Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-26
UNEARTHINC THE VICTIMS,
Ihe Work of Rescuing the Dead and
Dying at Quebec Going on.
human Beings Crushed Out of All
Resemblance i'm the Ruins.
List of the Departed Cannot as Yet
Be Estimated.

QUEBEC. Sept. 21.-The workof diooino
out the victims of the landslide was caTr;nS
on all night, although it rained incessantIv
The efforts of the workers were concentrates
on a spot where a man named Kemp was
supposed to be- At 4 o'clock this mornino
the work was far enough advanced to allow
him to be seen. At intervals Kemp would
sing popular songs and then would shout.
Police! Police!" The poor man is eithee
insane or in delirium.
A man named Beauchamp. who. with
his two brothers, had worked at the wreck
without sleep ever since the downfall of
the slide, crawled into small opening to
get at Kemp, who was lying some fifteen
feet under an immense pile of earth and
stones, but the brave man had not gone
SIX feet when the whole mass fell in upon
him. He, however, managed to crawl
back couple of feet but was fastened
there by the corpse of a woman, which
blocked the eXcit. A Redemptorist father,
who passed the night at the
scene encouraging the worbmen. knelt
down and reclted the prayer for the diving.
The workers, although almost exhausted.
redoubled their efforts and in few min
utes Beauchamp was pulled out alive but
badly stunned and bruised John Nolan.
who, it was thought, had been killed, was
found still alive, though he had been I'M
der twenty-five feet of ruins for over thirty
six hours 1t will be several hours
before he can be got out. Men of
the battery and royal schools of cavalry
are still aiding in the work of rescue.
Timothy Berrigan one of the injured,
died this morning at the Hotel Dieu. Cor
Oner Belleau opened the inquest this morn
ne, and after a short sitting adjourned it
until Tuesday next. The damages by the
slide are roughly estimated at $3.50, 900 all
told A number of wild rumors are in cir
culatiOn as to the number of victims still
under the ruins. Champlain street is gem
orally a pretty active thoroughfare. 1t is
said three or four carts with their drivers
and several others were buried In the
slide. The bravery of some of the poor
mothers in their time of trouble was truly
noble. At | 80 o'clock this morning an
unknown was heard pacifying her children
beneath the ruins. The latter were crying
piteOusly for help, but ere that arrived the
cries were silenced by death as the mother
and her children passed into eternity.
Their bodies have not yet been reached.
In another spot near where Kemp was
lying, the voices of two children were dis
tinctly heard, but they grew silent and
nothing has been heard from them, and
they are, it is feared dead.
This afternoon the body of Mrs Kemp
was found under a mass of stones, beams
and rafters. The head only was clear In
order to release the body the men attempt
ed to move stone weighing some five hun
bred pounds but it crashed down upon the
woman head smashing it to Jelly The
body was recovered but one leg was torn
off in pulling it out of the wreck. The
corpse of Margaret Walsh was reached
under a pile of masonry The head was
severed from the body which was horribly
mutilated. These are the only additional
corpses found after twenty-four hours
work. A quantity of rocks, lumber and
masOnery is so great that three or four
hours hard work does not show any diff
ference In the debris. 1t is thought six
teen persons are still missing and that they
were In the Easements of buildings at the
time of the land slide. The debris
must be cleared level to. the ground
in order to get at them, and this
will occupy several days. The guard room
Of the river police station has been trans
formed into mortuary chapel and TWEEN
ty corpses which have been recovered, are
laid in a row in front of the altar, on
which number of tapers and lamps are
burning. Aromatic essences are burning
to counterfeit the stencil arising from the
decomposing bodies The chapel is open to
the public, and people are hOcking there
en- masse. The funerals will take place to-
morrow.