The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-06
Paris OVERWHELMED
CONTINUED from first page.)

follows: Comtesse D'Iora, Nine. De
Demas, Nine. Marie Disle, Mile. Terre,
Mile. Comeau, Nine. Beauchamp, Nine.
Billaye, Nine. Lamegrie, Nine. GOsse,
Nine. Nitot, Nine De Sorne, Nine. Cecil
Julian, Mile. Barassi, Mile. Quilleton,
Mile. Marie Moisson, Mile. Susanna
Nitot and Mile, Therese Donon, daughter
of the Baroness De Saint Didier.
There are nineteen bodies still unden-
tilted. among which must be those Of the
Comtesse De Lupe and Mime. Nitots sec
ond daughter. both of whom are missing.
Viscountess Malezieux, is now placed
among those officially identified. NJ.
Gosse, the Notary, on learning that bis
wife and two daughters were among the
victims was so Frustrated that his hfe
is despaired of.
M. Girard director of the municipal
labratory, reports that the Ether Fort
lamps, used in the kinematograph, set
fire to the film, the flames then ignitinS
the apparatus.
Tonight such theatres as are open
are almost empty and the large cafes on
the Boulevards are practically deserted.
HER SISTERS DEATH.
London, May "a dispatch to the
Times from Vienna says: Not until this
morning, "wednesday, had the Emperor
and Emperess of Austria heard that the
DucheSse D'Alencon was among the
victims The Empress was devotedly
attached to her sister, and is completely
overcome by the bereavement. The din
ner, which was to be given to the Queen
Regent and the Queen Of Holland at the
Chateau Lainz, where the Emperor and
Empress are staying, has been cancelled
Nine Josephine Porges, one of the
victims. was near relative OF the well
known Vienna banker, Ephrussi."
GRIEF OF THE EMPRESS.
Vienna, May 5.-The Empress has been
weeping all day over the loss of her ia
vorite sister, and declines to receive food
or nourishment. This morning none of
the attendants dared place a newspaper
at Her MajeSty's breakfast table When
she did not find it in its usual place she
called for it and opened it, trembling
with anxiety She could not believe that
her sister, the Duchesse D'Alencon. was
more than injured After breakfast she
went for her usual walk in the deer park
surrounding the fairy-like Castle I.ainz.
She went alone. Before she returned to
her room she had received telegram
from her sister, the Countess TRAM, who
is in Paris, confirming the news of the
death of the Duchesse The Empress
burst into sobS, returned to the Castle
and with her two daughters went to her
boudoir, which she has not left since.
ESCAPE OF DUCHESSE DUES.
London, May 5.-The Times publishes
an interview, which its Paris correspond
ent had last evening with the Duchesse
Dues. She said: THE first CLEAN of
fire came from a spot but a short dist
ance from where | was standing / was
dazed, so swiftly did the flames spread
L can compare it only TO the bursting of
a rocket. There was no such thing in
my case as reaching the main entrance
but near me was a small door leading to
waste piece of ground behind the bazaar
structure. L rushed through this and was
soon in the open air, though still in an
enclosure. / had passed. as it were. I'M
der an archway of flames. but was only
slightly burned. The hair above my left
temple was singed."
A dispatch to the Times from Paris
says that Michael Heine, the manager of
the bazaar, admitted last evening that
the arrangement was evidently i'll made,
adding 1--WE ought to have foreseen
that such disaster as this was possible
but the stalls have been increasing every
year, and we were very anxious not to
lose an inch of ground"