Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-05-10
DEATH LIST REACHES 159.
Of This Number 40 Have Been
Identified-One American
Victim.

| Rue Jean Goujon.
Of these 140 have been fully identified
| There are 10 that have not been reeog
| nlzed, and one of these must be that OF
| the Countess de Lupe, VINO is missing.
How many more lives were lost never
| will be accurately known. Portions OF
| bodies have been taken out, for which
| there is no Identification. s
Many of the wounded will die before
| tomorrow morning, and scores of mem.
| bers of the highest families of France
will live the rest of their shortened lives
either helpless cripples or hopeless ma
macs as result of the horror Of yester-
day afternoon.
There were very few Americans pres
ent at the charity bazaar at the time of
| the fire, and these seem to have been
especially favored by fortune. Only one
American is reported among the dead,
Nine Theodore Porges, formerly Miss
Weismuller, who resided with her hus-
band at Ill Avenue Friedlander.
Mrs. William Astor left the bazaar q
quarter of an hour before the confagra-
ton.
Miss Fame, sister of Frederick Fame,
an American residing in the Rue PrOny,
who is almost totally deaf, was in the
center of the building when the fire broke
out. Her escape was largely due to her
infrmity. She saw the fire without hear
ing the tumult ensuing in this discovery,
Slllu ulduC Her Way 10 Tie exit,
among the first to reach it.
Baroness de Selliere, formerly Mrs.
Livermore of New York, also reached
the door among the first.
One of the fortunate escapes was that
of Miss Margaret Hogan, daughter of
Mrs. J. w. Hogan of New York, sis
ter of the wife of Mayor Strong. The
Hogans have lived in Paris seven years,
and are received in the most fashiona BILE
circles Miss HnOaY wa of fhn f011Y
young ladies' who assisted the Duchess
d'Alencon in Booth No. near one of the
only two exists. She was the only one
OF the four young ladies in the Duchess
q Alencon's booth who escaped with her
life
Countess Castellane, who at first was
thought to be among the dead, had been
invited to be present at the bazaar, but,
owing to her having attended a charsta7
BILE fete at the Rue de Seze the day be-
fore, she put off the visit until the follow
ing day. To this she probably owes her
life
Consul-General Morss was passing
near the Rue Jena riding on his bicycle
when the cry Of fire was raised. He left
the machine in the street and devoted
himself all night to assisting the hrenen.
A Mr.. Whitney of Boston, an old vol
unteer fireman, who is living in Paris,
also assisted the fremen In their work Of
rescue until daybreak.
Among the last to escape from the
burning building was the BarOnne de
Reuter-, formerly Miss Beatrice Potter of
Philadelphia.
One mystery is now cleared up. The
victims were besmeared with flaming tar
and other inf1ammable compounds drop
ping from the roof and this was why there
flower of French womanhood was singed
like poultry by the licking flames and lit
orally burned alive.
Imagine pile of grilled skeletons, still
smoking, with no distinction of sex dis
cernible, teeth barred and grinning jaws
emitting that horrible smell which carries
back the memory to the Opera COmique
and which today at the Palais de TIndusEl
trie is not lessened by the drench of;
picnic acid.
Visitors to the salon caught it as they
went up the stately staircase to Identify
what can only by fiction be called
corpses. In the comparatively few in
stances of suffocation the features were.
placid, those of Mile. Jacquenot being al
most pleasant in her sudden sleep Of
death.
Responsibility Must be Fixed.
With the exception of Socialist newspa-
pers, the whole press associates itself
with the profound sorrow which has over.
taken the upper classes of French society.
The papers point out that the question
of the responsibility for the fearful fire at
the charity bazaar must be fixed. They
reproach the prefecture of police for not
having taken proper precautions.
The government has ordered all the
subsidized theaters to be closed until Sat
urday as mark of respect for the dead.
To the list of victims must be added the
names of Mile. de Chevily and the Vicom-
Jesse d'Avenal, who have succumbed to.
the injuries they sustained while escaping
from the fire.
It is stated that Mile. de p (name
not given in full according to custom of
French newspapers, the daughter of
well-known colonel. visited the. Due de
Vendome, son of the Due d'Alencon,
yesterday and repeated conversation
She had with the Duchesse d'Alencon
just before the catastrophe.
Mile de p spoke of the coura-
geous conduct of her royal highness after
the fire broke out and continued: Il
was talking to the duchesse in front of
the stall where | was assisting when
heard a cry of fire and Immediately said
to the duchesse: Let us go, madame.
come at once.
s0The duchesse replied: NO, not yet.
Let us give the visitors time to get out
side
II saw the crowd rush for the exits
and the flames spreading around us,
while drops of burning tar fell upon US.
took the duchesse by the waist and was
dragging her away. L repeated: You
must come, madame.
II dragged her a few PAGES but with
a brusque movement she released herself,
repeating: No, no; will remain.
sAs / was suffocating and as the
flames had already reached us l was
compelled to abandon her. 81
'sShe stood motionless, then took few
steps towards her stall. her eyes uplifted
to heaven as though seeing visions, and
that was the last | saw of her"
Gen. Meunier who was severely burned
during the fire died at noon today.
Only five bodies now remain unidenti-
fed
The remains of the Duchesse d'Alencon
were placed in coffin this afternoon in
the presence of. Prince Louis and Prince
Ferdinand of Bavaria, Baron Lambert
and Col De Percival, who signed their
names on the sealed coffin. The Due
d'Vendome, son of the deceased duchesse,
was also present.
Other victims whose remains have been
identified are Nine. de Villeneuve, Nine.
Cordoet, Nine. Blinkey, Nine. de, Cous-
SON. Mime. Gently, Sister st. Claire and
Dr. Rochet Maseruo. as