Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-01-18

removed 70 Eoley q Dullea's undertak.
ing rooms at 10 o'clock this morning,
and at 2 O'Clock was forwarded to
Doylestown, the home Of her parents.
The bodies we're laid out on the marble
slabs, all being neatly dressed with un-
derclothing and embalmed by Foley II
Dullea, who hove been employed by the
board of supervisors to care for the
dead. The floor of the morgue presents
a sickening sight, covered with masses
of clotted blood and hair and remnants
of the clothing Of the poor victims. A
German woman, almost prostrated with
grief and despair, accompanied by her
morning looking for the body of her
daughter, Anna Bergeman, who was en-
ployed at the Newhall washing paint
work. Looking at the bodies, the old
woman wrung her hands In anguish, ex-
claiming: "Mine God, mine God, it is
NIGHT, it is NIGHT. Mine poor girl, she is
not here" The sister lmme.
diately recognized Otilie Waltersdorf
as IooHsnate of the missing
girl. The family live Just outside of the
city on the Washington road. The poor
girl had been employed at the hotel
about two years. 4 widow lady, living
on East Water Street, between Martin
and johnson Streets, vainly sought for
the body of her daughter, Martha Sless-
ner, aged Is years, who had been en-
ployed for about year in the Newhall
House kitchen. 1t was pltiful to wit
ness the mothers grief at the failure to
obtain the slightest clue TO her girls
whereabouts. The daughter was the
only support Of her widowed mother and
the only relative she possessed. A Mr..
Daley from Waukesha searcred the
morgue Tor the body of all old lady
named Ann Casey, aged 63 years, who is
among the missing, Mr.. Daley's daugh-
ter, Mary, was employed at the Newhall,
but returned to her home about month
ago on account Of illness. Miss Casey,
who resided with Mr.. Daley's family,
took the girls place at the hotel, pend
ing the latter's recovery, AMI is num-
bered among the dead and missing.
THE FATE OF MISS cHELLIs.
Miss Libbie Chellis, whose terrible
death was mentioned in last evenings
WISCONSIN, formerly resided at Racine,
where her father aud brother still
lives; two sisters also living at Escan-
aba. Miss Chellis had for the past eight
years been at the head of the dress and
cloak making department of T. A. Chap
man Il Co. S establishment. She was
considered to he the finest fashionable
dressmaker in the northwest, and was
held in the highest esteem by her
employer and the patrons Of the estab-
lishment. Miss Chellis was almost
ldolized 10y the girls OF her department,
who, since her sad fate became known,
are nearly iraLtIc with grief: work i'll
the department has been completely
suspended since the fire, and will pro b.
ably not be resumed for a day or two.
1t was reported this morning that
young girl had occupied the room with
Miss Chcllis on the night OF the fire, but
the rumor could not be traced to a re-
liable source. 1t is stated however by
clerks at L. A. Chapman's that one of
the girls employed III the dress making
department spent the night with 4
sister, domestic, and is among the
missing. This refers probably to Rosa
Burns, reported missing yesterday.
The girls in Miss Chellis' depart
ment, to show III "A measure their love
for her, on Christmas. i'll Miss Chellis'
absence, gathered at her room at the
Newhau House and spread her bed with
elegant and costly lace coverlids and
pillow-shams, as a holiday gift. The
father Of the unfortunate woman arrived
in the city this morning. Miss Chellis
was in her 42i year. Her remains have
not been recovered.
A PROMINENT MAN AMONG THE MISSING.
Judge George Reed, formerly of Man
itowOc, who is among the missing, was
a native of Middleton, Middlesex Coun-
ty, Mass, where he was born NOvem-
Der 10, 1908, being in his seventy-tifth
year. He attended the academy at Cas-
teton, Vt, from 1926 to 1880; entered
college at Mlddlebury, VT, i'll 1880;
studied law at Castleton from 1881 to
1884; was by profession lawyer. He
came to Wisconsin in 1885, and first set
tied in Milwaukee. He was a member
of the last territorial Legislature of Wis
cOnsin in lSiS, from Waukesha County,
and member of the first state consti-
tutional convention from the same coun-
ty. In 1851 he was elected probate
Judge of Manitowoc County, and repre-
sented that county in the state senate in
1866, and was reelected in 1868 and
1870. He took an active interest in the
railroad development of northeastern
Wisconsin, and IN 1870 was president Of
the Portage, Wiunebago and Lake Su-
perior Railroad Company. He was
largely identified with the lines now
forming the Wisconsin Central system.
He was well known in this city aud had
many relatives here, among others
Alexander Mitchell.
THE HEAD-w WATERS OPINION.
~ think there were about eighty lives
lost in the fire." said Charles P. Pheney.
head waiter. There were nearly 90
guests in the house, the Antisdel family,
and nearly seventy-fve employees. l
know there were ninety guests at sup
per, as counted them as they entered
the room. Mr.. Antisdel had been ltak-
ing about poor business for several days
past, and Monday night, in order
to satisfy myself as to how things were
running, l counted the people as they en-
tered the dining hall. Monday night
there were ninety-tve at the tables, and
Tuesday night l counted and checked
nlnety-one, | think. had Just twenty
waiter girls under me. OF these. but
three escaped. The cooks entire force
is missing. 1 think they will find good
many bodies along the west walls when
the ruins are searched there, AZ nearly
all the girls roomed on that side OF the
house. think there at least sixty bodies
under the walls from what know of the
number in the building at the time the
fire occurred and the number who es
capped"
THE DEAD.
The following is a list of the identi-
fed dead:
I. Z. Vas Loon, Of Albany, y. Y.
Mrs. John Gilbert, Of Steuben, N. Y.
Allen johnson, of Milwaukee.
Mrs. Allen johnson, Of Milwaukee.
j. ]. Hough. OF Moroa. Ill.
Walter Scott, Of Milwaukee.
ID q. Power, of Milwaukee.
L. b. Elliott, Of Milwaukee, member Of the
firm Of jenkins, Elliott & Winkler.
w. II. Hall, Of La Porte, Ind.
Mrs. L. W. Brown, Of Allegheny.
Six unknown.
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