The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-05


skulls and bones were found almost
st every turn. and these were piled to-
gtoher In hep at .ne side of the
building. A great majority of the
little bodies we're taken from the
ruins burned beyond all possible
re cogpition And IL is no small part
OF the sorrow bearing down the peo-
pie OF North Colinwood that positive
Identification OF many OF the children
will never be made.
165 Bodies Recovered.
At ten o'clock tonight one hundred
| and sixty-tive corpses were In the
morgue at Colinwood, six children
were stir unaccountcd for and all
hospitals and houses for two miles
around contained numbers Of children
some fatally and many less seriously
injured.
Over 300 in School.
All the victims ~cre between six
and fifteen years old The. school
contained between tnree hundred and
ten and three hrndred and twenty-five
pupils, and of this c;liire number only
about eighty are known to nave left
the building unhrrt. 1t will be sew
eral days before the exact number Of
killed is known as iae ruins may
still contain other bodies and the list
OF fatalities may be increased by n
number Of deaths among children who
are now lying In hospitals lowering
between life and death.
Many Killed BY Falling.
Besides the children killed inside OF
the building three gfr:s. Clara Ridge
way, Anna Roth and Gertrude Davis,
kere instantly killed by leaping from
the attic to the groGnd
Miss Ethel Rose, Il teacher ON the
first floor whose pupils were the
youngest in the school, managed to
get all but three of her charges out
Of the building in safety. Two of the
smaller ones she carried In her arms |
Teachers Quick Action.
Miss Laura Bodey. the only teacher4
m the third floor sarmed her nupil$ |
In a line and marched them to the |
second floor where, finding the flames
rushing up the stairway. she hurried
them back again to the third ficor. !
She here broke a window WIN a chairI
and getting onto piatfoEm of the
FIRE escapes lifted out ner/pupils one
BY one and sent them down. Four or
i've children who broke ffAyn the line
she had formed anG ran iown the
stairway were killed
A Little Heroine.
One of the heroines was Tttle Marie
Whitman She ran through the smoke
filled hsiis a'sa sfsssped }ser iitt!el
brother. whom she managed to drag
rom tho rnom and take out through
he windows both beng nearly
'trangled with smofc. 0ne or the
Genes of the supreme horror that
TENDED the fire occurred at the rear
doorway before the flremen arrived
Ibis door. not only opened inward,
ut was locked
Women Faint.
The children were piled up high
gainst 1t, and when 1t finally was
aoken by their weight. and because
+ the fire that had partly burned and
'eakened 1t. the women who had
ethered outside saw before them a
lass of white faces and strugglinel
odies. The flames swept over them
lille the women stood helpless, un
BILE to lift hand to aid the children
Iany of the women, unable to with 5
tand the sight. dropped fainting to {
ie ground. s
Seeks Child in Vain. d
Mrs. John Phillis. whose l5-yearold d
aughter was among the pupils, s
tshed to the building when she saw S
alire. She found her daughter d
mong those penDec in around the a
ont door She took hold of her
ands, but could not pull her out b
II reached in and stroked her head 7
sid Mrs. Phillis, trying to keep the /,
re from burning her hair. stayed s
Iere and pulled at her and tried to O
oep the fire away from her till a 8
aavy piece of glass FELL on me. cut Il
ng my hand nearly off. Then fell
lck and my girl died before my
zee"
Tonight Mrs. Phltlis vainly sought
le remains of her daughter among
e bodies in the morgue.
81 Still Unknown.
At midnight there were 165 bodies
the morgue, of which 10S are
entitled and 81 are still unknown.
II is possible that other bodies will
: fornd in the ruins. as there are 4,
least thirteen children still miss.
& and have not been heard from
nee the fire
THE KNOWN DEAD.
Miss Catherine Weller. teacher.
ISIS Grace Fiske. teacher; Henry
,hmultze. John Rochinski. William =
Kanowski. Henry Lodge. Darothy "
art, Clayton Pell. Wilfred Cook I"
enc Davis. Gretchen Dorm. Nils a.
iompson. Thomas Thompson. Rob al
{ Hunter Rose Swanson. Rose Bush -
an. Clark Dale, Mildred Cunning G
i'm. Catherine NJ Duffy. Alberi
1uld. Walter Herter. Helen Herter. rs
lith Herter. Hugh MeIlrath. Leda le
urphv Edward NFert Jennie Phil i