The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-01-10

to preserve in q recognizable
shape the bodies of the victims
when the ruins are sufficiently y
cooled. a volunteer corps OF
men went to work to bring out
the bodies. It was a terrible
sight at times. The searchers
would find two or three charred
masses huddled close together
seemingly seeking protection OF
one another from the advancing
and terrible flames. Two bodies
were found in the rear part OF
the building burned into an un'
reconizable mass, but the major
ity were found beneath where
the dormitory was situated. They
seemed to have sought shelter in
this room too late, and to have
recognized their escape was i'm
possible. The flames beneath
eating away the supports, let
down the floor into a see!hing
vortex of fire and smoke.
The loss of lite is much greater
than mentioned in last nights
dispatch. The total of known
deaths is 81. On the fourth floor
the pupil boarders with 3 sisters
slept; on the Sd floor the remain
ing sisters slept, and on the I'd
floor above the basement, what
are termed the orphans and hall
orphans slept. On this Cd floor
the inmates escaped.
Extreme cold retarded the
work of the firemen, and even if
they could have reached the
scene without delay, t::ey could
have been of but little service in
rescuing the victims. There are
10 laddersln the fire department
and no provisions for such a de-
plorable emergency had been
made by the managers of the in
stitution. The unfortunate in
mates we're therefore powerless
to relieve themselves. and those
who were Witnesses of the horri-
bic holocaust we're unable 70 as
sist them.
The ladies could only be iden-
tilted by clothing, or rather por-
tions of clothes, which, having
been saturated with water, had
escaped the flames.
All that now remains of the
famous Convent of the Immacu-
late Conception ia the charred
and broken walls, and in the de-
bris there yet remains the bodies
of several of the unfortunate vic
Tins. The building and furnish
ings are valued at from $65,00O
to $4,000. Insured for S25.OOO.
St. Louis, Jan. 7.-Nothing later
has been received from DelleyiiIe up
to noon to-day.
The following extract from de-
scription of the search yesterday
will convey an idea of the scene,
and the horrible nature of the work: I
The bodies were all near each
other. and the mother superior's
body seemed to be center for the
yhastiy circle of black remains. A
bone was picked up here, and upon
being drawn came loose from some
particle Of roasted flesh. Here a
burned skull was found, and there
IN arm, while trunks burned to a
solid crisp were dug up Immediately
lnder them. 1t was an awful ex-
and more than once the
work faltered because Of the sicken-
ng sensations which overcame. the
vorkmen. 1t seemed that the hor.
id heap would never be exhausted.
nd every few minutes there was a
eport that a new body had been
AIKEN out. Shreds Of burned cloth
ng clung to the sickening mass.
t was impossible, almost, to find .
he identity of the bodies. The
cry fingers of death having efaced $
very line and shape of countenance /,
nd form, the bodies In some in
.ances clung together, and the ,
cap, as it was uncovered to the eye, +
as absolutely indescribable. !
Mary jerome, the sister superior :
the convent, was we'll known in y
any parts IF the country. Through |,
1t her jurisdiction, where she was g
we'll known and so we'll beloved, j.
10 sorrow will be limitless. She S.
as a most unselfish and amiable s.
oman, belo.ed by every one who 3
lew her. When the fire was ra- B
ng, she might have saved her D
If. being in the dormitory from \
lich all escaped save her. When II
lers descended the ladder to safe N N
her thought and action was to II II
We the lives of children intrusted "
her care. Her self imposed task 3, 3,
IS frnitless, for all communication Y
tween the dormi,ory of the sisters ~ F,
the dormitory OF the children WAS + +
Off by flames and suffocating
oke, and she pesished in her he il
C effort. W
SEARCH FOR BODIES. w
Later.-A reporter just from Ds D.
llcville says the search for bodies Pc
5 resumed about 1 l a. m., but up W
he time he left little progress has Cl M
n made. He states that four