The herald., 1897-05-06

Many, tales of despair are told. Nine.
Eoulard wac saved by her husband, who,
as soon as he placed her in safety. DASH
ed hack to the burning building to save
his daughter. He clasped the girl in his
arms and nearly reached the door when
they were caught in the flames. and
father and daughter perished before the
eyes of the agonized mother.
Baron de Mackau had a similar expe-
rience. Seven times he penetrated the
flaming ruins in search of his sister, each
time to save another and only to see his
sister. later, fall before his eyes, when he
no longer had the sertength to lift her.
The Marquise de pAigle was rescued
by fireman after she had given herself
up as lost. All her friends had fallen
around her, and che was on her knees in
prayer awaiting death when the fireman
caught her up and succeeded in extricat-
ing her, though she was frightfully
burned. ~
So far as can be learned, there ie only
one American victim, Miss Parks or
Charkes. There are still 46 bodies not
identified, in addition to mass Of heads,
limbs, etc.
A DUCHESS BODY
PARIS, May 5.--The bodies of the
Duchesse d'Alencon, former Queen of
Naples, has been identified among the
victims of the fire. She was sister of
the Empress of Austria and of the wife
of Prince Ferdinand of Orleans. She
was Duchess of Bavaria, born in 1847,
and married in 1868. Her daughter,
Princess Louise, is married to Prince
| Alphonso of Bavaria, son Of Prince
Philippe, who is the husband Of Princess
Henriette of Belgium.
Further particulars regarding the
| finding of the remains of the Duchess
d 'Alencon, show that the secretary of
the prefecture, accompanied by the
maid of the Duchess and a footman be-
longing to the household of the Duke
examined the rows of bodies. The two
servants stopped before blackened
and mutilated corpse whose abdomen
was torn open. They declared that it
was the remains Of their mistress and
also sent for the dentist of the Duchess
The latter after examining the corpse
for half an hour declared it was not
| that Of the Duchess. He claimed there
was tooth too many in the head, but
| the servants insisted whereupon the
dentist and two doctors operated upon
the upper jaw and then the dentist was
able to formally identify the remains
as those cf the Duchess
The Duchess had great wealth, and
was one Of the most prominent ladies of
France. The remains of the Duchess
were identified by her dentist, who ex-
amined the teeth of the charred body
believed to be hers. Among the last to
h,,{1 -
Baroness de Ruter, formerly Miss Beat
rice Potter of California.
| SCENES AND INCIDENTS
The ladies' who succeeded in escap-
ing rushed. frantically shriekiug madly
into the courtyards of adjoining houses
wildly beseeching help. The fact that
the faces and heads Of the dead were
so horribly charred and disf1gured is
4 explained by Sthe fact that the capes
worn were generally Of fiimsy material
and were the first articles of apparel
to catch fire.
The Marquise Lubberac is in q criti-
cal condition.
/ Nine. Mathieylle had her whole body
blistered.
Mile. Liowelle was severely burned
about her back and head.
! An eye witness describes the scene
as follows: 1.-THE women mostly wore
light costumes and those who escaped
from the rurnace were screaming
Fire, help The faces of many were
covered with blood. From time to time
children ran out of the burning building
crying for their mothers. A number
Of women of the poorer class, standing
in the crowd, at the risk of burning
themselves. tore the flaming clothing
from the persons Of the ladies as the
latter dashed in terror through the
streets.
"The bazaar at that moment was
nothing more or less than huge bra
zier. AS the heat was unbearable we
made our way to some vacant ground
between the bazaar and the convent of
the Rue Bayard and Joined handful
OF workmen who were trying to rescue
people from the flames by means of a
ladder too short to avail much. While
| the work Of rescue was in progress,
heartrending cries from the rear at
tracted us. Two women who had just
escaped from the flames were lying
writhing on the ground just beyond
the margin Of the fire. We darted in
that direction and as we neared them
pieces of burning debris fell in showers
on our heads and we were unable to
reach these unfortunates who were
then burning like torches. They had
ceased to stir and soon entirely dis
appeared in the flames. The witnesses
of this awful scene groaned and wept.
The awful drama was then at its
height. In the midst of the kissing,
cracking flames we heard the shrek
ing Of the victims but they were soon
stified. ,ss le
Seeing the hopelessness of saving the
bazaar, the firemen turned their atten-
ton to the adjoining convent, up the
walls of which the flames were leaping
"In a few moments the bazaar col
lapsed with a frightful crash, envelop-
ing the vicinity in flaming debris
II was then able to approach it. On
all sides were the bodies of lately ele-
gantly dressed people, many of them
stretched on their backs with arms ex-
tended as though appealing for help.
owing to the heat we were unable
to give the remains the attention which
would have permitted their relatives tc
identify them. The space in which we
were standing was speedily invaded by
IGespairing cr0wds of relatives, some OF
! whom had to be forcibly prevented from
| leaping into the fiames."
The bazar was opposite Baron Roths-