St. Paul daily globe., 1886-10-30
A SCORE OF VICTIMS.
It is Now Thought That at Least Twenty
Persons We're Burned Up at
Rio.
The Conductor Of the Train Receivers Suf.
fclently to-Recollect the Pas
sengers,
And Supplies De tails of Importance
Regarding Those Who Were
Cremated.
Progress of the Work of Identifies.
tton.-A Coroner's Inquest
Begun.
The .sLimited,, Horror.

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 29.-Though mass
of bruises and confined to bed, Conductor
Searle, Of the Inflated limited train that
was wrecked and destroyed at Rio, was
better to-day. He will recover. This aft
ernOon he talked freely. What he recalls
OF the passengers in the coach whose occu-
pants were cremated alive is important, as
having bearing in establishing the mini
mum number killed and in aiding to fix their
identity. He remembers and can describe
seventeen people, and knows there were
more in the coach, so that it is evident that
the fatality must have been at least twenty,
and probably more Among
THOSE WHOM HE DESCRIBES
are Mrs. G. Scherer, of Winona her chill
dren and her mother-in-law, Mrs. r. Jones;
two sisters of charity. bound for Winona;
Louis Bunker and Emil Waltensdorf. of
Columbus. Wis; two women who got on
at Chicago, one with child; Charles
Smith. who escaped: an unknown man of
about 40, who boarded the train at Water
town and who was bound for Mauston. in
this state; a man with ticket for Saltwater.
Minn., and three loggers ticketed for Wau-
sau probably to go to work in the pinerieS.
Thislist does not include novtiate. who
accompanied the Catholic sisters, nor Walter
OCOtt, a. L. LiuCOlu, NaIS. OudiiCo IL A1OIlls
of Rock Island; the commercial traveller,
Dibble. or Mrs. l.. Lowry, of Milwaukee.
The latter is probably a mistake, as no
such name is known here. There is little
doubt that
THE THREE PINERY MEN,
whose presence on the car Conductor Searle
recalled to-day for the first time perished.
He had left them but few minutes before
a1IrtQH aclQan fhQ haponQG The
identity of the Catholic sisters was fully es-
tablished to-day. Mother Alexia, superior
of a franciscan convent at Wlnona, Mimi,
was not one of them, as at first reported.
The victims were members OF her convent,
however. One was Sister Alphonse, assist
ant to Mother Alexia and well known in
Catholic circles throughout the Northwest.
Another was Sister Dionesia. They were
accompanied by Albertne Schmidt, Of New
CasSelL Wis, who was candidate for
orders. A Portage dispatch says: The
work of identifying the dead is progressing
slowly. The body of man whose legs
and arms had been burned off, and whose
distorted face bore evidences of the terri BILE
agony he had suffered, was identified as
Louis Bunker. The body of Emil Wolters-
dorf was found under pile of rods and
trusses. His head was
BURNED TO A CINDER,
and every particle of clothing had been de-
stroyed. The remains were identified by
ring found on one of his fingers. The
bodies of Sisters Aiphonse and Dionesia
were found close together. One was in
kneeling posture with her hands clasped as
though death overlook her while engaged
in prayer. The body of man who is sup
posed to be Walter Scott was removed from
under seat, His name was written on his
collar which, strange to say, had not been
touched by the flames. AS fast as the
bodies were removed from the wreck they
were taken to the village of Rio. where
Coroner Allen and the district attorney had
summoned jury preparatory to holding
the inquest. After the bodies had been
removed from the wreck, search was made
for articles that had been worn or carried
by the victims, that might be of service to
show who had perished. A hatful Of these
CHASTITY relics were picked up.