Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-05
hOle before heard a dreadful crash as

, hole before heard dreadful crash as
The blazing roof fell In.
81 cannot describe the struggle
!, which followed. No words can depict
the horror OF the scene. 1t seems, nc
| | look bach upon II, hideous night.
mare. The whole thlng was over In
twelve minutes,and nothing remptnod
but the charreu anu blach eued ruins
OF the bs zaf.D
The dead were piled In heaps, and
especially nsar the exit, where the
charred remains were fve feet deep.
In some cases only the trunks re.
manned, with no vestiRe OF clothing.
There were many hearttenuing
scenes OF grief. Oue lady ruahed
about iranlicaily calling her dbug hler
by name. Some one told her the girl
was safe, whereupon she jumped,
dGncej, screamed, then rushed 10 the
conchman to lell him to drive home,
| and fell in dead swoon.
Another lady went insane. A third
imagined In her frenzy that she recog.
nized her daughters dress, and hys.
tericnlly called upon her husband to
tell the police to prevent the Guild
from going to the bnzar.
Cabinet ministers, EN- bassndor
noblemen aud members of the highest
social and financial circles we've side
by side with the lowliest anu poorest,
anx.ously inquiring for their missing
relatives. About thirty were saved by
fere Ambrose ana Pere Bsilli, who
helped them over the wall with u lad
der to the printing room OF the nswe-
paper La Croix. Tho etef OF the Ho.
tel du Palnls lent valuable aesistauce
and saveu 100 persons through barred
window overlooking the bazaar, where,
while the hotel employees were carry
Ing away tho bouies, they cav three
persons burned to death.
Policemen, their hands covered with
gloves have bsen deputed by the pre-.
ipct Of police TO lick out the portions
OF remains and wrap them In pieces Of
cloth, to bs transferred In ambulance
10 tho Pslais dc PIndustrle, The
remains present horrible ed ectucles Of
limbs burned and twisted. On all
sides O II be seen e.retchere piled vito
mutilataG cgrpses, skulls split open and
brains exudIng. Just behind q heap
Of corpses lies alone the body OF a
woman. The face 10 downward, the
head burned. the brain exposed, and
rom the empty eocket OF the right
eye The brains are slowly ooZing. The
arms anu lego are burned of. a little
farther of 10 the body OF another
woman, nude, the entrails protrudinR
anu the head missing. 1t is a ghastly
sight.
The correspondent OF the Associated
PresH has bad Rn interview with Miss
Bushbocs OF Philadelphia, who, with
the Misses hawthorne and Bushblck,
was one OF tho few who escaped, al
though not unscratched. Miss Bush
book said:
81 was q saleswoman at booth No.
is, near the place where the fire origi.
mated. 1 arrived at ten minutes past
4 with my friends. Happening to turn
around, saw AMI cElIeu my iriends'
attention to flicker in the corner Of
the wall, about fifteen ynfds away.
Hardly had done 80 when gentle. |
man behind me cried, 'FiT.! Ladles. |
hasten OUT and pushed me toward |
the door. Turning my head to look |
bnck, saw the whole place In flames. |
AT my left caught glimpse OF an
old LADY emerging from an adjacent !
door, and saw her stumble ON her |
skirts. The next Instant quite twenty |
persons piled on top of her. 1 crossed |
the street and turned around to face |
intense that 1t scorched me and was
obliged to reise my hands to protec, |
my face. When tho roof fell in with "A
terrible crash, certainly not more than |
five minutes had elapsed from the first 4
warning. Such WAS the intensity OF |
the heat that L saw firemsn's jacket
ignlted, aad several OF the homes were
badly singed. Out OF the pile of per
sons who fell near the door, none were
saved. All Were burned in a moment,
OF the four nune ut my booth two were
saved aud one Of the three blind Rirls |
who We're engaged there, The vlsitora
were for the most part ladies gorgeous
ly dressed"
In the streets adjacent to the bszsr
were long lines OF sumptuous equip.
agee. Many OF these returned empty;
their ownets were dead. The others
were seen moving of with their occu.
pants Injured. In many cases with faces
streaming with blood.
The bazar altogether had eight
doors, three in front and one on ths
lett side. In the rear were four like
French Windows, which were especial.
Iy reserved for the employees. The
crowd near the main entrances We're
able to escape, but those at the other
end, not knowing OF the doors, found
themselves hemmed In. AS the fire
spread tho pressure on tho right side,
where there were no exits, kept stead.
lily increasing. Here n number OF
victims were crushed to death.
Happily the wall Of the Hotel du
Pslais, against which the bszar backed,
furnished barred window. Immedi.
ately on the alarm being given, tho
servants hurriedly broke the bars and
were able to rescue q large number OF
people. Suddenly above the roar OF the