CONVERT DETTROYED BY FIRE.

Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 82, 26 February 1877, Page 2

CONVERT DETTROYED BY FIRE.

THIRTEEN OF TEE I\'_ATB3 PERISH. The Convent of t>w Siste.-s of Providence a : ; St. Eli&Voeiti, Montreal, war burnt ea the eveaiog of Christn is Day. At the 8.45 inspection there were no signs of fire, and at 9.20, when aU were abed, the baildiog was burnin** so rapidly -bat none of the occupants had time ta clothe themselves. The fire probably ori^uated between the floors. There were forty-eight boarders in the convent. Thirteen perished ia the flames. Their names are— Angele Dauphin, aged 63-. Elizabeth Gravel, aged 19; _ur» Louise Geffrey, aged 10; Pomella Desmario, aged 9 ; Mare Drolet, aged 10 ; Leo GoUbalt, aged 7 ; Georgina Lavaiee, aged 10; Luaana Lavalee, aged 10} Bosanna Massaa, aged 10 ; Delina Mnsaan, aged 11, of St. Thomas; and Melina Joly, of Sc. JSelix. At one o'clock eight bodies | had been recovered, all Darned to ». ; crisp. &>me of the parents were present, seeming to recognise their children by the fragments of clothing dinging to their bodies. Elixaoeth Gravel, one of the victims*, was oat of the convent while it was horning, bnt re**eot#ied t» render assistance. The Sister Superior perished ia remaining ia t_e eoo? eat to save the children, who only escaped with difficulty. The convent was situated at 3t. Eliaabethnine miles from Joilliette, and was under the management of the Sisters of Provi-*---dence. The commuoity bnilding formed two wings, the sisters and fifty lady boarders occupying one, while the other was occupied by some fifty orphans and infirm persons. The straetore wm onr of wood. There being no fire apparatus in the villager the fire eoold not b» cheeked. Nothing was saved from the building. Insurance, 24,000 dol.

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