spent in founding nnd organizinirthlsln-tUlutlon?!, organizinirthlsln-tUlutlon?!, 132,232, of whiinJTOO,-000 whiinJTOO,-000 was spent on the buildings. The buildiugsu ere insured by the government gov-ernment for S.TM,000. XVlth the exception of Uie medical deiurt-ruent, deiurt-ruent, consL-tioir cf the doctnra. (). sistrra retained complete control of Uie departments of the asylum. TJIK LATEST IMTOUIATIO.V. Later At midnlgtit tbe denUi roll is estimated at fifty, although many more are raUsIng, but are ex peeled to turn up. It la feared that seven Tertiary nuns weroburncd, as three more are missing besides lhoc named above. They were not how. .KsfSie ut'tt.'s-. ".!., j ti,0 m&ileof sale of real estate and nhoir sldeof housc,uion flllngabon') the sum of 5,000. Etato of Henry Edward Cot onler made appointing time vuj9 place to hear iwtltion yr rpabrj, will. .. ( , jtock Estate of Eli 11 Kelsry, contlCojay until May 12 Ls bo- Estate of V. W. Flayer; caie,liio missed for want of proper uoUce Estate of li. . HoelL; litiued to May 11. Estate of Annie Smith: Uist A.wa..lc.rtAwlrcsil-s .Si? man I'alaco Car Company, accused of discharging employes for political reason-, was taken up by the election elec-tion commissioners today. Superin-tendent Superin-tendent Sessions testified -that the complainants were discharged for non-political reasons, and his testimony testi-mony was corroborated by Central Manager Brown. The commissioners commission-ers finally decided to refer Uie mat-terto mat-terto the State attorney, to take such action as he saw fit, Another Docket Shop rallnrr. Chicago, May 6. .The bucket shop system of S. S. Floyd & Co , with headquarters ln this city, Is being wound up. The stoppage of grain quotations and the rapid rise in wheat and stocks weretoo powerful power-ful a combination foj the concern. The system embraces agenda throughout tb-utirB South and West, coexlng revcry imjorlant centre. J-'loyd says he has not yet figured out the results. He thinks Uio Iots to customerawill be small, but his own will In enormous. A Loulsvillo dispatch announces the failure of the Louisville branch as a result cf the Chicago suspension. lie la Itclraaed. St. rETERSBCBO, May 6. Captain Cap-tain Schmidt, of the Russian navy, who was charged with preparing plans for the Croastadt fortress for Uietieirnau government, has been liberale-d, lnlhe at nee ofsufflcl-nt-evJdene! lo fuliVlcthlnL He has been uismisced rom. Uie service. AaptlTulalrd. CllICACo, May-0 A farmer and hi wife. Mr. and Mrs.Alonzo Edwards Ed-wards of Lake County, were found In a room at the LcUrande Hotel this afternoon, suffocated by gas. The man soon died, aud the woman cannot live. lit the farmer's Dacket was found a u -irrant committing his wife to the Northern Illinois Insane Asylum. It Js supposed he was on Ills. way to that institution and it Is thought UieKooian turned on the gas lu a craxy freak. Manlry Uo-s tv Windsor. Eo'CBOV, tay C-Stanleywent to Wimlsor, Castle today by the Qncen'scomhamt, and was given an-audience by her Majesty. annkrofallaaihler. FoxiBOi-Mas; Mays. A man nametl "Cornrack'-loday rfiurdered hir daoghtrrj' aged 13, and then committed suicide by shootiuhlm-self. shootiuhlm-self. The tragedy was discovered by Cormackfson Uie this after-noan, after-noan, when he returned from a fisaiDB trin Mn. Cormack la employed em-ployed in afctory In Uie village. Np.causeis asjignej for the deed. Illnt-sa or Jadce Sabla. SN FRAaiusco, May C Judge Rabin of the United States District Court, is dangerously ill with Inflammatory In-flammatory rheumatism, and I not expected lo reco-er. |