Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-29
SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD,
A Dangerous and Difficult Task Co
Quoted With Great Thoroughness.

A Dangerous and Difficult Task Con-
Quoted With Great Thorouehness.
indianapolis, Jan. 90. Soon after
daylight people began to gather at the
scene. To picture all that TRANSFERRED
around about the burned building from
that on would be al difficult as to record
with minuteness all the scenes
and incidents of the fire it.
self. By 7 o'clock the news of
the fire had spread all over the city and
hundreds of persons who had relatives
or acquaintance in the institution be-
gan to join in the vast crowd. They
pushed to the cafe and begged the po-
licemen for information as to those in
whom they were interested. After they
had gained all the information they
could there, they made the rounds of
the morgue and stood with blanched
faces while the white cloths were turned
back revealing faces and bodies burned
to a crisp, limbs that crumbled when
touched or handled to ascertain who
they were.
The search was begun in the east end
OF the building, and was soon rewarded
by the taking out of four bodies burned
to a crisp. The upper rooms thoroughly
searched, Chief Webster gave directions
that the lower floors and cellars should
be the next searched. At 9 o'clock the
dangerous task Of removing the bodies
began. The floors tottered under the
feet of the workers. The frail frame
work above their heads trembled as
water dripped down upon them until
they were wet through, but they did not
halt for the search of the unfortunates
who were believed to be in the cellar.
Many persons who were anxious about
the missing crowded into the building
where the searchers were at work. The
little box bedrooms were explored and
every article of wearing apparel or fur
niture examined in hopes of getting
some trace of missing ones.
List of Identified Dead.
The list of the dead who have been
identified is as follows:
1rma Payne, aged Is, Dexter, Mo.
Mimic Arnold, aged II, Lancaster. Mo.
William Ramstak, aged II, Milwaukee,
Mrs. E. Bear and child.
Mrs. Lazarus, Chicago.
Stella Spiercle.
G.. M. Ellis, aged 40.
Kate L.. Straughan, relatives at 1a1
Massachusetts avenue.
Mrs. Burns and nephew, St. Paul, MINI.
c.. H. German, Mcdonald, Mich.
Hannah Brock, Tay%lorsville, Ills.
Frank Dockendorf, Saltwater, MINI,
Minnie Mcdonald, Negaunee, Mich.
The Missing.
Mrs. M. K. Lump.
Arthur Bayless.
Minnie Mcdonald.
Partial List of the Injured.
Some of the worst injured are:
Mrs. Gales, of Madison, Ind, fell from 3
ladder with a child in her arms; internally
injured.
Kate Elstran, Indianapolis, fatally in
jured.
Mrs. Thomas, indianapolis, fatal,
burned.
Fannie Breeder, Memphis, Tenn, badl,
burned: recovery doubtful.
Mary Stearns, Warren, Ia, burned about
feet.
Clara Morris, address unknown, bacl
injured.
NA"uo 'oA AAocoou, AlCueua, N. T., laQ(
and ear burned.
Clarence Meade, Athens. NY, leg hurt
William r. Albach, Dunkirk, n. Y.
burned.
Leora Knowles, Independence, Ind, bacl
hurt in jumping.
W: W: Snyder, Troy, O., internally in
jured falling from window.
Will Mansfield, Otsegc, N. Y, foot hur
in jumping.
Mrs. John S. Stokes, Danville, Ills.
ankle sprained.
Nellie Mason, Walworth county. Wi
consin, jumped from third story and i
fatally hurt.
Mrs. Lazarus, of Texas, jumped from
third story window, and will die.
Mrs. G, j. Simnson and oLf1S s.r;o,,.,,
burned.
=. oonnor, fall through hole in floor
fatally hurt.
May Ballingar, Indianapolis, terribl
burned