The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-08
Of the unfortunate. bad iuce,edsd in ii'n'

flying the following
Nus Weiman,
Miss stIunek.
Miss Manning.
Mlfs Holngelman.
hiHa lsoh.
Alias Pulse.
The bodies could only be Identified by
the clothing, or rather by portions Of the
clothes, which, having been saturated with
water, had escaped the flames. All that
now remains OF tho famous convent " the
charred and broken walls, ana In the dobrs
there yet remains tins bodies OF several of
ina unfortunate victims.
This building ana furnishings were valued
al nom 500 Wv to SIS COO insured for Sgb,'
coo. Tho institute vi the lmmsculai' Goo
rspiiun. under rharre oiihs Skaters ni Nn're
Dame, was originally erected IN 1919 ti,oe
which limetwo wings have been nddei.
LATKR AccousT.
Sr LOUIS, Jan, 7 "A reporter Just hon
Belityili. -nys the search for the bodies was
resumed ABOUT II o'clock thl, morning hut
mp to the time he LETT little progress bad
teen instead Of eleven bodies wrro
taken on, yesterday, but none were
identified excepting those named last night.
To-day only tvo Ghokbonus, hand aud n
lew small bones were discovered up TO
o'clock, md no more idenliilcat'ons have
taken place.
The inqusri hsFan this morning snl iev-
eral wi.leNfs were examined. fke 70
mains OF Mary Campbell aud Miss VIE
mar were brought 10 thi, city tnis after
noon.
FURTHER ACCOUNT.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 7.-Search was con
tinued till about four O'Clock this
afternoon. What Is supposed TO
DO the remains of six additional
bodies wcro recovered, but the remnants
we're OF so indefinite character rs 70 make
II difficult II not impossible, to determine
whether they represent Elk or some other
number OF persona. one of these Is he
lieycd to be Sister Aquiia; another. Emma
Stock, OF Carhondgle, Illinois,
still another, Minnie Bailey or
Mary Bartels, Of Wes,phalia, Illinois. Two
more oil those found yesterday are identi-
fled rs Laura Thompson and Amelia Lem
ard. IL is not definitely known
how macy more are missing, but the search
will be continued tomorrow and kept up
until all the ruins have bsen dug over.
The interest'cOntinuod this afternoon and
after the examination OF dozen witnesses
adjourned IN tomorrow. The funeral OF
the victims will probably take place to-
morrow.
The following extract from description
Of the, search viii convey al, an
horrible nature OF the work. The
bodies were all near each other, ana the
mother superior's body seemed to be the
center for . CHASTITY circle Of black
remains. bone was picked up here and
upon being drawn came loose
from some particle OF roasted
YES found aud there an arm. White
trunks burned into solid
crisp were dug up Immediately
under them. IL was an awful exhumation
aud more than once the work fsltered be-
cause OF the sickening sensations
which overcome the workingmen.
IL seemed that the horrid heap would
never be exhausted, and every ieN
minutes came a report that
q now body had been taken ont. Shreds OF
burned clothing clnDg TO the slckening
mass. 1t was impoSsi lle almost
70 find the identity of toly,
The fiery fingers OF death having
eiaced every line and every shape
OF couuteuance and form. The bodies IN
some instances chung together, and the
heap as It was uncovered 10 the eye was
absolutely indcscribable.