Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-05-13
THE z RIS HORROR
LIST or VICTIMS OF THE BA7A,p
J. FIRE INCREASES.
Over One Hundred ana Tw.,.
Lives Were Lost, Among rh.,.
sone OF the Most prom,,..
Nvomen OF the Republ,c-Duch...
d'Alencon An,oag the Victim.
n 0 lulF American known to H,,.
FerIshed.

airs, May THE number of livo,
lost In the bazaar fire will not he or es
125, but the list includes MANY of ts
most prominent ladies in the ronuh me
Sixty-three corpses have been idan,,
fed, Including that Of the Dnchas.
d'Alencon, sister Of the emnross -
Austria, and sister Of the wifo y.
Prince Ferdinand of Orleans rh Na
duchess was q woman Of great wealth
and one Of the most prominent l,dia a
OF France. The remains of the dncboss
were identified by her dentist whs
examined the teeth Of a charred bodv NV
which was believed to be hers, Amouss
the last to escape from the burnnss
building was the Baronne de Rentoys
formerly Miss Beatrice Potter Of pb;,'
adelphia. ..s A'''
The scenes witnessed among tboso
who remained about the fatal snot
throughout the night, unable f. . taas
themselves away, Indifferent to the ON.
treaties Of their friends or relatives
battle description. Upon several oc'
casions q distracted father or mother
half-mad with grief, would endeayor
to force way through the line Of so i.
dfers or the inner line of police drawn
about the blackened ruins. Children
were there weeping for lost parents
and the old, the young, the middle.
aged, Joined in the murmur of lampn.
tatiOn and exchanged hopes and fears
The atmosphere of the hall in tbe
Palais de lIndustrie. where the burned
bodies were ranged, was almost IN.
bearable, and there again most heart.
rending scenes were witnessed. Men
women and children passed up and
down, weeping distractedly before the
lines of black bodies, eagerly scanning
them and then throwing themselves
down by the side Of some seemingly
unrecognizable corpse, which they by
an instinct which an outsider could
not understand, made out to be some
dearly loved one or missing relative,
Many tales Of despair are told. Nine,
tFeulard was saved by her husband,
who, as soon as he had placed her in
safety, dashed back to the burning
building in order to save his daughter
He had clasped the girl in his arms
and had nearly reached the door when
they were caught in the flames, and
father and daughter persisted before
the eyes Of the agonized mother. The
Baron de Mackau had a similar ex.
perience. Seven times he penetrated
the flaming ruins in search of his sis.
ter, each time to save another. and
only to see his sister. later, fall before
his eyes. when he no longer had
strength to lift her, The Marquise de
Aigle was rescued by fireman after
she had given herself up as lost All
her friends had fallen around her and
she WIS on her knees in prayer, await
ing death, when a fireman caught her
up and succeeded in extricating her,
though she was frightfully burned.
Former United States Consul Gen.
eral s. e. Morss said to the representa-
tive Of the Associated Press: 1T was
singularly fortunate that there was
only one American victim. This was
indeed remarkable, because just now
there is an unusually large number Of
Americans in Paris. They are gen.
erous supporters Of such fetes as the
grand bazaar de charlie, and, more
over, it gives them a favorable op-
portunity of getting into close quarters
with the aristocracy and many OF the
celebrities of Paris"
Mrs. POrtges was the only American
victim. She was q Miss Weisweiller.
Her daughter accompanied her to the
bazaar and escaped uninjured. The
POrtges family reside in Vienna.