New-York tribune., 1893-12-10

the spot at once as the building was reported 70
be burning. They served ~ purpo'c except 70
attract two or thrcr thousand more persons over
the Pont de IL Con,prir 10 the streets around The
CHAMBER which wcrn becoming more densey
packed with every passing minute ~ '.4o me
nse engines left tn" scene. The crowd sweiied
steadily stretched across the Pont Dc Ia Con.
C,-dc and spread down the Quai dorsay and
the Boulevard St. German II increased until
u O'Clock ana a. 1l:20 had not begun 10 dis
MANY persons have secured pieces II iron
nails ani scraps Of tin such az Is used fof sar-
dine packing Al! Of thcae fncmertos were
picked I'D III the Chamber by pOrtcIs, Deputies
or visitors. Tho police have found long
twisted. half-burned wax taper In the Chamber
1t is believed 20 have been used by IN" bomb
thrower. Several Deputies who are engine RS
wer. I'm the Chamber this evening. They cx-
press doubt that dynamite was the explosive In
TIC bomb fine gray dust has settled over
everything in the Chamber.
THE CHNMgE. ! HOSPITAL.
The scene in and around the palais Bourbon
throughout the evening unprecedented
Mattresses and strctchcrs, ambulances and vans
wcr> brought slowly through the waiting crowd
to the doors OF the building. Physicians and
nurses came and went. Public officials both of
the civil and police services, were hurrying back
and forth Within the whitc-roDcd nurses were
haefentrg through the cOmmttCc-TOOm9. and
physicians with instruments in hand moved from
bedside 10 bedside 4 constant procession OF
portcrs carrying redeemed basins issued from
the corridors while pfn'rllfS III ln'
room doors were tearing bandagcs and preparing
lin; undrr the direction Of nurses. The air Of
th, whole Housc IS redoent Of carbolic acid and
other Gnti.cptics.
The excitement throughout the city during
the evening has not been less than In the i'm
mediate neighbnrhocd of the Palais Bourbon.
Streets are crowded and public resorts packed.
Tire newspapers have published seven or eight
editions each. and every copy has been snapped
III, eagerly. The telegraph and telephone offices
are flied tn the doors with persons sending
ana receiving dispatches concerning the cXplO-
sion.
EIGHTY PEOPLE WERE INJURED.
Az 10 o'clock this evening 1T was announced
thai; 50 far as known. thirty Deputies and hfty
onlookers had been injured b. The explosion.
Many Of these eighty. however, received only
scratches. Among the injured not already men
toned are NJ Avez. Socialis; Deputy for Cliohy;
Contc de Thcvcneux MM. Laportc. pcIin, Gau-
mot valiant Vassard. Corder BoUrgoz. Sorin
ana Cullotier all onloOkcrs; Mesdames Laportc.
Of them lost fingers others have slight frac-
tures: not Il few suffered merely painful flesh
wounds. one woman suffered bad fracture of
the kncecap.
4 Deputy was leaving the Chamber when the
bomb fnl 4 package Of letters which he held
In his 'nand was torn to shrcds Edward Dur
rane Of the staff Of ala Justice was wounded
In the arm.
Strong suspicion is felt against Lenor and
Legros, who sat In the gallery from which tie
bomb came and were wounded. Both refused to
take off their oVercoats when they entered, al
though the 1anitor told them 1t was warm.
Another suspect sat In the third compartment
of the right upper gallery. He was wounded In
the hands, face and chest. When questioned
by the police he said his name was Vincent.