Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-07
VIII Go on Record az Ono OF
the Most Fearful in Eu-
ropes History.
Duchess Of Alencon Numbered
Among the Several Hum
bred Victims. "'

betting 10 appalling an event. Tho
catastrophe will always be remembered
40 one of the most fearful that ever be-
fell European city,. Nothing com.
parable in loss Of life has ever occurred
here, except the fire which destroyed
the Opera Comique in 1887. Singularly
enough that disaster happened in the
same month Of the year and 80 persons
were burned to death, while 45 were
officially registered rs missing.
In aristocratic circles the numberless
dinner parties and other functions of
gaily opening season have been aban'
doned.
Number Of Dead Not Dednits.
It is understood that there were
about 1900 persons in the building
when the fire was discovered, about
one.halt Of whom escaped unhurt.
Some estimates place tho number Of
dead at 148, others at = still higher
figure. .,
The. amount Of administrative negli-
gence surrounding the catastrophe ID
almost uncomfortable. The structure
was so combustible that many Of the
victims, if not most of them, must
have been burned alive without suffo-
cation. No sort of inspection seems to
have been made in advance BY the
municipal or police authorities or by
the project Of police.
NJ. Faure has received kilograms OF
coincidence from Queen Victoria, the
Emperor Nicholas, the Emperor Will
lam, King Humbert and other sover-
ei9ns, all couched IN terms OF the deep
est sympathy.
A Few Of tho Dead.
So far as known the following bodies
have been recognized:
Mile Henrietta Heinasdall, the Baronne
Elizabeth St. Martin, the VicomtesseN
Marie Bonneval, Sister Guinoux, the SUI
perior of the Sisters of the convent OF st.
Vincent de Paul at Raincy, Mile. Do
Drancy, the Comtesse St. Pierre, the
Baronne St. Didier, Nine. Laurent Cas-
selin, Mile. Chivgny, Nine. Florez, wife
of the Spanish consul, the Comtesse Mira
mel, the Comtesse Broderville, M Victor
Cosselin, Sister Leonie Cuillaume, Nine.
Haussmann, Nine. Schlumberger, the
Comtesse Humolsteiu, the Marquise Des
Maison, Nine. VenteMsnil, Nine. Hochier,
wife of the we'll known Russian banker,
Mme Poitevin, Nine. Jacques Haussman.
Among the seriously injured are the
following:
The Due hess de Ia Tore, the Comtesse
de- Raincv, the Comte de Monte Clair, the
Comte de Devisin, Nine. Maced, Nine.
Recamier, Mme de Laume, Nine. Hyster,
Nine. Edouard Andre, Nine. de la Tour
Dupin, Nine. Malezieux, M. LIE Febvre,
the Vicomtesse de Lucay, the Marquise
de Lubersse.
Duchess of Alencon Victim.
The most prominent victim of the
disaster is the Duchess Of Alencon,
whose body has finally been identified.
She was the sister Of the empress Of
Austria and sister of the wife of Prince
Ferdinand of Orleans. She was
duchess Of Bavaria and was born in
l847 and married in 1858. Her daugh'
ter, Princess Louise, lis married to
Prince Alphonse of Bavaria, and her
son, Prince Philippe, is the husband
of Princess Henrietta of Belgium. The
former queen Of Naples is one Of her
sisters. The duchess was woman Of
great wealth and one Of the most prom.
inent ladies Of France. The remains
of the duchess were identified by her
dentist, who examined the teeth of
charred body which was believed to be
hers.
Austrian Royal Family Beresvsd.
LONDON. MAY GA dispatch to The