The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-05
10 prevent the child from going to the ba-

to prevent the child frcm going To the ba-
zaar.
Cabinet ministers. ambassadors, noblc-
men and members of the highest social ami |
financial circles were side by side With the |
lowlicst and the poorest, anxlously indu'r- |
ing for their missing relatives. About |
thirty were saved by Fcro Amerolso aud |
pcre Railai. who helped them over tho |
wall with ladder to the printing room OF
the newspaper La Crolx. The staff OF the
Hotel du lnlais lent valuable assisicuce
and saved $50 persons through barred
window overlooking the bazaar. where,
while the hotel employees were carrying
away the bars, they cav three persons
burned to death
Policemen, their hands covered With
gloves. have been dopu,ed by the project
OF police to pick out the portions of re-
mains and to wrap them in cloth 10 be
transferred in ambulances 10 the Palais
d industrial Tho remains present hor'
rihle spectacle OF limbs burned ana twisted.
On all sides can be seen siretohers piled
with mutlatod corpsos, skulls spit open
and brains oXudlnE, Just behind heap OF
corpses lies alone the body OF n woman.
The face Ia downward. the head burned,
| the brain exposed and from the empty
socket of the right eye the brains oro
! slowly ooging. The arms aud legs are
burned on a little further of is the body
of another woman tnudel. the on,raiis pro-
| truding and the head missing. 1t Is
| rhastly sight
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE
| IL appears 'h"V wv nv W ""
| left sido OF the house. me li'unlha''ue
| apparatus of he lsimctogrnph exploded ana
set FIRE 10 the Turkish curtains aud hang
inrs, In a fen minutes the flames spread
along the side of the bazaar. The
public thrcy 2 selves instnctNely to the
| RIGHT side : buildipr which backed ON
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and their clothing elthor burned OF or
torn on lhe Wholc OF tnr hiEuos' sooletS
III iails an hoFilple yen "'ei' "pp'a' ~,
TO he in despair, husbands seeking ana
calling Tor wives ana iatherR soeNnE ana
calling for daughters. one young woman
still wearing badge on her breast was
soon rushing about In her petucoat, her
dress having been torn on 10 De thrown
tI,ro ~ ,,,,'s,b, ,,,aa =, sIni hor n,rer,s
and tell them of her safety. Words would
fail to describe the horror OF the scene OF
ire laiais de llrnus,rls, wnore Ln' r"u', :"
In ,bn nortlon of the building in course of
demolition Here In large room, rudely
covered were rough planks. nni ON sheets
spread over the planbs the 10 lies as they
come from the ambulanccs are being placed
in three long rows. Here rs exc npliliri
donth by fire with all It's horrors, bodies
completely nude. limbs twisted in the
WRITINGS of agony. some stln having
shreds OF clothing. which assist reoognl-
ton in kpite of horrible disbursement;
bones visible through fire eaton flesh,
some merely Skeleton or grinning skulls
blackrnod with smoke.
Another version Of the origin Is as fol-
, lows. There was "A nun nj the stall OF
Tho Duchess dues. who lighted spirit
lamp under TOW balloon which took fire;
Inc flames then speedily connected with
the drauerIes.
The remains moved To tho Pala8 d IN
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rs nuhmse SSH s.',., 40 .a' poring ahnu,
lis w. ,,',',, ds,,s and ,,rnine over share
amid human nepi1s anu tuInlnt Wv. ILL,
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