St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19


it off. This was continued until daylight.
About eight O'Clock a. m. Sunday several
volunteer corps of workers were organized
under City Marshal Louis Williams and
Captain Kaysing, Chief of Police, and an
effort was made to recover the bodies OF the
| victims. The work continued up to four
/ O'Clock, at which time the remains OF
fourteen of the victims bad been re-
covered. Some of these were hud-
died close together, indicating that
/ in their despair tney had sought consola-
tfon in each others arms. One young lady,
| Miss Agnes Schneider, whose remains We're
| identified by her name on her undercloth-
ing, had met death in bed, having undoubt.
! edly been suffocated by the smoke. Bed
/ and all had gone down from the dormitory
to the basement, and was so quickly COW
cred over with falling brick that the bed.
! steaa and portion of the clothing of the
bed remained in tolerably fair state OF
| preservation.
/ All those recovered were found immedi-
/ ately beneath where the dormitory was To-
/ Gated. One theory is that they sought
/ shelter in this room when they found es-
/ cape down the stairs or through the wine
/ dows was cut off; and another is that they
had never gone out of the room at all, but
| perished from the smoke even before they
| had left their beds. The dormitory was in
| the third story of that portion of the build
| ing which connected the east and west
l
| rors, there were also some pleasing acts OF
| beroism. Miss Maggie Donohoe, in defiance
1 OF warnings of the danger of running down
| stairs, snatched little PrOxie Schlernit-
zauer, aged five years, from her bed, and,
! wrapping her in sheet, took her In her
| arms and ran down two flights of stairs.
/ She did not stop until she reached st. Ag-
! nes' Orphan Asylum, over a block away,
and they both were saved. Her appear
/ ance on the street, carrying her precious
charge, was greeted with loud cheers.
The scene surrounding the building, both
| during the fire and while the bodies were
/ being recovered, can better be imagined
| than described. Heartrending anguish
| vividly pictured on every countenance,
| and the sorrowfuI visages of those who had
relatives and friends in the Inflated con-
| vent were enough to bring the tears to ev-
| cry eye.
Coroner Bader, with several assistants,
| conveyed the recovered bodies to the resi-
| dence of Henry Reiss; and they were care
| fully laid on boards for purposes OF ldentI-
| ication. The remains Of fourteen bodies
| lay there in all kinds of shapes-not one
| presented the semblance of a human being,
| in whose tenement SO recently moved the
spirit of life. In consequence of the possi-
| bility of some of the walls falling at any
moment, and the fact that the fire still
burned along the cornices at the top, fur
| Gher search for bodies was stopped at about
nalI -paSI louF O,clOcks Dub WI1l De EeSu1neU
tomorrow. Coroner Bader will also COM
| mence the inquest tomorrow at nine O'Clock
| a. N.
According to the most reliable informa-
tion the following comprises the list of
victims:
Mother Superior Mary jerome, Sisters
Moderate, StYlita, Edwina and Agnelia.
Mary Campbell, teacher, East st. Louis.
Susie Weiner, aged Is, st. Louis.
Mamie Scaling, 16, Agnes Sealing, Is, st.
Louis.
Lizzie Isch, II, Centervi1le, III.
Mamie Pulse, II, st. Louis.
HiIda Hammel, 15, Trenton, Ill.
Kitty Urbana, II, Vandalia, Ill.
Mary Bien, 10, Belleville, Ill.
Delphia Schlernitzaur, IL, Belleville, Ill
Martha Mannel Tor Mauntel), IS, st.
Louis.
Josephine Ploudre, 16. Centerville Sta.
tion, Ill.
Lolita Pierson, Is. ST. Louis.
Emma Stark (or Stock), II, Carbondale,
Ill.
Laura Thompson, II, Chester, III.
Minnie Bailey, II, Believille, Ill.
Virginia Heintzelman, y, Bel1eviIle Ill.
Gertrude Strunck, 16, Du Quoin, I'll.
Mary Manning, Is, st. Louis.
Agnes Snyder, 20, Belleville, Ill.
Minnie Fitzgerald. , Philadelphia, Pa
Amelia Leonard, is, Trenton, Ill
A.
DaisY Epnerman, hlmmsWlck, MO-, se'
we're CONFUSION.
MISS BRINK, broken 1907. ,
MISS Lou Mate, spinal injuries and cut
scalp.
~ MISS ocanelder, MascouGah, pruIsed.
Sister Mannessa, fracture of right leg.
sister Repeafto, compound fracture OF
right leg; anputation probable.
Sister Faschalts, injured back and broken
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