Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-05
hole before I heard a. dreadful crash, as
the blazing roof fell IN. nee

the blazing roof fell In. me-.
II cannot describe the struggle Tor NE
which ensued. No words can depif' ,iiE
hack upon II, like a hideous nightmare.
The whole thing was over m WEE NJ. ~
utes, and nothing remained put tne
charred and bIackened ruins OIL inc 'a
zaar."
THE DEAD IN HEAPS.
The dead were piled in heaps. especially
near the exit. where the charred remains
were five feet deep-arms. legs. and skulis
mingled In inextricable CONFUSION. III
some cases only. the trunks remained,
with no vestige OF clothing on any or the
bodies
''The fremen arrived at G. and a COM
pany OF infantry followed. to ciear the
spread like wlldfre. All the Cabinet
Ministers now in Paris went Immediately
TO the, scene. Hundreds OF equipase5
streamed along the Champs dElysees.
their occupants, with anxious and tear
stained faces, inquirng for relatives:
There were many heartrendlng scenes or
grief and despair. Cabinet Ministers, am.
bassadors, noblemen, and members or
the highest social and financial circles
were side by side with the lowliest and
the poorest. anxiously inquiring for MISS
About thirty were saved by Pere Am
broise and Pere Bailly. who helped them
over a wall with ladder 10 the pruning
room OF the newspaper Lacroix. Inc star
OF the Hotel Du Palais lent valuable as
sstance, and saved $50 persons through
barred window overlooking the bazaar,
where while the hotel employees were
cutting away the bars, they saw three
persons burned to death.
Policemen. their hands covered with
gloves, have been deputed by the Prefect
of Police TO pick out the portions or re-
mains and wrap them in pieces Of cloth,
TO be transferred In ambulanceS 10 tne
Palais de Industries.
CHASTITY SPECTACLE.
The remains present horrible spectacle
of limbs burned and twisted. On all sides
can be seen stretchers piled with mutt
lated corpses, skulls split open and brains
exudng. Just behind heap or corpses
lies alone the body of a woman. The face
is downward the head burned, the brain
exposed. and from the empty socket or
the right eye the brains are slowly ooZing.
The arms and legs were burned OFT. a
little further off is the body or another
woman, nude, the body torn open, and
the head missing 1t is a ghastly sight.
The building was constructed about six
months ago. At the time IL was remark
ed that IL would burn like matchwood.
The interior was divided into shops la
"old Paris" constructed of prettiiy paint
ed canvas.
The Duchesse d'Alencon. sister of the
Austrian Empress is among the injured,
the list OF whom includes the Duchesse
y,
de la Boulaye. In the streets adjacent to
the bazaar were long lines of sumptuous
equipages Most of these returned empty;
their owners were dead. Others were seen
moving off with the occupants injured in
head or limb in many cases with faces
streaming with blood.
The search in the debris will continue
all night. It appears that the nre orlgi-
mated on the left side OF the bazaar. The
Illuminating apparatus Of the kinemato-
graph exploded. and set fire TO the Turk
ish curtains and hangngs.
The whole OF the highest society In
Paris Is in horrible pell-mell. prey 10
the deepest despair. husbands seeking and
calling for wives. and fathers seeking and
calling for daughters.
TEMPORARY MORGUE.
Words would fail to describe the horror
Of the scene al the Palais de rIndustrie,
where the bodies are exposed on the side
next to the Avenue Banton, in a portion
Of the building now In course of demoli-
ton. Here in large room rudely cover
ed with rough planks, and on sheets
spread over the planks the bodies as. they
arrive from the. ambulances are being
emplfed death by fire with all its hor-
rors-bodes completely nude limbs
twisted i'm the writings of agony, some
still having shreds OF clothing. which as
sist recognition. In spite of horrible dis
flgurement; bones visible through fire
eaten flesh: some merely skeletons or
grinnlng skulls blackened with smoke.
At $50 p. NJ. only six bodies had been
recognized with certainty. They are the
bodies of Nine Henrietta Hinithadal.
Baronne Elisabeth st. Martin, Viscom-
tesse Marie Bonneyal. Sister Gulnoux,
the superior OF the sisters OF the Convent
Of St Vincent de Paul at Nancy; Nine.
de Grancv, and the Comtesse 81. Perier.
Other bodies supposed 10 be recognized,
are those Of tile Baroness st. Didier,
Madame Lauren Cosselin and Madame
All the theatres in Paris are closed to-
night.
Midnight-Owing to the difficulty OF
continuing the search. for the purposes Of
identification. by the light of torches and
candles, the Palais de FIndustrie has been
cordoned by the police. who are watching
the bodies. The wounded are now known
to number at least lSO Madame Flores,
wife of the Spanish Consul, expired al
the Hospital BeauJon; where there are
several others injured. NJ. Faure has
visited the hospital and the Palais de
pIndustre to pay his respects 10 the dead.
Further identifcations believed to be
certain. are as follows; Ihe CointesSSe
Mirimel the Comtesse Brodervlle, NJ.
Victor Cosselin. Sister Leonie Gulllaume'
and Mesdames Haussmann and Schulm-
berger. The other names must stu be
accepted with reserve, but at ii O'Clock
the Duchess d'Alencon had not yet re-
Many Americans, English. and other
foreigners were among the stali-holders,
but il is impossible as vet TO ascertain
the names OF all the victims.
ADDITIONS TO THE DEAD.
MAY 5.-l:30 A. Mt is stated that
General Menieur has died of his injuries.
To the list OF those dead must be added
the following: The Comtesse Humolstein.
the Marquise de Maison. Madame Nentl-
mesnile. Madame Hoskier, Wife OF the
well-known Russian banker; Madame
Poitevin, Madame Jacques Hausmann, the
daughter OF NJ CheVallay, ana Mile Man
dat Grancey. ~
Among the badly injured are. The
Duchess de la Tore the Comtesse Roam
cey, the Count Montclaire, the Count De
visln. Mesdames Macedo Recamier DE
Laume. Hlster. Edouard Andre, de la
Tour. Dupin, and Malezioux and Nj. Le-
febvre.
THE WAR TO DE STOPPED.