Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-05
Grim Death With All Its Horror Exeff1p1ified
 Most Wildly
 Skulls
With Brains OOzing and Charred Flesh All That Was Found
 of Many.

Paris, May 4-Fire broke out at 4 o'clock this afternoon in a crowded char itable bazaar in the Rue Jean Coujon, at which the Duchess D'Uzes and other well known patronesses were present. Many people were burned to death and there was a terrible panic during which a number of persons were injured.
 The building in which the fire broke out was temporary structure of wood. The flames were first discovered above the stall occupied by the Duchess D'UzeS and while the place was densely crowded. The bazaar is an annual function pre- sided over by the leaders of Parisian so- ciety.
 The managers of the bazaar had ar- ranged the stalls etc, so as to represent a street of old Paris and it was opened yesterday.
 The proceeds of the sales at each stall were devoted to separate charity. The stalls were presided over by Mime. Fevrir, the wife of Gen. Fevrir the Marquise De L'Aigle, Mime. Macobs, Baronne del La Lucette, the Marquise De St. Michel theaDuchesse D'Uzes, Mime. Mignotte, the Baronne De St. Idier, the Countesse Dzalynska, the Marquise' Le Gouestier, the Marquise De Argenice, the MarquiSe De Pitti the Duchesse D'Alencon, mem- Der of the Orleans family; Mime. D'Arlu, Mime. Boisseaux, the Baron De Shickler, Mme. Moreau, the Marquise Costa De Beaureguard, her royal highness the Duchess De Vondome, the Marquise De Maison and the Countesse De Grefful Nee La Rochefoucauld,
 Mme. De Florez presided over the re- freshment stand. These ladies were as- sisted by many equally we'll known so- cety ladies.
 As a somewhat remarkable co-inci- dence, the stall presided over by the Duchess D'Uzes was NO. 13." Over 100 persons have been conveyed to the Hotel Du Palais in the Cour de La Reine, but many of the critical cases have been transported to the hospital Beaujon. A policeman who was on duty at the doors of the bazaar says that from 1,500 to 1.800 people were in the building when the fire broke out. He adds that the alarm caused a general panic. followed by a terrible rush for the doors which were soon choked with people, thus preventing the escape of many who might otherwise upon the weak, the young crushed the old to the floor
 The bazaar was 300 feet long by 1S0 feet wide and constructed almost entire- ly of wood,
 The Dowager Duchess D'Uzes is one of the most prominent women in France and is said to have provided 100000 francs for the propaganda of Gen. Bou- Ianger. The young Duchesse D'Uzess was before her marriage Mime. Marie De Luines daughter of the late Due De Chaulnes. She was married in Paris on Jan 10, 1894 in the chapel of the con- vent of the sacred heart where she was educated. The Due De Uzes IS the pre- mier duke of France, the creation Of his title dating back to- 1865.
 Further details just obtained show that before the firemen could arrive the roof of the bazaar crushed in, burying num- berS of those who had been unable to make their egress from the building.
 Very soon after the alarm was given assistance was hurried to the burning bazaar and effective help was rapidly or ganized between the firemen and the po- licemen. Although an alarm was sent out with reasonable promptness the whole wooden structure was blazing be- fore the firemen could approach the ba- zaar; the roof and almoHt the whole building collapsed, falling upon the un- fortunate people, many of whom are sup posed to have previously succumbed to tks s,tifing smoke.
 Gn spite of the efforts of the fremen some time elapsed before the charred bodies could be pulled from the smoking and burning mass of debris covering the been the scene of much gaiety.
 The prefeot, M. Lepine, was one of the first officials to reach the scene, and he directed the opera tons for the recovery of the bodies and distributed the injured among the various houses of the vicinity.
 Tn the meanwhile the pumps played on the burning ruins. LAS the work pro- gressed and the inquiries becans more numerous and pressing 1t was seen that the death rate would be muc. higher than at first estimated. The poEce off,