Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-07
FIRE AND DE9a'TH.
In the Burning of a Convent at
BelleVills, H.,
TwENTY-sEyEN GIRLS AND WOMEN
Are Roasted 10 Death While Panic Stricken
and PowerIess to Escape A
Sceae Of Horror ard
Suffering.

safe Conception, Sisters Of Notre Dame, at
Es,levile, Illinois, last night, are still
very meas-e. About sixty pupils were in
the school varying from ten years to full
grown, all girls aud several teachers
aud other inmates OF the building. The
| ire is said to have started in the rear of the
/ lhlTd story which was used as a dormitOry
aui an attempt was made by the sisters to
txruguish it, but this failing, efforts were
made to remove the pupils, but
The Flames Spread 80 Rapidly
that 10 order could be preserved. A panic
/ s9iks, both children anu sisters ami there
was Il wild, confused rush to escape. Forty
or more pupils are known to have got out
or were taken from the building and given
/ shelter in the ueighboriug houses, but sew
/ era. III their fright Umped from the WIN
| dows and were either killed or badly in
/ jared.
/ Ms, Mary Cl:upb-ll. teacher, Of Last
/ 81. Louis lraped from the third story and
/ died in lew minutes Another name not
/ sscc-ta,ned climbed to the roof and fell OF
/ and was fatally Injured Among the 9th
/ els III AESA NN JUN pug dlS- tdASS IsOeE-
( asau, residence LelleYIlle. Agnes SCunel-
! der, Lou Mott Fast 81. Louis; Fannie Rem
/ ker, Washington, Mo, Sister Reparata
/ Sister Syyirta. Sister Mauussa, fifteen To
. ln twenty smaller pupils, also Sister Mary
. leone,
The Lady Superior.
are missing, and it was feared some Of
tl,m pcr..hed IN the buildin- Searching
parties are actively at WORK J).day, anu
. iUtther Information VI. be Uot'ined. Inc
,.eue OF the Ire was one OF IL. widest tX-
rIlemeul. The streets were thrO.ged with
people ANXIOUS to BE- Of service. but owl
To the rapid spread OF tht lanes wee help.
less to render aid, Luile parrnt, rushed
iaant,vflIy around Sea,cO cOl,,.. ,or their mis-.
% children AMI ". .aliius Yer their sop.
,>ed lots ." 30 ,:-s Har,r.ruelt was nf
.l''e j, III against the uai rush o sursng
ines, and in an hour the entire bUi!dlng
. Was u ass Ct runs.
Another report says the fire started from
tie furnace in the basement, and this
seems the most probable explanation, aS
J ne lanes spread upward cutting OFT most
Of the exits and compelling some pupils to
Lcaped from the windows,
i ti,E diCA U>t received from beleyille,
says that the bodies Of twenty-five pupils
and rve teachers including the Mother
to be in the ruins.
The following dispatch from belleviile TO
the Associated Press give the further par
tICUiaT5 Of the frIgEtiul calamity: Ine
ire at the convent Oi NOtre Dame was the
mos, destructive TO life and property that
/ BeItE.lte has ever experienced. y visit to
/ the scene TINS afternoon iOuId the tire de-
uartWeut sua Ou duty endea7Oring to
uueuCh the danes so a, to preserve in
recognizable shape the bodies OF the VIC
tins. WEsn the ruins were sufficiently
P cool volunteers went 10 work to bring out
. ,.- ncG.a. p was te.''hlr s.-ht. -
. times
rte ScarcherS would Find
rygo or rhre- rhsrred masses huddled close
,u-ether seemingly seeking protection in
one another from the advancing flames
Iuu n.t.,, Mere found Il. the rear part o'
o. the t.-.llu. hururu So rs to be unreC)y-
D. ,..ih.r 4 majority were found beneath
a.rrr rre iuuIfg-y was situated. They
,Fru.,d so uaye sought shelter there, and
Wlr. 81, Vas roo .Jte recognized that their
escape Wa .wuu.slOIe. The udmes he
n-a'u. eating away the supporters let the
. ..uur down .ufr 8 spethlug vortex OF tire
and -wuar. Iue loss Ui lite IS greater than
( meuUJutd n last nights dispatch. In.
