Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-21
QUEBEC'S HORROR.
Twenty-six Dead Bodies Taken
Out of the Debris.
THE AWFUL SCENES AT THE WRECK.

siotening Condition of Some of the Corpsos
womsn-A Fathers JOY at Finding Ono
OF His Family Alive-Tbs Eject of the
Catastrophe Describod-The Unfortun-
ates Warned OF tho Danger-Progress
OF the Work OF Recovery.
QUEBEC, Sept 2L-The scene OF Thursday
nights disaster presented no feature yester-
day calculated to lessen its horror, and the
vast piles Of broken rock, demolished houses,
and debris of all sorts, stretching out for
800 feet, presented an awful spectacle OF
devastation. Willing lands were not want
ing 10 aid in the rescue OF the victims of the
rockslide The fire and police departments.
reinforced by the officers and men of the
Royal school Of cavalry, labored vigorously
themselves In the work. as well as directing
the labors OF a large force of men. In view
Of the tremendous amount of rock ming led
with the ruins the progress was very slow,
and the wreckage has been largely increased
since the first slide by falling fragments of
rock.
Rescued from the Wreck
Four more persons were rescued yesterday
morning They we're Mrs. Mary Caldwell,
Thomas Berrigan, a boy named Berrigan.
and Mrs. Black. All were severely bruised.
Mrs Black said her husbands body was still
in the ruins, and that he was killed at the
door of their house While the workers were
clearing the debris Of a crumbled building
they discovered the bleeding body of Joe
Kemp The man is in the most miserable
I.rr. Il. Lee
eral ribs are broken. Kemp will not live.
Two hours later his wife's body was taken
out Her head was almost severed from the
body, and indications point TO a most revolt
ing and violent death.
Beautiful woman's Awful Fate.
Further away the corpse OF Mrs Lawson,
who had been greatly admired for her beauty
and amisbility, was extricatei from under a
rafteT, on which about ten tons of stone and
dirt were lying. She was smashed almost
fiat. The abdomen was ripped open and the
entrails scattered about Her husband be-
came violently insane after viewing the re-
mains
From Despair tn Rejoicing.
A man named Michael Bradley, who had
gone almost crazy when told that his family
had persisted in the landslide, discovered
while working over the wreck of his house,
his 15-year-old daughter still alive His joy
was indescribable. He kissed and fondled
her rs a mother would her bahia 1t is
thought the child will live. Among those
under the rocks are young couple named
Nolan, who bad been but few weeks mar
ried Nolan could have escaped but lost
his life trying 20 get his wife out of the
house.
Twenty-six Dead Bodies.
Up TO last evening twenty-six bodies had
been taken from the vast pile of wreckage.
The number Of seriously wounded is eigh-
teen, but n great many others have been
more or less injured Tho dead so far are as
follows: Timothy Berrigan, Miss Allan.
Charles Allan and wife, James Black 40
years., William Black, Alice Bradley "A
years., Margaret Bradley Il year., Mrs
James Bradley, Mrs Stephen Burke and her
two children, Mrs Bracken go years) -
Michael Deeply, Thomas Farrell, Lawrence
Farrell, Agnes Farrell, Stella Farrell.
Esther Mary Fitzgerald "A years. Joe Fiiz
gerald Il year, Nora Kennedy U3 years..
Mrs McKinnon, Miss Lane, r Leahy and
wife, Mrs Ready.
Sir Little Victims
A heartrending spectacle was witnessed in
the front room Of the station. where,
stretched out side by side, lay the bodies of
six children, ranging from to 10 years of
age. Some wore on their features as calm
and peaceful an expression as IL safely Sleep
ing in their beds, while others had their
faces contorted in agonized looks. Many
women called to see them, and none left the
room without sobbing.