The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-07
THE SCENE TERRIBLE.
Taking Of the Bodies From .ht
Fire at Paris.
ALL WERE BADLY CHARRED,
CoTpsss Found PILED In Ohs Great
Heap ON one Side Of the burned
building Particulars 81 the
Awful Panic That Ensusd
ALL WERE BADLY CHARRED,

uAHIl' ltlhl NlaUl MUtN lN' 'lulfH OF
victims Of the Rue Jean Goulon vere
taken there. VAS fearful beyond de-.
scriptIon.
There had been placed the charrod
corpscs Of what had been o. fow hours
before beautiful women NJ me very
best families OF France. The bodies
were laid out on roughly improyIsod
platforms ~ boards taken from any.
whore about the place The bodies
were charrod beyond recognition. Al.
most an the bodies were burned about
the head and feet. While The middle Of
the bodies remained comparatively ln.
tact Ambulance kept coming mp iu o
continuous stream. bringing more aud
more of the unfortunate victims. the
crowd outside giving way BOO silence.
The Rue Jean Gouiou was almost inn
passihle 90 the bazaar building. In
which only a few hours before every
thing had been gay and beautiful there
remained only q few charr,d nolcs In
side the wrecked building there was
nothing but pieces OF rags and hui
man remains The dromon we're dis.
giug among the debris iu search ~ tho
bodies There were not enough ann
balances and the bodies had 20 be-
placed in wraps Then came soldiers.
police ana hrcmon 90 carry away the
dead and they all worked 20 silence
and with O. wlll
The soldiers carried sheets in which
TO wrap up and transport the bod ca
conveniently There were women
nurses from Illopital Heluion. also
with sheets. waiting 90 cover up the
dead before they were taken away 10
ambulance
Near The western wall which bound
ed what had been the bazaar bodies
were literally found piled BOO heaps. ard
their position seemed 90 Indicate that
tcrror-sir.cton rush had i1r.u place
or were lusuncuyoly hudIlnr torcth-
or in tlc faco ut death.
There were piece. of urdors.Ilts an
over the ruins and fragments o.. wool
On garments and corset covers Tiny
little slippers were everywhere 90 be
seen cris? but entire. only chsrrci by
The heat
ON one side was O. pile of yaluables
Jewels etc, guarded by policemen.
were bracelets and rings completely
free from aofh. showing how terrible
had been the aames loo their FURY.
I spoke % two women who we're
standing near the ruins The elder
one was Nine Rooboaautcr and the
younger was O servant
We were attracted by hc cries OF
the ladies'" said Nine Rucrrsauticr.
"oh such cries We called 90 men IN
the hotel the Hotel Dc Palals which
fronts on 80 2S Couu DC "a Refine.
u was Che work 90 "a moment 20 tear
down tho iron bars of the window and
to throw out the chair. We hauled
eight poor women .u here. They we're
so frightened that they did not stay
her, long They were so tcrror.strlck-
ga that many could not rry.
But many we're Loot and { saw sew
erul rush ont from thc flames and mll
dead We saved at least one hundred
and dfty"
Mile Lc Comtc OF 90 Rue Jean Gou.
ion said
THE Ore broke out at half mast four
O'Clock % was terribly sudden. The
heat was worse thgu 'hc smoke You
could uo ro ont into 90, street Tor fear
OF me heat The bazaar burned mp
iust as % tho wood bad been soakacd
with korysiuo
% should think thorc 5000 people
there because Won know thc Nuuclo
was th,ro during thr afternoon and
that made % 900 extra attraction Ue
had hardly Ier when tho flames burst
out They seemed ta spring up from AN
over They fhut up into tho air and
thr heat Was thrown uut 600 700 sides
$50 Ge.cr va.runtau Che windows
and shop fronts uug..r. v,rr cracked
or h.r' urcn g.d. n .H. window
dropped dead from H.r rorarcs ar m
struck hy UaHna. and many of the
uo.ghhars wore f1 rauIy.cd with fear