The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-05-12
HORROR In PARIS.
Over One Hundred Persons Perish
in a Fiery Furnace.
Awful Work of the Flames I'm a
Crowded Baxar-Many Members
of the French Nobility Among
the Victims.

Paris. May 5.-Fire broke out a Z four
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in q cEHd ed
charitable bazaar in Rue Jean-Gou Non,
at which the Duchess d. Uzes and other
well-known patronesses were present.
More than 100 persons are known to
have persisted, and ii is feared the num-
Der will reach 200. The known wounded
number 1S0
The building in which the fire broke
out was a temporary structure OF wood.
The flames were first discovered above
the stall occupied by Duchess dues
and while the place was densely crowd
ed. The bazaar is an annual function
presided over by the leaders of Paris
ian society. A terrible panic and crush
followed the alarm of fire. There was
wild rush for the exits, and the weaker
persons were borne down and tri pied
upon.
Deaths May Reach 200.
In the meanwhile the pumps played
on the burning ruins. AS the work
progressed and the inquiries became
more numerous and pressing it was
seen that the death rate would be much
higher than at first estimated. The
police officials say they believe it to
be certain that the number Of deaths
would exceed 200, recalling the terrible
fire at the Opera Comique.
Among the injured are Duchess De
La Tore, Princess Kotchonbuy, Wis
comtesse D'Avenel and Mesdames
Moreau, DuBrouil, Malezius, Eugene,
Challemel. Retainer and st. Didier.
Later News.
Paris, May Ga somber feeling per-
vades every class of society because of
the disaster at the Grand Bazaar de
Charlie 1t is now estimated that there
were about 200 persons in the building
when the fire was discovered, about one
half of whom escaped unhurt. Some es-
Inmates place the number of dead at
143, others at still higher figure.
Some of the Dead.
Viscounte Damas identified his wife's
body bv piece of hair cloth which she
wore next her skin as a member of the
Third Order of ST. Francis. Comtesse
Villeneuve returned to search for her
two daughters, but failed to find them
and persisted herself.
During the afternoon the bodies of
Duchess d'Alencon and six others were
identified. The duchess was n woman
Of great wealth and one of the most
prominent ladies in France. Mrs.
Porges was the only American victim.
She was q Miss Welsweiller. Mrs. Will
liam Astor left the bazaar quarter of
an hour before the conflagration.
Nincty-Four COrpses Identified.
At seven o'clock Wednesday evening
the police officials announced that o.
corpses had been positively identified.
There arc 10 bodies still unidentified,
among which must be those of Com
Jesse de Lupe and Nine. Nitot's second
daughter. both of whom are missing.
Viscountess Malezieux is now placed
among those officially identified. NJ.
Gosse, the notary, on learning that his
wife and two daughters were among the
victims, was so Frustrated that his Life
is despaired of.
Death of ID AumaIe.
Paris, May S.-Duc d'Aumale died
at Zucco, Sicily, of the shock he ex-
perienced upon hearing of the death of
his niece, Duchesse d Alencon. He was
Is years old and the fourth son of King
Louis Philippe.