Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-01-07
The Burning OF the Convent Of not e
Dame at BelIeyiIlc, I'll.
TWENTY SEVEN PERSONS PERISH.
A Scene Of In niescribabIe perr0r Among
the Inmates.
LIST OF NAMES Or THE VICTIMS.
The Monetary Less Considerably in Ex-
cess OF First Estimates.

late Conception, sisters Of Eotre Dame, al
Belleville, Ill, Last night, arc still msagre
About sixty pupils were ia the school
ranging from ten years TO full grswn. All
we're girls, and ths several teachers werd
the other inmates of thu building The
fire is said to havo started gt the rear of the
third story, which was
USED As i DoaEIToRI,
and . n attempt was made by the sisters so
exiting 81 it, Dat this failing, sfforts were
made 10 remoye the pupils. The
flames spraad SO rapidly, how
ever, that no 'deY could be- preserved
panic siezed Doth the children and Gis
ters, and there we5 wild confused rush
to escape. Forty or more OF tbs pupils
are known TO kavs get cat, or were taken
from the building and given sheltsr in the
neighboriug houses, bat several in their
fright
JUMPED FROM rHE UIEDows
and were either killed or badly injsred.
Miss Mary Campbell, teasher, of East
st. Louis, leapod from the tkizd story. and
died IN a few minutes. Anosher, whose
name is not ascersainsd olim0d to the roof
of the portico and either fell or Was blown
off and is fatally injured. Among Others
injured by jumping, are Daisy Ebsrm&B,
residence foEr Railes from Belleville,
Agnes Schneider, Leu Matt Mast st. Louis,
Fanny Renker, Of Washington, Mo. Sister
Raparata, Sister Stylita, Sister Manussa
and fifteen to sweRty Smaller pupils,
and also Sister Mary Jerome, the lady 81
perior, are missing es late hour last
night, and it was feared shat soma of then
had persisted in she building. Search par
ties are actively e5 work to day, and fur
ther information will be obtained later.
The scene at the fire IVES one OF the widest
excitement and terror. The streets 10 the
vicinity we're thronged with people anx-
ious to be of service, bus owing TO the
rapid spread of the flames, were helpless
10 render aid, while
THE TERROR sTEIoEEN PARENTS
rushed frantiealIy arospd searching for
their missing children, and waiIing over
their supposed loss. The fire departments
was of little avail and IN an hour the entire
building was mass OF ruins.
Another report says the FIRE started from
the furnace in the basement, and bhis
seems the most probable e1planStion, az
the flames spread upward, cutting off most
of the exits and compelling some of the
pupils and Sisters to lssp from the win
dows.
A dispatch just reooivsd from BeIlsvills
says the bodiss Of
TWENTY-FIVE PUPILS AND 1--WE EEACRRRs,
including the NokheE Superior, are oither
recovered or are known 30 bs il the rzins.
They expect 10 have full lisa early to-
night.
LArER.
The following dispAsoh fren BslIevills
to the Associesea Press gives further PAY
ticalnrs of the fright9pi calamity. Fke
fire at che sonvsnt OK Eosre Dame was
the most destructive
TO LIVE AED PRoRB8TI
that BellsviIis has ever experienced. A
Wait TO She sesne this moEnlag found she
fire department. stiIl on duSy 6adsavsrins
TO qusnch the flames, SO as 60 preserve in
a recognizable shape the bodies Of She
victims. When tho xuins woro sEffcisntlY
cooled volunteer oerps Of msa wsns TO
work so bring o14 the bodies. Il was
terrible sight. As timss they Heuld And
two or $hree masses hs8dl6& cIose tSgeth-
er. seemingly seeking protection Of one
another from the advancing flames. Two
bodies we're found in the rear part
Of tho building burned into an an
recognizable mass, bat the majority were
found benea5h where the dormlEory was
situated. They seemed 10 have sought
shelter in th9 room GOO late, and re0og-
nized thst
THEIR ESCAPE WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
The fame5 beneath we're eating away
the supports, and les down the floor into
the seething vortex OF fire and smoke. The
loss of life is much greater than mentioned
in last nights brief dispstch. Instead Of
being two, as at first supposed, the total
knowB deaths is twenty seven, twenty-two
of which were pupils and sisters, and
among the latter was the sister superior.
On the fourth floor, rhe pupil boarders,
with three sisters, slept; on the third floor
tho remaining sisters slept, and on the
second, or fooP above the basement, Whist
are termed the orphans, or half-orphans',
slept. On this second floor the inmates
escaped, and weye saved. The following
10 the list saved:
Proxie Schlernitzer.
Mamie Fitzgerald.
AIMS frankie.
Maggie DonohUe.
0r7a Montgomery.
Emily Fonrnier.
On this floor also were the following
candidates for the ysil, who escaped:
Miss Josephine.
Mics Bridget
Miss Johnna.
Miss Gretchen.
Miss Ellza.
The missing are:
Martha Msuntet, Carondalet, Mo.
Mary Bartells.
Josephine Ploudre, daughter of County
Commissioner Ploudre, of Centerville, I'll.
Lolita Pierson, st. Louis.
Susie Welmar, st. Louis.
Emma Stark, Cal bondaIe, H.
Mamie Scaling, St. Louis.
Agnes Scah e. st. Louis
Lizzie Isch, Centerville, III.
Laura Thompson, Chester, Ill.
Nam Puler, Columbus, Ill.
Minnie Baily, BelleviIIe.
Hilda Hammel, Trenton, Ill.
Emily Loonhards, Trenton.
Virginia HoiRzeImann, BelIeville.
Klttie Aroour, Yandalis.
Gertrude Struck, Germany.
Mary Bien, Bsllevilie.
Mary Manning, st. Louis.
Delphia Schierbritzer, BeilevilIe.