The herald., 1897-05-05
At the Duchess Dues
Charity Bazaar
A SOCIAL FUNCTION
Which Ended in a Horrible
Catastrophe
FIRE IN A FLIMsY STRUCTURE
FOLLOWED By A WILD sCRAM-
BILE FOR EXIT
Members Of the French Aristocracy
Trampled Upon and Killed or
Find More Hideous Death
in the Flames
FOLLOWED By A WILD SCRAM-
BILE FOB EXIT
Associated Press Special Wire.

In the Flames
Associated Press Special Wire.
PARIS. May Fire broke out at
.. m. in the crowded charitable bazaar
In Rue Jean Goujon, at which Duchess
d'Uzes and other well-known patron
esses were present. Many people were
burned to death. There was terrible
panic, during which number Of people
were injured. Thirty bodies have been
recovered. Thirty five injured people are
being cared for by the physicians. and
many others are reported as missing.
The building In which the fire broke out
was temporary structure Of wood. The
flames were first discovered above q
stall occupied by the Duchess Dues,
while the place was densely crowded.
The bazaar is an annual function. pre-
sided over by the leaders Of Partisan So
ciety. There was a wild rush for exits,
and the weaker persons were borne
down and trampled upon. The inflam-
mable nature of the building and Its
contents caused the flames to spread
with a great rapidity. and in short
time the bazaar was mass Of flames.
The bodies Of thirty victims of the con-
fiagration. mostly women. were recov-
cred and laid out on the sidewalk where
the corpses formed CHASTITY spectacle.
Many people, still missing. it Is feared,
are buried in the ruins.
AN AWFUL PANIC
PARIS. May 4.-Further reports from
the disaster at the great charity fair in
this city show that the number of in
jured is greater than at fret estimated.
Over 100 persons have been conveyed to
the Hotel du Palais in Cour de la RENE.
but many critical cases have been trans
ported to the hospital at Beaugon. A
policeman on duty at the doors Of the
bazaar says that from 1900 to 1900 people
were in the building when the fire broke
out. The alarm caused a 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 the
floor. Heart-rending cries arose, soon
followed by shrieks of agony as the
flames swept upon the crowd struggling
for exit.
A CHARITY FAIR
The managers Of the bazaar had ar
ranged the stalls so as to represent a
street of old Paris and 1t was opened
yesterday. The proceeds Of the sales at
each stall were devoted to a separate
charity. Stalls were provided over by
Nine. Fevrier, the wife Of Gen. Fevrier,
the Marquise de L'Aigle. Nine. Macobs,
Baronne de la Lucette, the Marquise de
ST. Michael, the Duchess d'Uzes. Nine.
Mignotte. the Baronne st. Elder, the
Comtesse de Zalyanska, the Marquise
de lie Goustier, the Marquise di Argence,
the Marquise di Pitt, the Duchess d.
Alencon. member Of the Orleans fam
lily, Nine. d'Arlu, Nine. Boisseaux, the
Baronne de Scickler, Nine. Moreau, the
Marquiee Costa de Beauregard, her
royal highness the Duchess de vendome,
the Marquis de Maison and the Comtesse
de Grefful, nee la Rochefoucauld.
Nine. de Flores presided over the re-
freshment stands.
These ladies were assisted by many
equally well-known society ladies'
It is impossible as yet to identity the
victims.
At $50 p. M, when these details are
telegraphed. the bazaar is a heap of
smoking cinders and ashes Ambulances.
are conveying the bodies to the Palace
de IIndustrie. The bazaar was 300 feet
long by $50 feet wide and constructed
almost entirely Of wood.
EMINENT VICTIMS
Enormous crowds Of people were gath
cred around the scene OF the fire at
7.S0 p. m. Among them are large num-
Der of liveried servants inQuiring for
their mistresses and the indications are
that among the dead are a number Of
the French aristocracy. Twenty corp
ses and number Of the most seriously
injured are now in the Palace de rIn-
dustrie
Admiral Besnard, the minister Of mar
Inc, arrived on the scene shortly after :,
o'clock.
Further details just obtained show
that before the hremen could ARRIVE
the roof Of the bazaar crushed in bury
ing numbers of those who had been un-
able to make their egress from the build
ing.
Very soon after the alarm was given
assistance hurried to the burning ba-
zaar and effective help was rapidly or
ganized by the flremen and policemen.
Although general alarm was sent out
with reasonable promptness, the whole
wooden structure was blazing before
the f3remen could approach. The roof
and almost the whole building collapsed.
falling upon the unfortunate people.
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