The Paris Disaster.
■ ■» GREAT HEROISM DISPLAYED. HORRIBLE SCENES. Paris, May 8. Many instances of heroism were displayed at the bazaar fire, several ol those who escaped from the burning building returning to search for relations and perishing with them. Baron Mackan re-entered the building seven times, rescuing a person at each effort. Many ladies who escaped to the streets died there from burns, while others, with their clothing ablaze, rolled about the courtyard, ostlers hosing them to extinguish the flames. General Munier, with his hair and clothes on fire, plunged into a horse trough, but succumbed to his injuries. Thirty others who utilised the trough to extinguish their burning clothes were saved. There is scarcely a titled family in Paris that has not been bereft of some member. Later. The city is profoundly affected. The chief theatres are closed, and those open are playing to empty houses. The Cafes are also deserted. Terrible scenes were witnessed in the mortuary, where many mistakes were made in identifying victims. The body of Duchess Alencon was shrivelled like a mummy. Queen Victoria has sent a message to President Faure expressing her deep grief, and the Emperor of Germany also wired that he shares in the mourning.
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Opunake Times, Volume VI, Issue 279, 11 May 1897, Page 2
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