Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-18
Loss at the Belgian Exposition
Scaled Down to under
$4,000, 1000.
AMERICAN SECTION ESCAPED
Recovery Of Valuable Collections
Of Jewels Helped to Reduce
First Estimates of the
Damage Done

Brussels, Aug 15.-rt will take NAM
days to place the Belgian exposition In
a ~ condition for the reopening although
large majority Of tho buildings are still
intact. The known loss caused by the
fire which swept through the White
City" yesterday Is between SGNo00D and
500 mn. This Is chiefly confined to the
belgian AMI British sections. but the dam
age By smoke and water has been general
and will add materially 10 the total
! loss
The American section ESCAPED the fire.
The art exhibit was in a building two
miles distant from the flames The French
loss is confined to the building in which
various foods were displayed, and tbs
pavilion of the city Of Paris. containina
| industrial exhibits and models from thu
schools Of art.
The recovery Of valuable collections
of Jewels helped to reduced the first
estimates OF loss. Tho magnificent
collection Of precious stones owned by
Belgians and valued at 80 900 600 was
unearthed from the ruins unframed.
| ROBBERS MADE RICH HAULS.
There was considerable pillaging
after and during tho course of the
|
Gendarmes caught a number of the
looters who had scores of rings and
bracelets from the Fre- ch jewel
hibit
It is believed that Parliament viii
vote extra credits for the purpose ot
clearing away the ruins and construct
ing new buildings.
Fortunately the most priceless art
|
exposition or acquired by it. including
5000 valuable Gohelin tapestries, large
exhibition of jowelry. many paintings,
marbles and ancient furniture, were sue
cesstully removed by the police. fire
men and exposition employees beyond the
reach Of the flames and OF the pillagins
criminals who attempted to take adj
vantage Of tho disaster Tho reproduction
of the house OF Ruhens at Antwerp. the
| official pavilion Of the city OF Antwerp,
containing masterpieces OF Flemish art
Of the Rubens period, collected from the
galleries of the world was not even
scorched by the flames. In the Italian
and Swiss sections the flames spread
with such extraordinary rap!dity that
nothing was saved except the plan OF
the coming international exposition at
Turin. Italy, in 1911.
COVERING BEASTS KILLED.
| The British loss Is very heavy. 1t in
| cludes Tudor panelngs from the Tor.
onto museum, costly Morlaix tapestries
and priceless furniture from the collec.
tons Of Bernard More, on which he re-
| fused TO set any price They We're tn
sured for 10000. Most of the French
dressmakers' expositions. which We're IN
| sured for millions. were saved.
| few of the Wild beasts In the men,
| agerie that escaped suffocaton in the
| flames. which drove back the soldiers
| and attendants endeavoring to put them
out OF their misery, were shot down by
the troops. who found them covering
in fright In various parts of the grounds.
| Practically every thing in the American,
| Danish, Russian. Norwegian, Austrian,
Japanese. Turkish and Swiss sections was
saved Only the facades OF the Italian
and Spanish sections and about one-third
Of the entire French section, the latter
containing the valuable art collection.
were burned.
FRENCH WORK OF ART SAVED.
Paris. Aug. In. Dujardin- Bea umetz,
sub-secretary OF state for fine art and
himself a we'll known painter, received
advices to-day from Brussels that all the
French works OF art. on exhibition at the
exposition, had been saved.