The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-05

The bodies and distributed injured among
the various houses OF the vicinity. In the
meanwhile 4 pumps played on the burn
,hB rutHa. 1s'ihe worh progressed and the
inquiries became more numerous and press
ing IT wax seen that the death rate would
b. much higher than at first estimated. Tho
police officials this evening say they believe
II TO be certain that the number Of deaths
viii exceed 100, recalling the awful fire at
the Opera Comique.
Among the injured are the Duchess dc
la Tore, the Princess Kotchenhuy, the
NicomIesse d'Avoonl. and Malcziux, Eu-
scno. Chalmet. Recamier and st. Derc.
The missing who are supposed to be dead
include General Mcunior. the Warehouses
he Gailifet. The Duchess d'Alcncon. the
Countess DE Mum and ST. Pioricr. the
Marchioncss dc Flores, the Viscouatoss
IIlnol Hotstoin, Baroness Mackan. wife OF
the leader Of The royalists IN the chamber
of deputies and Nine. Morlane LamDn, her
son and four daughters. one hundred
corpses have been laid out in the Palais
de- LIudustrie II is believed that another
hundred are beneath tho ruins
A SURVIVORS, STORY.
One Of the survivors tells to the CORE
spondent of the Associated Press this eN-
perionce: 1.-THE place was crammed full OF
people and the heat was sitting. Being
very uncomfortable my friends and de-
termined to leave, but somehow wo could
not make much Roadway through the
throng toward the door. | Jagged a little
behind MS was offered nososay by stall
holder, when OF a sudden the shout of fro
was raised. Instantly all was commdion.
I'VE tried 10 keep cool, but tho rush
from behind forced us forward and We
were separated. When / tried 10 work my
way back was carried eff my feet and car
ried backwards and forward in the sway
ing crowd, | lost my hat. then my coat was
torn off and then my wslstcoat. All this
happened in a fey seconds
Immediately the full extent OF the ca
| lamity dawned upon is all. Tho James
spread with startling rapdity through the
| whole building. which rumbled like a liv-
| ing furnace. but the uproar Of the conlla .
| grafton could not drown the groans aud
| cries OF the agonized crowd.
"Gradualy / found myself pushed back
against the wall of tho building and finally
succeeded In scramblrg through an open
| ing made by come Of those who were near
me. Two seconds later, | would have been
| n victim. for hardly had struggled
| through the hole before ! heard dreadful
crash as the blazing roof fell In.
| Il can not describe the struggle for life
| which ensued. No words can depict the
| horror Of the scene. II seemed as ! look
| back upon II like hideous nightmare.
THE whole thtpg was over in twelve
| minutes and nothing remained but the
charred and blackened ruins of the bar
| zaar."
The dead we're piled In heaps. especially
near the exit. where the charred remains
| were five feet deep. In some cases only the
trunks remained. with no vestige Of cloth
ing, ,,sr,.,
| The fremen arrived at o'clock. and a
| company OF infantry followed to clear the
| ruins and search for corpses. The news
spread like wildhre. All the cabinet min
/ listers now in Paris went Immediately 10
the scene. Hundreds Of equpases streamed
along the Champs d'Elysee, their occupants
all anxious and with iear-stained faces, In
ouirlng for their relatives There were
many heart rending scenes OF grief and
| despair. one lady rushed about frantically
| calling her daughter by name Some one
| told her the girl was safe. 'whereupon she
summed, danced, screamed. then rushed 20
| The coachman to tell him to drive her home
| and fell In dead swooa'
Another lady went insane. third Inn
aimed In her frenzy that she recognized
her daughters dress. and Historically
cSIied upon her husband 70 tel the police