Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-13
CARING FOR THE BODIES
Chastity Scenes at Palaise d.
pIndustrie, Paris.
THE SEARCH STILL COL ~

Thrilling Accounts of the Disast,.
by Spectators and survivors-Oau,.
of the Fire Is Undeter,n,noa
New York, May 10.-A dispatch IA
the Herald from Paris says: The seen,
on entering Porte Eight, of the Palai,.
de PIndustrie last night, when III.
bodies of the victims of the Rue Jp,,
Goujon were taken there, was of a iea,
full description. There had been placai
the charred corpses of what had been
few hours before beautiful women NJ
the very best families of Paris. tn.
bodies were laid out on roughly i'm
provised platforms of boards taken from
anywhere about the place. They ver
charred beyond recognition. Almos
all the bodies were burned about tbA
head and feet, while the middle Of a.
body remained comparatively intact
Ambulances kept coming up in /,
stream, bringing more and more OF th.
unfortunate victims, the crowd outsid,
giving way in awe-stricken silence
The Rue Jean Goujon was almost i'm.
passable.
OF the bazaar building in which onl7
few hours before everything had been
fair and beautiful, there remained onv
few charred poles. Inside the
wrecked building there was nothing bu,
pieces of rags, wood and human re-
mains. The firemen were digging
among the debris in search of The
bodies. There were not enough ambu.
lances, and the bodies had to be PLACED
in wraps. Then came soldiers, polCs
and firemen to carry away the dead, an
they all worked in silence and with !
will. The soldiers carried sheets in
which to wrap and transport bodies
There were women nurses from l'HOs
pital BeaujOn, also with sheets, wait |
ing to cover up the dead before they
were taken away in the ambulancea
Near the western wall, which bound
ed what had been the bazaar, bodie
we're literally found piled in heaps AM
their position seemed to indicate that
terror stricken rush had taken place, o|
an instructive huddling together in thj |
face of death. There were pieces Of uni
derskirts all over the ruins and frag
ments of woolen garments and corss
covers. Tiny little slippers wer
everywhere to be seen, crisp AM
charred by the heat. On one side wa
pile of valuable jewels, ETC., guarde |
by policemen. There were braeeht |
and rings, completely free from flesh
showing how terrible had been th |
flames in their fury.
spoke to two women who ver
standing near the ruins. The eide
one was Nine. Rochezautier, and tn |
younger was servant.
I'VE were attracted by the cries
the ladies'" said Nine. Rochezautier| r|
"Oh! such cries! We called to tn |
men in the Hotel de Palais, whiC |
fronts on II Cors de la Refine. 1t wa
the work of a moment to tear down tn
iron bars of the windows and to thro7
out chair. We hauled the poo
women in there. They were SO fright
ened that they did not stay here long
They were so terror. stricken that man
could not cry. But many were los
and l saw several rush out from th
flames and fall dead. We saved |
least $780,"
Mile. lie Comte, of 90 Rue Jean GOr
jon, said:
THE fire broke ont at 4:30 o'clocA
1t was terribly sudden. The heat wi
worse than the smoke. You could nj
go into the street for fear of the hea I
The bazaar burned up just as if Il
wood had been soaked in kerosene.
Should think there were $500 peop|
there, because, you know, the nunC
was there during the afternoon and th |
made an extra attraction. He ba
hardly left when the flames burst ou
They seemed to spring up all over.
80 fierce was the heat that all wi |
dows and shop fronts opposite we
cracked or burst open. Birds in t
windows dropped dead from their pc
ches as if struck by lightning, ar
many OF the neighbors We're SO par
lyzed by fear that they did not knO
what to do. The fire lasted only TIVE
ty minutes, but such a twenty minut
shall never forget! Women r;|
shrieking into the street and fell de. .|
In the roadway overcome by the hes
burning from head to foot"
Americans Were Fortunate.
New York MAY 10 A Innrnnl HI