The herald., 1897-05-06
GAY PARIS
| MOURNING
Over the Awful Holocaust
of Tuesday
TWO HUNDRED DEATHS
Half That Number Of Bodies
Recovered
MANY CAN BE Identified
MORE ERE cHARRED BEYOND
RECOGNITION
MANY CAN BE Identified
MORE ERE CHARRED BEYOND
RECOGNITION
The Dreadful Search Continues to Re-
veal Ghastly Relics Of Erstwhile
Happy Women-List Of
the Dead

Associated Press Special Wire.
PARIS. May 5.-The terrible IRE at the
Grand Bazaar de Charitie. temporary
wooden structure. 100 yards long and 60
yards wide, erected in Rue Jean Goujon,
for the annual charity fair, Of which
most of the prominent society ladies of
Paris are patronesses. has thrown the
French capital into mourning. The con-
fagration, which broke out shortly after
o'clock yesterday in the kinetomagraph
booth, near the stall Of Duchess d'Uzes.
while from 1900 to 1000 people were pres
ent, is believed to have caused the loss of
over 200 lives.
This dispatch is sent early Wednesday
morning, when Ill charred corpses have
been recovered, together with twelve
portions Of bodies, the identity Of which
may never be recognized.
Since o'clock this morning crowds
have been flocking to the Palais de l'In-
dustrie, where many bodies and the In
jured were taken. At 6 o'clock detach-
ment Of the Garde Republican, relieved
the detachment Of infantry. which had
been on duty all night about the scene
of the catastrophe. The search for the
dead continues Quantities Of coins,
watches, rings, necklaces and bracelets
have been picked up in the debris.
As soon as the bodies are claimed by
anxious relatives or others. who have
been lowering in despair about the spot
throughout the night, they are placed
in carriages and taken to their former
homes.
SCENES AT NIGHT
The scene at night was remarkable.
Long lines Of infantry were drawn in
q Gordon around the dreadful spot.
Bonfires. torches, electric lighst and
gas jets. used to illuminate the scene.
reflected upon the bayonets and ac-
coutrements of the soldiers. and threw
CHASTITY illumination upon the houses
Of the vicinity and on the windows,
which were crowded during most Of
the night with the peole watching the
work Of horror.
Now and then hearse would be call
ed from the line of vehicles stationed in
proximity, and a black mass would be
tenderly lifted into it and another vic
tim of the conflagration taken to the
temporary morgues in the Palais de
L Industrie, or the neighboring hospital
Beaujon.
frequently as many as q dozen
hearses were gathered together in the
court yard and opposite the entrace
to the Palais de Industrie. Hundreds
Of collins were ranged ready to receive
the bodies, which in most cases were
charred beyond recognition.
Upon several occasions a distracted
father or mother, half mad with grief.
would endeavor to force their way
through the line Of soldiers or the inner
line of police, drawn about the black
ened ruins. Children were there weep
ing for lost parents. and the oldest.
youngest and middle-aged Joined in
murmurs of lamentation and exchanged
hopes and fears.
1Ac dtAAooPACLc VI luS IdlAlS Qts
Tndustrie, where the burned bodies were
ranged, was almost unbearable, and
then again heartrending scenes were
witnessed. Men. women and children
passed up and down. weeping abstract
edly before the lines Of black bodies
eagerly scanning the terrible remains
and now and then throwing themselves
down by the side Of some seemingly un-
recognizable corpse, in which they. by
an instinct which outsiders could not
understand. made. out come dearly
loved and missing relative,