Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-06

"sn tuo uuhulnlty VI VII us W wv nuN
denness OF the co rfiagration and the
way In which the flames spread.
In the extemporizsd morgue OF the
Pslais de LII nduetrle there are crowde
trying to identity remains Of victims
Of the great fire. II was q dim
task.
A terrible looking body was brought
out to the door 80 az to have "a much
light upon 1t as possible. Tho police
bHcnme suddenly more stringent than
ever and no one was allowed 10 enter
the building.
From mouth to mouth passed the
word "That 10 the duchess c'Alen-
conn.,
But how to recognizes such chatred
mase. In tho face of such u diilicalt
problem the relatives anu frleIds oil
the bereaved family had recourse to
the family dental. The latter rsmem-
bered certain filings OF the teeth and
could recognz, his haudiwork even
u der such awful circumstances. In
a short tune IL was establishes that
the remains were those OF the untOT-
tunaie duchess and very quickly a
pine coffin was screwed down anu
taken away.
A woman approached the door sup.
ported by. two friends AMI preceded
by a veHerable priest. She had come
to identity her daughter, but while
the work of iIent ficatiou the remains
Of the Duches GA Henson was going
on, she iell IN n fit OF horrible Mysteries
anu her cries were 30 terrible, her
movements SO heartrending, that a
cab had to be called. She was take 70
away apparently mad, between two
policemen.
For obvious REASONS disinfeotants
were freely used inside the building
anu the odor OF csrbol!c acid was So
strong that holding ones handkerch iei
~ the face and a plenti use Of
strong perfume was fl clent to
remove the penetrating fumes.
FEW AMERICANS PRESENT.
New YORK, May GA dispatch to
the journal from Paris says:
There were very lew Americans
present in the charity bazaar at the
time OF the fire yesterday and these
seem TO have been especially favored
by fortune. Mrs. William Astor left
the bizsr quarter OF an hour before
the COL fl Agrstion. Miss Faue, eister
OF Frederick Fame, an American re-
gliding In the Rue Prosy, who 10
almost totally deaf, was in the building
when the fire broke out. Her escape
was largely due TO her infirmity. Sue
saw the fire and made her way b the
exit, being among the first to reach H..
Baroness de Delliera, formerly Miss
Livemore OF New York, also reaches
the door smoug the fret.
Consul Morse was passing near the
Rue Jena, riding on bicycle, whea
the cry of fire was raised. He lett the
machine In tue street anu devoled
himself all night to assisting the fire-
men. Mr.. Whitney OF Boston, another
volunteer fireman who Is living in
Paris, also assisted the iiremen in the
work OF rescus until day broke.
When the journal correspondent
reached the scene Gen Buf2aier, mill
tsry governor of Paris, with Cen.
FeOriad was rushing about distrac ted.
ly calling for the premier TO Hsend for
my men" from Quail d'Oreasi bar
racks.
"Look," he said to Harry Blunt,
this American journalist will have q
strange tale 10 tell OF municipal negli-
gence. but let us help"
The catastrophe was q royalist
hocatomb. One mystery is now cleared
up. Tue victims were besmearod with
flaming tar anu ether infiammable
compounds dropping from the roof,
and this was why there was no prelude
OF asphyxiation. The fair flower Of
French womanhood was singed like
poultry by the licking flames AMI
literally burned alive, as We sobbed
and wIung our hanus In hopeless
despair.
Imagine pile OF skeletons still
smoking with no distinc tion of Sc
diacernible, teeth barred and grinning
jaws, emitting that horrible smell
which carries back the memory to the
Opera Comique, which today are at
the Palais de L'Industie, not lessened
by the dronch of picnic acid.
Visitors to the saloon caught II as
they went up the stately staircase to
Identify what can only by fiction be
called corpses. In the comparatively
few instances OF suffocation the feat.
ures were placid, those OF Mile. JAG.
quenot being almost pleasant in her
sudden sleep OF death.
SYMPATHY OF THE PRESS.
PARIS. May 6.-With the exception
OF socialist newspapers the whole
prese associates itself with the profound
sorrow which has overtaken the upper
Glasses Of French society. The papers
point out that the responsibility for
the fearful fire at the charity bazaar
must be fixed. They reproach the
prefecture OF police for not having
taken proper precautions. The gov
ernment has ordered all subsidized
theaters TO be closed until Saturday,
as mark OF respect for the dead.
To the list OF victims must 10 added
the names Of Mile. do Cnevilly and
Vicountess DeAvenal who succumbed
TO their injuries.
The report that Countess Castsllai Inc,
formerly Miss Anna Gould, was
among the missing Is pure invention.
The Castellianes were not even in the
vicinity of the FIRE.
General MauGier, who was severely
burned. died at noon today. Only Ave
bodies remain unidentified.