In the Paris press, after the third day, the catastrophe had served to increase the stock of general news; nothing was talked of but the men perishing at the bottom of the mine, and the telegrams published every morning were eagerly read.
Dans la presse, a Paris, des le troisieme jour, la catastrophe était allée grossir les faits divers: on ne causait plus que des ouvriers agonisant au fond de la mine, on lisait avidement les dépeches publiées chaque matin.