The Portland daily press., 1897-05-06
THE PARIS HORROR.
Further Detail Of Frightful Holocaust t
Of Tuesday.

Over One Hundred Bodies Taken From
Ruins and 81 Indentifed-No Ameri-
cans in the Number.
Paris, May 5.-The terrible fire at the
Grand Bazaar has thrown the French
capital into mourning. The confagratior
is believed to have caused the loss of over
TWO hundred lives
Since five o'clock this morning crowds
have been fiocking to the Palais D'I In
dustrie, where many bodies and large
number of the injured were taken.
At six O'Clock a detachment of the
Garde Publican relieved the detach ment
of infantry which had been on duty all
day long at the scene of the catastrophe.
The search for the dead continues In the
ruins. Quantities of coins, watches,
| rings, necklaces and bracelets have been
picked up in tho charred mass of burnt
wood and mud.
At three there was movement toward
corner of the ruins and another body
was slowly drawn from the black mas.
1t was little more than black trunk,
headess and limbless, and it was impos.
sible to tell to whom it belonged. In this
case, as in all Others, the fremen and
police, uuon discovering body, careful
ly overhauled everything near it and
under il in order If possible, to find
a piece of jewerly or other article which
may lead TO the Identification Of the re-
mains.
AS soon as the bodies nre reclaimed by
the anxious relatives and others who
have been lowering in despair about the
spot throughout the night, they are
placed in carriages held in Whiting and
borne away.
The scene at night, was terrible one,
long lines Of infantry we're drawn In
c0fdon around the dreadful space. The
electric lights and gas jets used to illumi-
nate the scene, threw ghastly illumina-
tion upon the houses of the vicinity.
EveIy now and then hearse will be
callsd from tie line stationed in proximi-
ty to the scene, black form will lie
lifted into 1t and another unfortunate
| woman will be taken to one OF the
temporary mOrRues.
Frequently as many as dozen hearses
were gathered togsther in the COURTYARD
of the Palais D'l Industrie and opposite
the entrance of that building, hundreds
nil ready to receive the bodies Of those
who had succumhed to tho flames or to
| the smoke, or who had been trampled to
death in that terrible stampede The
scene witnessed among those who re
NAMED about the fatal spot throughout
| the night, battle description. i,
Now and then father or mother hall
| mad would endeavor to force way
| through the line of soldiers. The atmos-
| phere of che hall 10 the Palais D'I In.
dustrie where the burned bodies lay, was
most unhearable and the most heart
rendering scenes we're witnessed. Men.
women and children passed up and down
! before the lines of black bodies, eagerly
scanning tie rem aims, and now and then
throwing themselves by the side of some
unrecognizable form which they made
out TO be some missing relative
So far as known the following bodies
have been recovered: Mile Henrietta
| Hinsdale, the baroness Elizabeth st.
Martin, the vicolntegse Marie Bonnsval.
Sister Guinoux, the superior of the
| sisters OF the convent of ST. Vincent dc
Panl at Rainey, Mile. de Grancy. the
confess st. Pierre. the baroness St.
Didier, Nine. Laurent Cosselin, Mime.
Chestigney, Nine. Eorle, wife of the
Spanish consul, the comtesse BrodersjIle.
M. Victor Cosselin, Sister Leonio Gull.
laume. Nine. Hnussermap, Nine.
Schlum berger, the oomtesse Humolstmap.
the marquis des Maison; Nine. Ventimes.
mill, Mme. Hoskisr, wife Of the well
known Russian banker, Nine. PoitvviD.