Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-06
THE PARIS HORROR.
gVs.W Witnesses DeSCFib, The Grand
Bazaar COTaisratiOn.
IT WAS A ROYALlsr HECATOMB.
American Ladies In tho Crowd Wers
fortunate 10 Escape ho
tharred R,mains.

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Inc fcono y" o''o,i"s oi'eo VI '"e
Pnsais de J. lndustrie last night when
the bodies OF victims OF tho ROu Jean
o,,,on ware taken there was fearful
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oeyoh" oe'oiip''on' eio "ad pe'p
placed the onarreu corpses OF what hau
been few hours before beautiful
woman nj the y.rv best families of
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frHnoe' i"e JULIUS "e'e ia'u o"' IA
roughly impfovlaea platforms OF
boards. The bodies were charred
bevopJ recopnition. AImost all this
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Douies ~ere puineu aoou' 'he heau NM
feet, while the middle Of the body re-
NAMED comparatively intact. Am
balances kept coming up In oontinu.
Gus stream, bringing more and more OF
the unfortunate Victims, the crowi
outside giving way In awe.stricken
silence. The Rue Jean GOugon was
almost impossible. or the bazaar
building in W hicb only n few boure
before everything had been fair aud
beautiful there remained only few
chsrred polee. Inside the wrecked
building there was nothing but pieces
of rags. wood and human remains.
The firemen were digging Among
the debris In search of the bodi.s
There were not enoupn amhulances
and the bodies had 10 he nlaced in
wrsps' Then came solJiers. poIio.
and firemep to carry away the dead
and they all worked in silence and
with a will
The soIdiers carried sheeta i'm w bi,b
tn wran mn and tIanenort The bodies
convsnisntiv.
There were women nurses firm, T.,
Hoppital Rnnion also with shaa,s
waitina to cover mn The dend hefors
thew were taken awav in nmhuIs ncas
Near the western wall wbioI,
bounded what Ind been tbs bazsr
bodies war. literally tound niisd H.,
heans and thair nos,,,on saamsd 70
Indicate Tint terror str,cksn y,,sh
mad taken Mace. or was that an in.
etinctiye mud LINZ topether In the foo
of deatlp There we're pieces Of nndr,.
ekirts ali over the ruins and trsoments
of wooIen garments and onrset cnvs,s
Tiny little pIippeTs were eyerywhere 10
he mean cris,,' but entire. oniv chs rr.d
by the hept.
On one size was q plic OF yuluatles.
levels, ETC., guarded by poiIeemen.
There were bracelets. and rinps cnm,
pletely free rom flesh, showing now
terrible hau been Inc flames In their
fury. l smoke TO two women who
were staining near the luins. The
elder one was Mue. Ruchegautirr
and the you niger as a servant,
"We were attracted by the cries n
the ladies. % said Mime. Ropkezantier.
1--WE called to men In to Hotel DIES
PaIais, which fronts on SO, Course ue
n
ment TO tear down the iron bars of IN.
windows and 10 throw out a chair.
ave hauled the poor woman in
here, Thcy were 40 frightened that
they did not stay here long. They
were go tsrror.strlcken that many conId
NOT cry,
"BuI many were lost and [ saw
several rush out from the flames and
fall dend. We saved at least one hnn.
dred and fiuy.O
Mile, Lecorito Of %. Ruo Jean G,u.
gon, said:
"rhe fire broke out at half.nast a
O'Clock. 1t was terribly sudden, The
heat was worse than the pmoke. YIN
could not no cut into the street for lear
of the heat. The bazaar burae IN lust
as II the wood had been soakci with
kerosene. l should think there were
$500 people there, because you know
the puncio was there during the altar.
noon, and that II made Il an extra
attraction, He had hardly left when
the flames burst cut. They seemed 10
spring up from all over, They shot up
clear Into the air and the heat was
thrown cut on all sides. so fierce was
II that all the windows and shop
fronts opposite were cracked or
burst open. Birds in the windows
dropped dead upon their perches, as IL
struck by lightning and many OF the
neighbors were 40 paralyzed with fear
thai they did not know what to do.
The fire lasted only about twenty
minutes bat such twenty minutes 1
shall never forget. Woman ran
shrieking into tho street and fell dead
In the broadway overcome by the
heai, burning from head to loot"
A big FIenchmaD, marchand
DOWN named Corbet, said;
"All could think OF doing was to
get hammer nnd rush to the burn.
Ing building and break down the
slues, for you know no one could get
out Of the main entrance or NO one
seemed TO be able TO get out.
1--WE hammered away and smashed
down SONS OF the siues OF the shops
inside OF the building amt saved poo.