The New York herald., 1871-10-13
TIE M0gGUE.

| The Bodies Sf The .surned-Scventy Riuck.
| cned Cerpses-A IIidenus, Isurrowing spec.
tatie-The seekers FOR the Dead.
CHICAGO, Oct. II, |
| Via CINCINNATI, Oct. H. 1871.
The sickenng sensation OF yesterday was the
establishment OF a Morgue for the exhumed re-
mains OF the mighty fire. This shocking repository
| is the hearse and carriage room OF
! LOWER CLASS UNDERTAKEN,
| on Hubbard street, near Haisted, few blocks from
The freight depot OF tile Pitlsburg, Cincinnati and
! st. Louis Railway. Ii Is little better tnan barn,
| and yet Is incorporated with the dwelling OF the
| proprietor and the stable for his horses. Tie
| place was guarded Dy armed policemen, who found
1t difficult TO keep or constantly renewed crowd OF
| people, With
| HORROR AND ANXIETY DEPICTED
in every pale ptul face Al the far end OF this
| room was pariitioned space. ngnted by dirty,
| cobwebbed Windows and on the moor, arranged in
rows first all around the three sides and then down
the middle we're
THE cHARRED REsAIss or SEVENTY
human beings The first noticeable objec. or This
dreadful company was the form Of a Sister OF some
Roman Catholic order completely shrouiel IN her
brown habit, with
THE CROSS AND ]. H. s.
In white letters stitched upon the bosom. The face
was thicSy yelled, and even the feet carefully
observed The grim master OF ceremonies. Next was
the body OF Young man, partly clad.
THE HAIR WAS COMPLETELY BURNED OFF
his head AMI body. The features were backened
and distorted with pain. The swollen lips were
wide apart, disclosing the glstenng teeth and I'M
parting horrid grin, such only as agonizlng death
stamps upon the lace. The flesh was bloated 10 an
astonishing Size. The poor wretch was roasted
alive. There was one charred form o. a woman
IN THE ATTITUDE OF PEAYER,
but eye-y feature Of the face was gone. The head
was nothing but a black lump; the body hdeouG,
blackened shape. Some bcdes of men could be
distinguished by the remnants or clothing and
boots but nearly all traces OF humanity were gone.
Then there were
REMAINS or CHILDREN AND yOCNG PEOPLE,
but they, with the majority. were nothing more
than mere blackened charreu corpses Those whose
limbs or arms renamed exhibited a supplicaiory
attitude, as if begging mercy OF the destroyer To
this
CHASTITY, uIDE0Us AND MELANCHOLY SPECTACLE
were admitted, little parties OF four or five al
time, tnosc who had friends or relatives missing.
NO language can describe the scenes OF heartrcnd-
ing agony those grim visits elected. A family OF
little children led by an elder sister comes and
after the first sickening shock,
TRIES To DISTINGUISH Tng LOST MOTHER:
frantic wife, attended by Trend, comes IN search
or her unreturning husband. Brothers seek sisters
lost and sisters their brothers gone; but who can
| tell In that undstingu!shaoe charnai what home
the living being once made happy All personal
Identification is gone with the obli,eratlng nre and
| n6thng is left but ashes. Worse, perhaps than
identification Is the whitening DISAPPOINTMENT in
not nnding The missing. The wrelched beings
90 AWAY wRiSGISG THEIR HANDS,
tearing their hair ana rending the very air with
| piteous cries and unutterabe wailings. Besides
these burned bodies the Morgue yesterday
| five newly coffned corpses. One OF man
! caught In the act OF nring house and shot dead
| another OF a man
HANGED TO LAMP POST
by a mob for the same crime. Another, OF a Ger.
man tailor who lost all ana his throat from ear
to ear with razor. The fourth Of woman, VINO
died In premature childbirth, brought on by
fright.
I NEWLY wEUDED OR NEWLY DEAD.
The mn that OF young woman found In house
In the burned district either attreI for the grave
having died a natural death, else OF bride par
TALLY undressed VINO was sunocaiea with smoke.
| The work OF s
| EyHuNING THE REMAIvs
was fully under wei ~, and the number Of oharrcd
| remains recovered UP 10 seven o'clock last night
was reported al l25. several Of these were mere
handluls or cacinel bones, but all were
carefully collected anu cofnncd for Christian
intermenr. Intclirent ci,zens OF Chicago sav that