Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-04-21
THE HORROR AT NICE.
Sailors to the Rescue When the The
atre at Nice Was Burning.

SallOrS 10 tne heSCuc V'S' A''S ''S-
atre at Nice Was Burning,
A correspondent at Nice, writing to
the London Globe, says: The sailors
from the fleet now in port for the pur-
pose Of being present at and taking
part in the organization Of the Mi
Careme, rendered signal service, rival
ing the detachments of the lllth regi-
ment in their endayors to save life.
Parties of volunteers offered their SER
vices for the exploration of the still
smoking ruins, and the people OF Nice
can say that no human life was lost
which could have been saved 10y any
daring or heroism on the part of those
who performed prodigies of yalor,
Sailors swarmed like cats along the
narrow cornices, aiding the people pent
up behind the windows in making their
escape, but they could not break down
the stout iron-clamped oaken doors,
opening inwards, and dOubly locked,
which were meant to offer additional
means of egress in the event of any
fire. The soldiers dashed right into
the thick volumes of smoke to drag out
a woman who, mad with excitement,
attempted to make her way into the
burning theatre to find her two chill
dren 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 Sc
verely injured by two of his comrades.
The French and American sailors were
the first to enter the burning house
and cndeavor to free the doorway,
dragging away yman force the bodies
of those who We're being tramped ON
by others in their eagerness to escape.
Eve-wlnpsses describe the scene as
horrible in the extreme. The air was
heavy with the Wngent smell of burn
ing human remains, and many of the
volunteers tainted away when they got
inside the house and climed up to that
narrow staircase which led to the fourth
gallery. Tile unfortunate victims in
their haste to escape had formed a
regular barricade of human hOdics and
stopped the passage. The dead had TO
be cleared away rapidly. An old man,
with long white hair and beard, was
upright against the pile of cOrpses, hold
| ing out Il little girl of about ) years of
age at arms length. Both were of course
dead The body Of a woman was brought
ont entirely cmhmized, with the cN-
cpption of the arms, which were en-
cased in long gloves and adorned with
bracelets. Shells were rcQuistiOned
and filed with chaTed human remains,
the bodies of several Of the mfOrtu-
nate victims burnt beyond all chance
of y cOgnitian. Strong disiniectants
were required to enable the working
parties to continue their labor The
official list of the dead received at the
ministry of the interior simply refers
to the number Of persons whose re-
remains have been identified, while let
tiers and kilograms from Nice declare
; that the total number Of victims Will
, exceed two hundred, as many are buried
: among the ruins, having jumped from
the galleries into the stalls where every
means Of retreat was cut off by thu
fire. NJ. Bris, president of the syndi
cate of employees de commerce at Avig
non, who had come over to Nice will
his wife, sisterin-law, and cousin tol
T the regatta, were among the victims il
5 the dress circle, also young married
couple who had left their two childrel
! at home. Count lucca, with his iami
", was burned to death in one of The
I single boxes, and Dr. Guirand Wa
. dragged out of baignOrc, the door o
which was broken through by the sail
! ors with their hoarding-aXcS, in II hal
sulfucated condition. The funeral o
! the victims took place This morning a
Nice The flag on the prefecture wa'
= hung with Grape, and, with the flags oI
| the vessels in the hmbor and at Vile
., frmchp, was hoistel hlf-Nast high
, The whole town is in mourning. Th,
shops are closed, and all the Festivities
; which were to have marked the Mi
, Caremc. Us well rs the regatta, hayt
been abandoned, 50 that the funds
- might he devoted toward allcviatint
/ the suffering of those whose hope
have been wrecked by the sad calami
4 ty. Not single mask was TO have beel
r seen in the streets yesterday. Their
e were no parties or soirees, and ever
resident and visitor is seeking to softel
the effects of the catastrophe.