Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-05-14
CARING FOR THE BODIES
CHASTITY Scenes at Palaise de
lIndustrie, Paris,
THE SEARCH STILL GOES or
Thrilling Accounts OF the Disaster
by Spectators and survivors--Cause
of the Fire IL Undetermined

Thrilling Accounts OF the DISASTER
by Spectators and Survivors Cause
of the Fire IL Undetermined.
New York, May l0.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Paris says: The scene
on entering Porte Eight, of the Palaise
de l'Industrie last night, when the
bodies of the victims of the Rue Jean
Goujon were taken there, was of fear
full description. There had been placed
the charred oorpses of what had been a
few hours before beautiful women of
the very best families of Paris The
bodies were laid out on roughly i'm
provised platforms of boards taken from
anywhere about the place. They were
charred beyond recognition. Almost
all the bodies were burned about the
head and feet, while the middle of the
body remained comparatively intact.
| Ambulances kept coming up in
stream, bringing more and more OF the
unfortunate victims, the crowd outside
giving way in awe-stricken silence.
The Rue Jean Goujon was almost i'm
passable.
OF the bazaar building in which only
few hours before everything had been
fair and beautiful, there remained only
few charred poles. Inside the
wrecked building there was nothing but
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, police
and firemen to carry away the dead. and
they all worked in silence and with a
will. The soldiers carried sheets in
which to wrap and transport bodies.
There were women nurses from lHos-
pital Beaujon, also with sheets, wait
ing to cover up the dead before they
were taken away in the ambulances.
Near the western wall, which bound
ed what had been the bazaar, bodies
were literally found piled in heaps and
their position seemed to indicate that a
( or-stricken rush had taken place, or
an instructive huddling together in the
face of death. There were pieces of un-
derskirts all over the ruins and frag-
ments of woolen garments and corset
r covers. Tiny little slippers were
, everywhere to be seen, crisp and
charred by the heat. On one side was
a pile of valuable jewels, etc. guarded
by policemen. There were bracelets
, and rings, completely free from flesh,
showing how terrible had been the
flames in their fury.
l spoke to two women who were
standing near the ruins. The elder
G one was Mime. Rochezautier, and the
Younger was a servant.
p "We were attracted by the cries OF
: the ladies" said Nine. Rochezautier,
4 "Oh! such cries! We called to tht
men in the Hotel de Palais, which
fronts on IL Cors de la Refine. 1t was
u the work Of moment to tear down the
2 iron bars of the windows and to throw
q out a chair. We hauled the poo
women in there. They were so fright
= ened that they did not stay here long
Z They were so terror stricken that man.
q could not cry. But many were los
and / saw several rush out from tn
flames and fall dead. We saved a
l. least l50."
d Mile. lie Comte, of 20 Rue Jean Gou
Or jon, said:
y ''The fire broke out at 4:30 O'Clock
1t was terribly sudden. The heat wa
worse than the smoke. You could nc
y 60 into the street for fear Of the heat
y The bazaar burned up just as if tn
: wood had been soaked in kerosene.
- should think there were $500 peopl
there, because. you know, the nunci
n. was there during the afternoon and thf
n. made an extra attraction. He ha
e. hardly left when the flames burst ou
o. They seemed to spring up all over.
$50 fierce was the heat that all VIII
dows and shop fronts opposite wei
IT, cracked or burst open. Birds in II
nd windows dropped dead from their pc
he ches as if struck by lightning, ar
On many of the neighbors were 80 par
lyzed by fear that they did not kno
. what to do. The fire lasted only tive
/ ty minutes, but such twenty minut
shall never forget Women ra
shrieking into the street and fell dei
in the roadway overcome by the hea
= burning from head to foot"