The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-07

ana Maggie Donahue, Ora Montgomery, Emily
Fournie. On the floor above were also the fol
lowing candidates for the veil, who escaped: Miss
Josephine, Miss Bridget, Miss Johanna, Miss
Gretchen, Miss Eliza.
The missing are:
Martha Mauntel, Carondelet, Mo.
Mary Bartello.
Miss Cerei.
Josephine Ploudre daughter of County Com
missioner Ploudre, Centerville Station, Ill.
Lotta Pierson, St. Louis.
Susie Weman, st. Louis.
Emma Stark, Carbondale, Ill
Mamie Scaling, st. Louis.
Agnes Scaling, ST. Louis
Lizzie Isch, Centerville Station
Laura Thompson, Chester, III.
Mamie Pulse, Columbia, Ill.
Minnie Bailey, Belleville.
Hilda Hammel, Trenton, Ill.
Emily Leonhardt, Trenton.
Virginia Heinzelman, Belleville
Kitty Urbana, Vandalia
Gertrude Strunck, Germany.
Mary Ben, Belleville.
Mary Manning, St Louis.
Dephia Schernitzauer, Belleville.
Sister Superior Mary jerome, and Sisters Ag-
netia and Edwina.
Miss Bailey was granddaughter of Colonel
John Thomas of this city. Sister Mary jerome
was known in the world as Barbara He'll She
was born at Pttsburg, Pa. Sister Modrida was
known as Jennie Riley. She was born near Mil
waukee. Sister Edwina, known as Bridget
McCaffrey, was born in Ireland, and Sister Ag-
netia known as Margaret Shanahan was bornin
New Orleans.
The fire had it's origin in the furnace in the
basement, and when discovered the floor imme-
diately above was ablaze, and the vol
umes of smoke were rapidly pouring
through the stairways, corridors and
halls of the building. By the time
the sleepers were thoroughly aroused. All
ithe avenues of escape were filed with binding
smoke. Then panic ensued, and it is for the
imagination to paint the sorrowful and heart
rending picture.
he extreme cold retarded the work of the
fremen, and even if they could have reached the
scene without delay, they could have been of
but little service in rescuing the victims. There
are no ladders in the fire department, and no
provisions for such deplOrable emergency had
been made by the managers of the institution
The unfortunate inmates were, therefore, pow
erless to relieve themselves, and those who were
witnesses of the terrible holocaust were unable
to assist them.
The manner of the escape of each of the sur
vivors could not be learned. Daisey Eberman
was slightly injured. Agnes Schneider jumped
from window, but is not dangerously injured
Lou Matt is quite badly hurt Dena Horn and
Fannie Brinker are seriously but not fatally in
jured.
At4P. NJ. there had been eleven bodies recov-
cred from the ruins, and the sisters and friends
of the unfortunates had succeeded in identifying
the following:
Miss Werman
Miss Strunck. tle
Miss Manning.
Miss Heinzelman.
Miss Isch.
Miss Pulze. t.s .s..s.
The bodies could only be identified by their
clothing, or rather portions of their clothes
which, having been saturated with water, had
escaped the flames.
All that now remains of the famous Convent
of the Immaculate Conception is charred, broken
walls and in the debris there yet remain the
bodies of several unfortunate victims
The building and furnishings were valued at
from $65 900 to $50, 900; insured for $25, 600.
The convent building proper was put up in
1859. The two wings were added in 1867 1t
was substantial brick building, five stories
high frontage of about one hundred and fifty
feet and depth of seventyfve. 1t caught fire
last summer and there was a panic among the
pupils, though fortunately, no one was killed,
and the fire was extnguished without causing
much damage.