The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-06

most distressing. 1t appears that Mime;
David lost her husband month ago ana
that her only other child died fortnight
ago.
One feature which is generally remarked
of the victims taken to the Paiais de IN
dustr1e, is that the head is thrown oaGk
and the arms are uplifted with peculiarly
weird effect. The unidentified bodies, as Wen
as the jewels recovered from the debris,
have been photographed by the BeftllIoh
method.
Mrs f. B. Gilmour. of New York, had
narrow escape. She had consented 70 act
as 1sleswoman at the stan OF ,r MLne'
Costa Beauregard. She left the Hotel Term
mus, where she was staying. ABOUT I'oo' , &C
compdnying the NtCOmtesse SaElgny. Inc
sale was. going Well, when suddenly her
maid cried; Madame, save yourself
There's a fire." Mrs. Glmour, with wonder
full presence of mind, rushed towards the
main entrance; but seeing the danger OF
being trampled TO death. she ran quickly
back to the rear of the building, where she
saw a window that opened In the wall
through which she soon reached the street
Mgr. Clari the papal nuncio who had at
tended to pronounce his blessing upon the
bazaar says he was talking to the DucheSs
d Alencon at ten minutes 10 CLOCK ne
adds around me was a group or puma
children. Several of these must have per-
ished'
DR.. Nachtel, who has directed the am
bulance work. says that the number or
bodies found gives very inadequate idea
of the number of victims, as dozens We're
burned completely TO ashes. The Nicomte
Damas identified his Wifes body by piece
of hair cloth which she wore next her SKIN
as a member of the Third Order of st.
Francis. NJ. Jean RaffaelH the painter,
says: My daughter had the mark OF
heel stamped into her back. She was
tramped in the heap at the door near the
main entrance. Her mother tried to pull her
from the blazing fire but she said: 1t is
case Her mother replied: L shall not leave
you. | will take you or stay ana die with
you Both escaped, though severely in
The Able Marriott says that the Comtesse
Nilleneuve returned to search for her two
daughters, but failed to find them and per-
ished herself
CASUALTIES MAY REACH 143.
A sombre feeling pervades every class of
society The newspapers, without excep-
tion, describe the disaster in the sober and
simple terms befitting so appalling an
event. The catastrophe will always be re-
membered as one of the most fearful that
ever befell a European city. Nothing COM
parable in loss of life has ever occurred
here, except the fire which destroyed the
Opera Comique in 1887. Singularly enough
that disaster happened in the same month
of the year, and eighty persons were burned
TO DEATH while forty-five were officially
registered as missing. In aristocratic cir
cles the numberless dinner parties and
other functions of a gayly opening season
have been suddenly abandoned.
1t is now estimated that there were about
I,zO
was discovered, about one half of whom
escaped unhurt. Some estimates place the
number of dead at 143, others at a stu
higher figure. The amount or administrative
Negligence surrounding the catastrophe IS
almost inconceivable. The structure was SO
combustible that many of the victims, II
not most of them, must have been burned
alive, without suffocation. NO sort OF m
specton seems to have been made IN 3d-
vance by the municipal or police authOrltles
or the prefect of police.
The funeral service of the victims mas
been fixed for the Cathedral OF Notre 8
Dame. M. Faure will attend ana Pere
Richard will probably officate.
At to-night's session of the Cabinet 1t
was decided to ask the Chamber or Depu-
ties for a special credit in aid of the needy
families. The minister of justice communl-
Gated to his colleagues the first results or
the inquiry into the causes of the fire. The
Investigating magistrate, M. Bertolou, re,
ports that there was great carelessness and
imprudence in the principal arrangements
M. Iepine. the prefect of police who is
severely censured for lack of proper super
vision of the preparatory arrangements,
says in excuse that the patrons and
patronesses of the bazaar were reactionists
and he feared, if he meddled with their pro-
gramme, that they would say he was try
ing to SUPPRESS Roman Catholic enter
The scene on the Champs Elysee is like
that popular fete days. The throngs are
enormous and mutitudes of carriages are
driving about. From tirle to time solemn
hush falls upon the crowd ana every head
is barred as the heafse passes by.
Nj. Girard, director of the municipal lab
oratory reports that the ether for the
lamps used in the acknowledgement set fire
to the film, the flames then igniting the
Tonight such theaters as are open are
almost empty and the large cafes on the
boulevards are practically deserted.
NJ. Faure has received kilograms of con-
dolence from Queen Victoria, the Emperor
Nicholas, the Emperor William, King, Hum
bert and other soVereigns, all couched in
deeDeSt