The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-12


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 %
fourteen of the victims had been re-
covered. Some of these were hud-
died close together, indicating that
in their despair they had sought consola-
ton in each others arms. One young lady,
Miss Agnes Schneider, whose remains were
identified by her name on her undercloth-
ing, had met death in bed, having undoubt-
eddy 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
stead and portion of the clothing of the
bed remained in a 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 win
dows was cut off; and another is that they
had never gone out of the room at all, but
persisted 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
wings. While the night was full of hor-
| rors, there were also some pleasing acts of
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
anoe on the street, carrying her precious
charge, was greeted with loud cheers.
The scene surrounding the building, both
Ill
being recovered, can better be imagined
than described. Heartrending anguish was
wildly pictured on every countenance,
and the sorrowful visages OF those who had
relatives and friends in the Inflated con-
vent were enough to bring the tears to ev-
erv 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 identi-
fication. The remains of fourteen bodies
lay there i'll 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
burn d along the cornices at the top, fur
Their search for bodies was stopped at about
half-past four o'clock, but will be resumed
tomorrow. Coroner Bader will also COM
mence the inquest tomorrow at nine O'Clock
a.. m.
THE VICTIMS.
According to the most reliable informa-
ton 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 10, st. Louis.
Mamie Scaling, 16, Agnes Sealing, is, st.
Louis.
Lizzie Isch, IT, Centerville, III.
Mamie Pulse, II, st. Louis.
Hlda Hammel, IL, Trenton, Ill.
Kitty Urbana, IL, Vandalia, Ill.
Mary Bien, 10, Belleville, Ill.
Delphia Schlernitzaur, IL, Belleville, Ill.
Martha Manned Tor Mauntel), Is, st.
Louis.
Mary Bartels, II, Centerville, Ill.
Josephine Ploudre, To- Centerville Sta
ton, Ill.
Lolita Pierson, 10. st. Louis.
Emma Stark (or Stock, II, Carbondale,
Ill.
Laura Thompson, Il, Chester, Ill.
Minnie Bailey, Il, Belleville, Ill.
Virginia Heintzelman, II, Belleville Ill
Gertrude Strunck, 16, Du Quoin, Ill.
Mary Manning, Is, st. Louis.
Agnes Snyder, 20, Bellevlle, Ill.
Minnie Fitzgerald, =, Philadelphia, Pa.
Amelia Leonard, Is, Trenton, III.
INJURED.
Daisy Ebberman, Kimmswick, Mo-, Sc
we're confusion.
| Miss Brink, broken foot.
Miss Lou Mate, spinal injuries and cut
| scalp.
! Miss Schneider, Mascoutah, bruised.
| Sister MannesSa, fracture of right leg.
Sister Repearto, compound fracture OF
right leg; amputation probable.
Sister Paschalls, injured back and broken
wrist.
| l. O. O.
| and Moderate were killed by jumping from
windows. The rest of the above list were
! burned in the building. The bodies of Susie
| Weiner, Gertrude Strunck, Mary Manning,
| Emma Stark, Virginia Heinzelman, Lizzie
| Isch, Mamie Pulse and Sister Mary Jerome
have been positively identified and the
others are in doubt.
THE SAVED.
Daisy Eberman, Belleville, Ill.
Louie Mate, East st. Louis.
Maggie Donahoe, -.
Nj. ID. Faurnier, -.
Christina Horn, Du Quoin, Ill.
Proxie Schlernitzauer, Belleville. Ill.
Dora Montgomery, -.
Fannie Brinker, Washita, Mo.
Sisters Reparta, Meversa, and Paschalis,
and Misses Bridget, Gretchen, Josephine,
Johanna and Eliza, candidates.
The building, known as the Institute of
the immaculate Conception, was erected
| in the year 1891, and was opened for the
reception of students on the 10th of Octo-
Der, 1859 When first occupied it consisted
of threestory front, and wing running
directly west from its center, the whole be-
ing in the shape of Il. 1t cost SS,437 90,
$500 of the building fund being contributed
by non-Catholics of Belleville. In the year
1868 an addition was built to it on the west
running parallel with the main structure
on Race street This addition cost about
5000. All the walls were of brick, hav-
ing stone foundation. IL was four
stories high, including ten-foot
| basement II Mns snrlnounted hY a