The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-22
SHE SAW TIE HORROR.

w.,,r Witnessed the Paris I'irs
pJ."N n,,Auay-As Strange, Weird itc'
c,tal. ....,,..,, ,,. 80. moo
Ina to.day-the most serious ones as
s1 ,,, a. The most friyeIogs-that you
We" :. AND therein the recital Of Wis
Nv ,so details of a prediction or COM
WV ,,a nrogramme OF some future hap
ps .frgs - happenings which are as a
rn,o far from pleasant says the New
yart Herald. The pleasant ones ar"
royor foretold Human credullty has
n.,,,r bcen so great as in the present
S.y and it is not to be denied that these
,.,yI,I things occupy a large portion OF
~ minds and imaginations OF most
men aba 4, 4, mimi 10 rldjnule
sa manifestations, and who pride
,n,r,seIyps upon being strong-minded'
not 20 entirely Indifferent as they
n MD appear 10 be- Whether the
, nos1t fad be avatlsm, apprehension of
~, fIture. or the innate love OF the
~"sryelous, what matters II? The facl
H t,G and Il seems that the present mo-
~, would be a badly chosen one IN
I,s,ch 10 bring 10 bear on these super
.,,tious beliefs spirit OF frivolous curl
Dslty, .,.. 100, ,,,o,1o r,,,iic
.,a circumstances of a phenomenon OF
L,rbIe sight, 80 strange and weird, ana
Socomnanled with such precise details,
,bat lis publication may be an object
lesson 10 the SCORERS
Nav last DR.. G., of VOUCHERS, In
Tr9nce. was called 10 see a woman ltV-
Inc A short distance from the town, ana
u,bom he had been attending for some
,ima She was a peasant woman, very
II was about 4 o'clock in the afternoon
whom the doctor entered the patients
nod chamber From the very first he
nod felt that there was no hope OF saw
;rS her. the sick woman was very fee
Me and had already lost consciousness,
liar neIghbors, according to the custom
~ The country, had FASTENED TO render
nor what assistance they could in her
last moments. There were, therefore,
On the room, beside the doctor, several
women, and he, after few last direc-
lions was about to retire, judging his
presence unnecessary, when at ago or
400 the dying woman was very much
e0ttated. The cry which she uttered
was an exclamation of horror and sur
prise. All at once she began to talk
son, mon Dieu! mon Dleu! 1t Is fire;
YES. yes, fire! And they do not see that
i, is burning; they see nothing yet. Oh,
the unfortunate ones! 1t Is burning I'M
der the floor and they know nothing OF
Il Now 1t Is bursting into flames. The
moor women, they are rushing 10 the
door, Not that way-you can't get out
that way; there is no door there! The
poor young girls, all so beautifully
dressed. Save them! Save them! They
gre on fire."
The peasant women In the room at
these delirlous words. repeated among
themselves Listen to her. She Is out
of her head she sees purgatory, ana
there are great rich ladies there, bcautl'
fully dressed"
Meanwhile the dying woman contin-
ued 10 rave in feverish agitation:
save them! They are all crowded to-
Gether there in the corner. There Is one
whose hat has just caught fire, and
there Is another. Oh, all their skirts are
in flames! What cries! And all that
mass who are falling one on top of an
other! They could save themselves so
easily there--iust over there-there Is
door there. They have fallen in pile
across the door, and they are all ablaze!
II Is raining flames, great drops OF
flames are falling on them, the ceiling Is
giving way oh, those who are in the
room behind them, they cannot see
how to get out; they are rolling over
each other. pilng on top Of one another!
The poor woman, drag her out-for
Gods sake, drag her out!"
All those who were present nt this
frIghtful agony-they were numerous,
twelve or tifteen-listened In consterna'
ton The scene lasted for five or SIX
minutes. and then the dying woman
uttered n loud scream that the whole
place crumbles and disappears in
flame" was silent, and remained for
over half an hour In a condition of com.
plete prostration. About 8 o'clock she
died
The doctor left her about five minutes
before she breathed her last, and that
same evening repeated 90 several
friends the details OF the terrible scene
OF which he had been witness.
It Is hardly necessary to draw atten-
ton to the fact that the peasant of
whom we have Just spoken knew moth
ing whatever OF Paris. She was entlreN
ly ignorant OF the existence of the Ba-
gar de Ia Charlie. and the unfortunate
women who persisted in the flames that
afternoon were equally unknown to
her. The next day when the Paris
Journals arrived with the accounts of
the catastrophe, the CONSERVATION was
great, as Il WAS all over France. but to
those who had listened to the woman's
deirium or who had heard the facts
narrated by ear-witnesses the shock
was almost supplying. The dead wo-
man, IN the unconscious agony of her
last hour. had been present in spirit
Though bodily distant fifty leagues
nj the awful drama OF the Rue Jean
GouIon All the details which she had
given In broken phrases were to be
found in the newspapers 'She had
seen theml"
Or. G. was no less agitated than the
other witnesses at this extraordinary
coincidence, He spoke about It that
same day to some friends. The Incident
made quite commotion for n few
days In VOUCHERS, then II died out. II
seems that so strange n fact md YET
onn so easily verified. MS the witnesses
were 80 numerous, should be ulven n
serious injury. But what would be the
result OF such an investigation? Evil
IDENTIFY the outcome would he but the
verIilcatlon Of an lncxplicable phenom-
eHon.