Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-10-25

,urE, ilnriunah nud -. LOUIS halfway.
Il is a little better than a barn, aud yet
J, Incorporated With the dwelling Of the
proprietor aud the stable Cor his horses
Ihe place was guarded by armed police
men, who found it difficult to keep of
constantly renewed crowd Of fpeople, with
horror aud anxiety depicted in every pale
aud piiiiul face. At the Gar end of-ihis
room was a Tariilioned space, lighted By
dirty. cob-Hebbel windows, and on the
floor, arranged IN rows, 6rst all round the
three sides aad then down the middle, |
were the charrel remains Of seventy hu-
Nan beings. The FIRST noticeable object
Of this dreadful company was the form of
Sister Of some Roman Catholic Order,
completely shrouded in her brown habit,
with the cross and |. II. S. in white let.
tcrs stitched upon the bosom. The face
was thickly yeiled, and even the feet was
carefully covered. "Shc was smothered,
bu, not burned" observed the grim mas
ter Of ceremony. Next was the body Of
young man, partly clad. The hair was
completely turned off his head aud body.
The features were blackened and distort-
cd with plain. The swollen lips were
wide apart, disclosing the gistenlng teeth
and impartiug horrid grin, such only as
agonizing death stamps upon the face the
flesh was bloatcd to an astonishing size.
The poor wretch was roasted alive, There
was one charred form Of woman in the
attitude of prayer, but every feature OF
the face was gone. The head was moth
ing but black lump the body ofa hide
Gus, backened shape. Some bodies of
men could be distinguished by the rem
nants of clothing aud boots, but nearly
all traces Of humanity We're gone. Then
there were remains of children and young
people, but they, with the majority, were
nothing more than mere blackend, charred
corpses. Those whose limbs or arms re-
NAMED exhibited suplieatory attitude,
as ifbcggiug mercy Of the destroyer. Tc
this ghastly, hidoous and melancholy
spectacle were admitted, in little parties
of four or five at time, those who had
friends or relatives missing No Language
can describe the scenes of heart-rending
agony those grim visits elicted. a family
of little children led by an elder sistel
comes in and. after the first sickeninl
shock, tries to distinguish the lost mother
frantic wife, attended by a friend, cOmc
in search of Der unreturring husband
Brothers seek sisters lost and sisters thel
brothers gone; but who can tell in tina
updistinguishablo charnal what home thu
living beings once made happy? Al
, personf Identification is gone with tn
; obltoraling FIRE, and nothing is left ha
ashes Worse. perhaps, than idcntiicatlo
Is the witherngdisappolntment in not lind
ineihq m ssing. The wretcbed beings g
away wringing their hands, tearing thei
hair aud rending the very air with pite
: Gus cries and usutterable wailings. Bc
l siles these burned bodies the Morgu
: Yesterday contained five newly cofine
] corpsos. One was Of a man caught /
5 the act Of firing house and shot dead
another Of a man hanged to a lamp.po'
5 by mob for the same crime. Anothe
$ Of a German tailor who lost ALL and Gu
a his throat from ear to ear with razoi
! The fourth Of a woman who died in pre-
r mature childbirth, brought on by frigh
G The fifth, that OF young woman toun
I in house in the burnt district, elthe
Y attlred for the grave, having died nj
d tural death, or else of bride PARTIAL
). undressed, who wassufFocated with smok
: The work of exuming the remains WI
= fully under way, and the number of cha
!, red remains recovered up to 7 ococ
e last night was reported l25. Several
al
'f these were mere handfuls Of calcine
u bones, but all were carefully coliecte
d and cofiined for Christian nterment. Ii
J. telIigcnt citizens Of Chicago say that Il
N loss of human life from fire, from drow
D' inc in the effort to escape, and 9TH
Is causes traceable to the fire will not ia
e short of 1000 or 1900 lives, if that w
t, cover the entire number when an intel
y gent account can be rendered.
d One of the most thrilling incidents co
ID nected with the FIRE is related BY Mr.. +
e. j Tlnkham Of the Second National Ban
D. Before the FIRE had reached the ba'
IN building. Monday morning, he succeeds
in in getting 5000, 900 in grecubacks out
y the safe. This he placed in trunk al
1t hired colorcd man to carry it to t
Is. Milwaukee depot, promising the m
$1,000 for the job. Fearing to be ~
" ognized in connection with the precio
he load, Mr.. Tickham followed the man