Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-05-13
HUNDREDS CREMATED.
One OF the Most Terrible Calami..
ties Of the Century in Paris.
Fire at Charity Bazaar Attended by the
Flower of the Old French Aristoc-
racy, Results in an Inde-
scribabIe Panic.
Hundreds of Titled Women, Churchmen,
Nuns and Others Crushed or Tram
pied to Death and Their
Bodies Cremated.
Horrible Holocaust.

Of WHICH the DucnGSSe q u yes anC
other well-known patronesses were
present Many people were burned to
DEATH and there was a terrible panic,
during which number of persons were
injured.
A policeman who was on duty at the
doors of the bazaar says that from 1,5Ot
to 1,SOO people were in the building
when the fire broke out. He adds thai
the alarm caused a general panic, fol
lowed by terrible rush for the doors
which were soon chOked with people
thus preventing the escape of many
who might otherwise have been saved
The strong trampled upon the weak
the young crushed the old to tn. floor
heartrending cries of fear arose on all
sides, soon followed by shrieks Ofagony
as the flames swept onward behind the
crowd struggling for the doors.
The managers of the bazaar had ar,
ranged the stalls to represent a street
OF Old Paris and it was opened yester-
day.
The proceeds of the sales at each
stall were devoted to a separate char
ity. The stalls were presided over by
Mime. Fevrier, the wife of Gen. Few
rier, the marquise de L'Aige, Nine.
Macobs, baronne de la Lucette,
the marquise de st. Michael, the
duchesse Dues. Mime. Mignotte,
the baronesse de st. Idier, the COM
Jesse de Zalynska, the Marquise de
GOustier, the marquise de Argence, the
marquise de Pitt, the duchesse DAlen-
con, a member of the Orleans family;
ArlV1 N
barOnesse T. Dec Scickler, Mime.
Moreeau, marquise Costo de Beauer-
gard, her royal highness the duchesse
de VendOme. the marquise de Maison,
and the confess de Grueffel, nee La
ROchefocauld. Mile. de Flores, pre-
sided over the refreshment stand.
These ladies were assisted by many
equally well-known society ladies.
As a somewhat remarkable coinci-
dence, the stall presided over by the
duchesse De Uzes was mo. 49,"
1t is impossible as yet to identify the
victims
At $50 p. m, when these details are
telegraphed, the bazaar is heap of
smoking cinders and ashes.
Ambulances are conveying the recov-
The bazaar was 800 feet long by $50
feet wide, and constructed almost en-
tirely of wood.
The dowager duchesse Dues is one
of the most prominent women in
France and is said to have provided
5000, 600 francs for the propaganda of
Gen. Boulanger.
The young duchesse Dues was, be-
fore her marriage, Nine. Marie de
Luines, daughter of the late due de
Chaulnes. She was married in Paris
on January 10, 1894, in the chapel of
the Convent of the Sacred Heart, where
she was educated. The Due Dues is
the premier duke of France, the crea-
ton of the title dating back to 1865.
Enormous crowds of people are gath
cred around the scene of the fire at
7:20 p. m Among them are a large
for their mistresses, and the indica-
tions are that among the dead are
members of the French aristocracy.
1t is hoped that the missing ones may
be found among the injured who are
at the hotels, hospitals and other
places Twenty corpses and a number
of the most seriously injured are now
in the right wing of the Palais de PIN
dustrie.
Admiral Besnard, the minister of
marine, arrived upon the scene shortly
after o'clock
Further details just obtained show
that before the firemen could arrive.
the roof of the bazaar crashed in bury
ing numbers of those who had been I'M
able to make their escape from the
building.
Very soon after the alarm was given
assistance was hurried to the burning
bazaar and effective help was rapidly
the policemen.
Although an alarm was sent out with
reasonable promptness the whole
wooden structure was blazing before
the firemen could approach the bazaar;
the roof and almost the entire build
ing collapsed upon the unfortunate
people, many of whom are supposed to
have previously succumbed to the
sitting smoke.
In spite of the efforts of the fireman.
some time elapsed before the charred
bodies could be pulled from the smok-
ing and burning mass of debris cover
ing the spot which, but a short time
before, had been the scene of so much
gaity.
The project, NJ. Lepine, was one of
the first officials to reach the scene, and
he directed the operations for the re-
covery of the bodies and distributed the
injured among the various houses OF
the vicinity.
As the work progressed and the in
quiries became more numerous and
pressing it was seen that the death rate
would be much higher than at first
estimated. The police officials this
evening say they believe it to be GER
tain that the number of deaths would
exceed 100. recalling the terrible fall al
the Grand Opera Comique.
Among the injured arc the Duchesse
de- IL Tore. the Princess Kotchon buy,
tie Viscontesse DAvenel and Mes
danes Moreau. DuBrouil. Malezieux,
Eugene, ChallemcI. Recamier and st.
Didier.
The Horror GROWS.
The missing who are supposed to be
dead, include Gen. Mcun;er. the mar.
chionesse de Ga,l;fet, the duchesse
DAlencon, the couatcSses dc Nun and
st. Pierer, the marchioneSs de Flores,
the viscomteSs Hunol-Holstein, bar
oness Mae6an. the wife of the leader
of the proraitists in the chamber OF
deputies and Madame Morlauue-La-
mon, her son and four daughters.
One hundred corpSes have been laid
out in the Palais d'lIndustrie. 1t i
believed that another hundred are be
meath the ruins