Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-04-23
WHOLE NO. 2,368.
Tbe Horror at Nice.

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I A correspondent at Nice, writint
to the London Globe, says: The sal
Tors from the feet now in port for tn
puraOse of being present at and tax
ing part in the organization OF the
Mi-Care.ne, rendered signal service
rivaling the detachmeHts Of tho On,
Hundred and Eleventh regiment II
their endeavors to save life. Par
ties of volunteers Offered their ser
vices for the exploration of the still
smoking ruins, and the people oI
Nice can say that no human life
was lost which could have been
saved by any daring or heroism on
the part of those who performed
1 prodigies of valor. Sailors swarm
ed like cats along the narrow cor
nices, aiding the people pent up be-
hind the windows in making their
escape, but they could not break
down the stout, iron-clamped oak
! en- doors opening inwalds, and
doubly locked, which We're meant
to offer additional means of egress
in the event of any fire. Two sol
diers dashed right in the thick vol
umes of smoke to drag out a woman
who, mad with excitement, attemnt-
ed to make her way into the burn
ing theater 10 find ner two children
and their father. One of the sailors
in trying to work his hose, lost his
balance and fell into the fire, but
was Immediately rescued, though
severely injured, by two of his COM
rades. The French and American
sailors were the first to enter the
burning house and endeavor TO free
the doorway, dragging away by
main force the bodies of those who
were being trampled on by Others
in their eagerneSs to escape.
Eyewitness describe the scene
as horrible in the extreme. The air
was heavy with the pdngent smell
of burning human remains, and
many of the volunteers tainted
away when they got inside the
house and climbed up to that mar
row staircase which led 10 the
fourth gallery. The unfortunate
victims in their haste to escape had |
formed a regular barricade of hu
man bodies, and stopped the pas
sage. The dead had to be cleared |
away rapidly. An old man, with |
long white hair and beard, was up
right against the pile of corpses,
holding out a little girl of about 8 |
years Of age at arms length. Both /
of course, dead. The body of a wO-
man was brought out entirely car
bombed, with the exception Of the
arms, which were encased in long
gloves and adorned with bracelets.
Shells We're requisitioned and filled
with charred human remains, the
bodies of several of the unfortunate
victims burnt beyond all chance of
Strong disinfectants
were required to enable working
parties to continue their labor. The
official list of the dead received at
The ministry of the interior simply
'efers to the number of persons
whose remains have been identified,
While letters and telegrams from
Nice declare that the total number
If victims will exceed two hundred,
Is many are buried among the ruins,
having jumped from the galleries
nto the stalls, where every means
If retreat was cut off by the fire.
VI. Bris, president of the syndicate
If employees de commerce at Avig-
ION, who had come over to Nice
With his wife, and sister-in-law and
.ousin for the regatta, were among
ne victims in the dress circle; also ]
young married couple who had
eft their two children at home.
JOunt Lucca, with his family, was
,urned to death in one of the single
'oxes, and DIR. Guirand was drag
.ed out of the bagnoire, the door of
which was broken through by the
ailors with their boarding-aXes, in
half-suffocated condition. The
uneral of the victims took place
his morning at Nice. The flag ON
he prefecture was hung with Grape
nd with the flags on the vessels in
he harbor and at Villefranche, was
loisted half-mast high. The whole
own is in mourning. The shops
re closed, and all the festivities
which were to have marked the Mi !
Iareme, as well as the regattas, !
ave been abandoned, so that the |
lnds might be devoted toward I
lIevating the sufferings of those |
rhOse hopes have been wrecked by {
he sad calamity. Not single
mask was to have been seen in the |
treets yesterday. There" were no
arties or soirees, and every resi- |
ent and visitor was seeking to sOf- !
en the effects of the catastrophe. !