The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-10
5 these rude bearers trundled
., with their awful burden.

"oiip'S VI tii't hidi hct IiOuSc Stcut.
There human nature was unfolded as an
open book in its two-fold aspect Of UNI
consolable, rnfathomable grief and tear
full sympathy. Policemen, soldiers, even
politicians were not ashamed TO wipe I'M
hidden tears from their checks mothers,
fathers, sisters. old and young, husbands
and wives. with blanched cheeks and
bloodshot eyes, slowly. paced around,
now STOPPING and breaking in uncon-
trolable sobbing over some twisted and
awful black form which, by clothing or
some trinket, they perhaps recognized as
the remains of their loved one; there
some woman. in the stupefaction of
grief, doubled down with her eyes COW
cred and sitting motionless as n statue OF
stone in a speeches. agony. One old
Irishwoman .,..... ....
DREW TEARS FROM EVERY EYE
As she iondled bits OF bone and cinder
and clothing which night-key, trinkets,
and his long brown hair told ,her were
those of her dear boy. ~ have him /
have him. have him." she cried, hys-
terically. No one interiercd with the
poor creature until nature gave way, and
she tainted and was removed. 1t was
noticed that nearly every one of the bod
les taken out whole had the right arm
upliited and crossed over the eyes, the
position in which life was scorched out
by the fierce flames from which the
wretched victims instinctively sought to
shade the most sensitive OF human or
gans. Nearly all the bodies, also, were
doubled up and curiously twisted andde-
formed by the intense heat. Some had
both eXtremeties burned of, so that it
was difficult to say at which end the
head should have been. The hands and
feet of most were shriveled up, with bones
protruding through tile skin.
DETACHED BITS
OF human bodies were carted away to the
morgue and laid on separate piles. All
bodies on which keys, watches, or other
means OF Identification were found had
those articles laid on them, and those
actually recognized We're labeled with
their names. The generous sympathies
of the theatrical profession are taking
practical shape, and Dion Boucicault APP.
propriately leads OFF subscription for
the families of Murdoch and Burroughs
with $500. Benefit performances will. be
given in both cities next week. The
position in which the nearly unrecogniza-
BILE bodies of Murdoch and Burroughs
were found indicates that they attempted
to escape by the winding stairway to the
root. The stairway fell. and they were
enveloped in flames. They figured much
together on the dramatic stage, and in
their terrible death were not separated.
ONE OF THE CURIOUS INCIDENTS
Ofbeneiit from evil is the almost miracu-
lous recovery of Miss Ida Vernon's broth
er, who was suffering from bleeding OF
the lungs few doors of from the theater.
She had him removed while the fire
ragged, and the shock of removal in some
mysterious way held the bleeding, and
he is j n a fair way of recovery. Many
distressing incidents were witnessed ut
the morgue from early morn to mid
night. A young man named Detz was
recognized by his young sister, who
shrieked ana irantically embraced his
poor twisted-up, blaekened feet. There
was not dry eye in the market rs a
kind-hearted and fearful sergeant gently
removed her while she cried in agoniZ-
ing tones, "Oh, poor mother! Oh, poor
Abe y Here and there women might
be seen with shawls pulled over their
heals and with foreheads bowed to the
ground before some shap,less remains,
kissing frantically handful of keys,
knife, ring, and other articles by which
her husband was identified. Sometimes
women Of the better class,
LADIEs:IS FASHIONABLE ATTIRE,
Were seen kneeling in silence and scam
ming all that was LETT of a manly form,
ing over burned pocket-book, bunch of
keys, and other tokens of the identity OF
some missing husband or brother. A
middle-aged German woman, with tears
streaming down her face, besought the
officer at the station house door to admit
her to the presence of the captain. 81
cannot allow you 10 enter now, madam. -
he said. "1'here is such crowd inside
already that you will have TO wait until
the captain gives me orders to admit
others "Oh, my God. :" she cried. In
anguish, wrInging her hands, IL must
see my poor, dead darling. They won't
let me enter the morgue without a pass,
and ] know he is there. Please let me in
or shall go crazy Finally she was
permitted TO enter the station house,
where she again bewailed the fate OF her
son. hteN
I'm POOR WIDOW"
She continued, ''and live at No. 25 Or
chard street, New York. Ny dead son
was named William Meyers, and was
nineteen years Old. One of my sons is
now lying at the point of death with con-
sumption, and what am | 10 do now:
With my Oldest boy and man gone, sup
port Is taken from me.r She was given
pass both to the mOrgue and city hall
market, and departed bewailing her sons
horrible death. A woman came TO the
morgue to-day alone. While making
her way through the rooms She suddenly