The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-05-06
THE HORROR INV PARIS.
Number Of Dead Now Reported at
q Hundred and Eleven.
THE AUSTRIAN EMPRESS GRIEF

over the Terrible Fate Of Her Favor
ite sister, the Duchess d'AIencon.
Prefect OF Police Blamed for Not Re-
quiring More Careful Preparation.
Paris, May 6.-The police officials an
nounce that III were killed in the ter
rible charity bazaar fire on Tuesday
afternoon, and OF these "a have been
Identified. Nearly all Of the dead were
prominent in Paris society, and among
them are many belonging TO the titled
aristocracy.
The list includes the Duchess d'Alen-
con, Baronne Elizabeth St. Martin,
Vicomtesse Marie Bonneval Comtesse
st. Pierre, Baronne st. Didler. Nine.
Florez, wife of the Spanish consul;
Comtesse Mirimel. Comtesse Broder-
vile, Comtesse Humolstein. Marquise
Des Maison, Duchesse e. st. Diedero,
Baron Carul st. Martin, Baron De
Laumont. Baron De Mackau, Comtesse
De Nun, Comtesse De Surrier, Com
tesse De Gefulhe, Comtesse De La
Bletterie, Comtesse De Vallin, Com
tesse De Subersac, Comtesse Carayon-
Latour Vicomtesse De Malefeux
Comtesse d'Hora and Mile. Therese
Donen, daughter of the Baroness de
st. Didier.
There are 10 bodies still unidentified,
among which must be those of the
Comtesse de Lupe and Nine. Nitot's
second daughter, both Of whom are
missing. NJ. Gosse, the notary, on
learning that his wife and two daugh-
ters were among the victims, was so
Frustrated that his life is despaired Of.
M. Girard, director of the Municipal
laboratory reports that the ether for
the lamps used in the kinematograph
set fire to the film, the flames then
igniting the apparatus.
Terrible scenes continue to be en-
acted at the Palais de Industries.
Yesterday afternoon the mother of the
4-year-old child, Alfred David, one of
the victims arrived for the purpose Of
taking the body away with her. 1t
was decided however, that it was in.
advisable TO show her the ghastly re-
mains Of her child When this news
Was communicated to the unfortunate
mother IN paroxysm of grief she tried
to force her way into the mortuary
hall, screaming, Il viii see my child"
It was found necessary to forcibly re-
move the poor woman, whose case IA
one Of the most distressing. Nine,
David lost her husband month ago,
and her only other child died a fort
night ago.
Further particulars regarding the
finding of the remains Of Duchess dali
encon show that the secretary of the
prefecture. accompanied by the maid
of the duchess and a footman belong
ing to the household of the duke, ex-
amined the rows of bodies The two
| servants stopped before a blacl6ened
/ and mutilated corpse, whose abdomen
/ was torn open, They declared that ii
| was the remains of their mistress and
also sent for the dentist OF the duch-
ess. The latter, after examining the
corpse for half an hour, declared it was
that of the duchess. He claimed there
was a tooth too many in the head, but
the servants insisted, whereupon the
dentist and two doctors operated upon
the upper jaw, and then the dentist
was enabled to formally identify the
remains as being those Of the Duchess
d'Alencon.
The Duchess d'Alencon was the sis
ter Of tho empress of Austria and the
wife Of Prince Ferdinand of Orleans
She was a duchesse of Bavaria, and
was born in 1847 and married Ia 1868
/ Her daughter, Princess Louise is mar.
ried to Prince Alphonse of Bavaria
and her son. Prince Philippe, is thu
husband Of Princess Henriette of Bel
gium. The former queen of Naples 1.
one of her sisters. The duchesse was
woman of great wealth, and one Of tn,
most prominent ladies Of France,
Among the last to escape from the
burning building was the Baronne d.
Reuter- formerly Miss Beatrice Potter
of Philadelphia,
Former Consul General S. e. Mors,
said TO the representative of the Asso
ciated Press this afternoon; TT wal
singularly fortunate that there wal
only one American victim. This wa
indeed remarkable, because just nov
there is an unusually large number o
Americans in Paris. They are gener
Gus supporters of such fetes as th
Grand Bazaar de Charlie, and, more
over, it gave them a favorable oppor
tunity of getting into close quarter
with the aristocracy and many of tn
celebrities of Paris"
Mrs. Porges was the only American
victim. She was a Miss Weisweiller
Her daughter accompanied her to tn
bazaar, but escaped uninjured. Tn
Porges family reside in Vienna.
A newspaper correspondent had al
interview with William L. Hogan
whose sister. Margaret Hogan, wa
one of the four ladies assisting at tn
stall of the Duchess d'Alencon, and tn
only one who escaped. Miss Hogal
is a niece of Mayor Strong, Of Ney
York. Her brother says;
MY sister Is now in bed, completed
Frustrated. At the time Of the cry o
fire was raised she was about to ac
company the Duchess d'AlencOn t
take tea at the further end of the room
AS yet she can recall nothing afte
the rush, except being dragged by tn
hair from beneath pile Of womel
and children near the front of tn
building My mother had driven t
the bazaar a few minutes before tn
disaster, but the crush was so grea
p that she had not been able to enter"
The Duchess d'Uzes said TO a CORE
. spondent:
"The first gleam of fire came from
spot but a short distance from wher
was standing. I was dazzled, s
swiftly did the flames spread. ! ca
compare it only to the bursting of