Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-08-12
THE TUNNEL HORROR
Paris Appalled, at Frightful
Calamity Which Cost
Many Lives.
VICTIMS STRANGLED TO DEATH
The Names and Occupations of the
Victims Gave Pathetic Evidence of
Their Humble condition-king Ed.
ward Sends Sympathy.

Paris. Aug. 12.-Paris is appalled,.
That is the only word that can de-
scribe the feeling among the popula-
ton caused by the terrible catastro-
phe that happened on Monday night.
About 1880 o'clock at night two trains
travelling on the No. line of the Met
ropolitan Underground railway, run
ming from the Etoile to the Place de
IL Nation along the exterior boule-
wards, caught fire. They were each
composed of eight cars crowded with
passengers. but these managed to ss-
cape. Then third train came along
and dashed into the smoke In en-
deavoring to escape more than four
score were suffocated.
Eugene oliver. one of the few sur
vivors, describes the terrible panic
which occurred in the darkness. The
people, he says, rushed and fought
with one another, madly seeking to
get away He was sick, but nerved to
desperation by the situation, managed
to get through the struggling mass
As he went he passed over the bodies
Of those who had fallen, but 1t was
impossible to render them aid
A survivor named Jules Boat de-
scribes the struggle during the panic
IL the tunnel as terrible Women
were screaming, "Save me! Save met"
An old man fell suffocated at his feet.
The women screamed until they fell
asphyxiated.
M. Gauthier, the magistrate for the
district, says one of the main causes
OF the loss of life was that those es-
Gaping took the wrong exit, one pas
sage letting out to the street, Will :
the other was barred, as it was usu-
ally used for admitting passengers.
Many OF the victims sought the barred
exit and were found massed against
the wall where they had slowly suf-
located.
M. Bienvenue, the chief engineer of
the Metropolitan railroad, says from
the technical point Of view every pre-
caution to avoid danger was taken.
AT the American consulate it was
learned that there were no Americans
among the victims.
Premier Combes descended into the
tunnel and made a personal lengthy
inspection. Colonel Meaux st. Marc,
on behalf OF President Loubet, visited
the morgue, and NJ Hurteaux, pro.
cureur OF the republic, and Judge Jol-
liot, of the Seine tribunal, have open
ed judicial investigation into the
affair
The names and occupations of the
victims gave pathetic evidence of
their humble condition. The names
are characteristic of the French work.
ing classes and occupations are given
as painter mason plumber, tailor.
seamstress, locksmith, etc. Outside
the workmen, about every third nams
is that OF a woman Pitiful scenes
we're enacted at the mergue through
out the day as the relatives gathered
seeking to identify the bodies, which
We're ranged in long lines on white
marble slabs. The clothing of many
Of the victims is torn, showing the
fierceness of the struggle.
London, Aug. liking Edward,
through the British embassy at Paris,
has sent message of sympathy to
the French government on account of
the Metropolitan railway disaster. The
catastrophe has produced the deepest
impression here and intense anxiety
concerning the safety of the London
underground roads