Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-10-19
Great Loss of Life

va tultaHb Hft e>-
innate the loss of life at 1900. This i. APP
palling and makes the heart sick. An
account says that in one building fifty
persons lost their lives. 1t Is impossible
to understand how % many lives could
possibly be lost ia fire. when all had
warning, or after the first outbreak. Some
undoubtedly would be- run over and Killed
in the hurry and excitement of the occa-
sion, but that any great number should be
bnrnei IN the buildings consumed. seems
impossible; vet such seem. Ia be the fact.
Some took refuge ia what wa supposed to
BE- a-iire-proof building. and. were burned
With the buildings. Buildings made ofbricl
AMI stone were consumed and nothing len
but d'.sinteg grated mas. and but little IL
that. Plates OF iron. two and three inches
ihi,k. melted and crumhlei like lead.
Nothing could stand the intense heat. We
extract 70" following .ickraing account:
THE nFAp.
The >ickeuing sensation 81 Yesterday WAS
the establishment OF mnrgu. fnr the cx-
hnmei remains ot the mighty fire Thi,
shocking repository j. the hvar>r and car
rage room ct lower class undertaken. on
Hubbard street. near HAlsted Few block.
from the freight depot Of the PiitsbuIrr,
Cincinnati aud y. Louis Railway. Il is \
little better than barn. and Vet j. iucnr-
poratel with the dwelling of N. proprrc-
tor and the stable for his hor."s The
place was guarded hy armed policemen.
wh" found It difficult Ia keep off a constant
"a renew 81 crowd oi people with horror
aud anxiety depicted ia every pale aud pitt
iui face. Al the far end 81 this room was
partiii"ncd space. lighted hy dirty. cob
Wrhhed windows. and on the door. ar
ranged Ia roW~. rr>t all round the three
sides aud then down the middle were IA"
charrel remains of seventy human being.
The first noticeable object of thi, dreadful
company ~as the form of Sister 1T some
Roman Catholic Order completely
-hrouded n hcr brown habit. with the
cross and |. II. :. in vi lie letter, stitched
upon the bosom. The face wa thicklt
N-il-l. and even the feet were car,f,lllv
covered. she was >muthcrcd. bat rnf
huyuei. "h>ctNcslthc grim master 1T c,t.-
monies. Next was the huls ~ yolu.
man. partly clad. IN, halrwA> complete
u burned on biz head and BODY. Ill.,.
features were hlackencd aud distorted IS ith
pam. The swollen iip- were WIDE apart.
disclosing TIA" Gil>tcniug teeth and impart-
ih- a horrd grim. ~uch onit A. asuuiziug
death stamps upon ia" face, the flesh wa.
hlpAicd ~ an astonishing Size. The I.,or
wretch Wa roasted alive. There Wa Que
ttrtri torn % "a Woman lu t... attitude
~ prayer, bat ,Very feature uf The face
NJ gone. lhc head WAS nothing hu, a
h.agA lump, III" body hidcou, hiacAeurd
-htp". some hodie, OF men could he di.-
i.u-ui>h,fl hy the remnants Of clothing and
boots. hut nearly all trace, al humanity
WI" gone. Then there were remains 81
'hiir"n and y"uug people hut they. with
30" majority. Wcr" upihius more than mere
h.Ir A"u'i. charr-I corpse. Those whose
ini'- arms. remained exhibited a >lppli-
'u'ft attitude. - q begging mercy oi the
destroyer. I" thi. ghasily hibiscus and
m' lu.huly spectacle were admitted. IN
i't-' parties 81 four and i've at time,
iHh-' WAo had friends or relatives missing
Ne language can describe ia. scenes of
h"Artr' udu- agony those grim visits ciiri-
i"i- \ family Of little children led bv an
cider sister cone- and. AFTER the first sick
t'huE shock. trJ"- to distinguish the Lost
mother, frantic wife attended by a
friend. comes In search 81 her unr-turuing
husband. Brother seek sister. lost aud
SISTERS their brother, gone. but who can
tcii 70 that udi,tiugui>hable chArual VIVA.
j 'ule the living being once made happy
AZ personal Identification j. gone with the
"h.Icrailug tire and nothing j. ien bat
ashes " pr>". perhaps. than Identification
j. ga" whitening disappointment in NOT
ilnIlu- The missing. The wrrichrtl being.
~ away win ring their hands. tearing
tteir hair and rcniing the very air with
Iii"pu- cri", ami unuttcrahl~ waillnss
Beside these burned bodies the Morynr
yesterday contained five newly coftiu.,l
r'ri'~r-- One wa. 81 n man caught in the
ari Il hiring house and shot dead another
- "a M'n hanged la lamp post by a mob
TT the same crime. Another Of a German
TAILOR who JOS; all, and cut hi. throat from
cif 2" e4f With razor. The fourth OF a
woman hp div.l ia premature childbirth.
brought on ~ fright The finh. that 81 4
young woman found in = hou>.. in ih,. burnt
district. either alfred for the grave. having
o."d natural death. or rl~c oi 4 bride
partially uudr"--'.J. who wa, >ufpca,el
WITH smoke. The work II cxhumius the
remains j. fully unIcr WAY. aud the
number OF chArrvd remains recovered tlp
:" : " cl""A lat night Wa reported at IL.
several Of these were m"r. handful. e.;
'Aicln"d bone. hn' all were carefully coli
lcrfcl and cofilned fpr Christian iutermeur
lH,ciiiS"fi citizens - Chicago ,ay thar
N" los 81 human life from hrc. from
drowning 90 "a" river ia thu effort 20 escape.
aHd pihrr causes iraccahle 10 the lire viii
ur' ia!l short 81 lp.t or lj,p lives. II ths,
"l. o"tor The entire number when "A iu-
i-l-'-E account csn IT, rendered