These establishments, after paying out money for three days, closed their doors amid mutterings of a riot.

A crowd of fugitives, laden with their baggage, besieged the railway stations and took the town by storm.

Many who were anxious to lay in a stock of provisions and take refuge in the cellars, attacked the grocery stores, although they were guarded by soldiers with fixed bayonets.

The public authorities displayed energy.
Numerous arrests were made and thousands of warrants issued against suspected persons.
During the three weeks that followed no outrage was committed.

There was a rumour that bombs had been found in the Opera House, in the cellars of the Town Hall, and beside one of the Pillars of the Stock Exchange.