/ ,IrpaG ot being TWO. the total known deaths
/ Is ;Npatv seven. twenry-twO OF which are
puIils rnd i've sisters Among the latter
; lie Sister Superior, on the fourth 'IDJr
The pupil nOarderS with three sisters slept
On the .hlrt fuUr. The remaining sister
slept OH the second llOOr, On the floor
la-Eg '.y ,aspu, Mt what are termed
UruHru~ and Half Orphans
sept. "a ,ht> second ,IOor the inmates es
aged.
to..oa .us Is the list of the inmates
r,oy:.. Srhleruit1eur. Mamie Fitzgerald
Annie frankie AMI Maggie Il lnOh.Ie, Ocra
Montgomery. EuIly fournie. On this tIppr
| leo were the following CanuIiates for thr
! .,iI. Who escaped Miss josephine
MSS Bridget, Mis- Johanns, Mss "retcnen'
The u.iss,rgare Martha Msnte, Caronda
| et Mo Mary Eorte!ls, Mo-; JU-eph'ne
p.nudrr. daughter vi the county commits
..,.rer uj Certreyii!e station, ilnol~; Lptta
| ..rlsun. St Louis, Susie Welmar, st LOnls;
..r ma Sturss, CarbOndsp; Mamie StlIing,
~. Louis. Agnes SC1tlnc, 81 LOUIS;
..ft. lsrh-is. D.utreyj.ie; Laura ihOmp
On. Chester. Illinois: Mamie Pnlle: Co
lu.huy. Illinois: Minnie Bailey, Belle
p,.r. Hilda HammiL Trenton, Illinois,
rmHy Ieouhardt, Trenton, Virginia
U,insslman, kittie Arbana, Nandalia, ser
'-ude S,runk, Germany Mary Beln Bel.
| ...... NtIry NGulGS, -. LOUIS; pe!rha
S,n,uhauser, Eeiievilie: SISTER Superior
ligry Jerome. Sisters AgUciia and EiTrnL.
Miss Bailey was a granddaughter OF Col.
John Thomas, Of tins city. SISTER Mary
Jerome Was
known 10 the World
as barbara He'll: she was born in Pitts
, rg-,h. sister Mndrida was known as Jen.
r.a .EEle, She was BORN near Milwaukee.
SISTER Etwina aS Bridget MCCatirey; she
Aus born IN Ireland. SISTER AShelIS as
! Nur.ur,t Suau4hau, she WAS born n Ne"
IE-|a
The ire had Us origin in a furnace, and
| yEro discovered 'he llpOr above was ao.afe
md ,n.rufS Of sWuke rapidly pouring
1 rlrourh the >teirways. CorrldsTs AM h!'IS;
. py the uu.U the slvePers were aroused a''
, / avenues Of escape were tilled with smoke
Tnen a manic rusued and il is for the invss-
$ | r,.,:ttiou tO palut the heart rendIng picture.
rhr extreme cold retarded the work OF the
! rrt.wpn. and even If they could nave
cached the scene without delay they c1u,d
/ lave usen OF bat little service in resru'aE
he ;irtims. There are no ladders that
a can be used IN such an emergency. lac
' unfortunate inmates, therefore, were
PcwerIrss 10 Relieve Themselves,
Y and those who were witnesses OF the horrl
+ h'e holocaust we're unable 10 assist them
= The manner Of escape Of each OF the sur
yiyors could not BE- learned. Daisy E1ar
q man was injured. Lou Mott quite badly
@ hart. Lena Helrue anu Fannie bslnheF
/. seriously injured. At four O'Clock there
, there had been fifteen bodies recoveTeh
70 from the ruins and the sisters and trieunS
. ,uCceeceded in identifying the following
r. MISS NORMAN.
MISS SrRINN.
MISS MANNING.
= MISS HElN>OLNAN.
I MISS lSChA.
. N1~S P' SEE
, In,. r,t,,> cud.l only hs it"ut'u'i ny