Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-05-13
4 PARIS HOLOCAUST
]. BODIES Taken From
Ruins of the Palace.
rsE OF THE FIRE A MYSTERY

..,uunts OF the Disaster by
Kyewitue.ses and Spectators
chastity Scenes.
low York. May lo.-A dispatch to
t W. from Paris says: The scene
n.ar; :, Porte Eight, OF the Palaise
',IrJustre last night, when the
!. 81 the victims of the Rue Jean
i'm were taken there, was of a fear
,Sscrption. There had been placed
chsrred corpses of what had been a
' hours before beautiful women OF
rerv best families OF Paris. The
;es were laid out on roughly I'M
rised platforms of boards taken from
where about the place. They were
rrad beyond recognition. Almost
,hs bodies were burned about the
! and feet, while the middle OF the
: remained comparatively intact.
hulances kept coming up IN a
am bringing more and more Of the
ortunate victims, the crowd outside
inc way in awe-stricken silence.
Rue Jean Goujon was almost i'm
sable.
\ the bazaar building in which only
= hours before everything had been
and beautiful, there remained only
few charred poles. Inside the
cked building there was nothing but
les Of rags, wood and human re-
ms. The firemen We're digging
bng the debris in search of the
lies. There were not enough ambu-
ces and the bodies had to be placed
traps. Then came soldiers, police
fremen to carry away the dead. and
all worked in silence and with a
The soldiers carried sheets in
on to wrap and transport bodies.
ire we're women nurses from l'lios-
n Beaujon, also with sheets. wait
to cover up the dead before they
taken away in the ambulances.
fear the western wall, which bound
what had been the bazaar, bodies
e literally found piled in heaps and
r position seemed to indicate that a
|or.stricken rush had taken place, or
instructive budding together in the
Of death. There were pieces OF un-
skirts all over the ruins and frag-
hts Of wooden garments and corset
ers Tiny little slippers We're
Fywhere to be seen, crisp and
|rred by the heat. On one side was
lie Of valuable jewels, ETC., guarded
policemen. There were bracelets
rings, completely free from flesh,
living how terrible had been the
pes in their fury.
spoke to two women who We're
hiding near the ruins. The elder
was Nine. Rochezautier, and the
bigger was servant.
We were attracted by the cries of
ladies'" said Nine. Rochezautier.
'Oh! such cries! We called to the
q in the Hotel de Palais, which
BITS on II Cors de la Refine. 1t was
! work Of moment to tear down the
b bars Of the windows and to throw
chair. We hauled the poor
men in there. They We're so fright
ID that they did not stay here long.
icy were so terror stricken that many
fld not cry. But many We're lost
\ ! saw several rush out from the
|mes and fall dead. We saved at
|st l50."
Mile. lie Comte, Of % Rue Jean Gou-
said:
THE fire broke out at 4:30 O'Clock.
WAS terribly sudden. The heat was
|rse than the smoke. You could not
into the street for fear of the heat.
Y bazaar burned up just as if the
|od had been soaked in kerosene. |
puld think there were 300 people
Ere, because, you know, the nuncio
9 there during the afternoon and that
lde an extra attraction. He had
rdly left when the flames burst out.
ley seemed to spring up all over.
80 fierce was the heat that all win
VS. and shop fronts opposite We're
lcked or burst open. Birds in the
ndows dropped dead from their per-
es as if struck by lightning, and
my OF the neighbors We're SO para
led by fear that they did not know
lat to do. The fire lasted only TWEEN
minutes, but such a twenty minutes
snail never forget. Women ran
Fleklng into the street and fell dead
inc roadway overcome by the heat,
ming from head to foot